# SDR AALA202010189001

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: October 16, 2020
- Submitted: October 19, 2020
- Operation: Air carrier
- Aircraft: [N604AW](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N604AW), registered now
- Make and model: Airbus A320-232
- Registry model: [Airbus A320-232](https://openairdocs.org/model/airbus-a320-232) (OpenAirDocs)
- Aircraft serial: 1196
- Aircraft time: 68,868 hours, 26,850 cycles
- System (JASC): [5350 · Aerodynamic Fairings](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/5350)
- Part: Radome
- Part number: 10032013AA
- Part serial: RADSA4978C
- Condition: Damaged
- Location: Nose
- Part time: 11,304 hours, 5,617 cycles
- Stage of operation: CL
- How discovered: O
- Nature of condition: O
- Precautionary procedure: A
- FAA source: FAA Service Difficulty Reporting System (https://sdrs.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA202010189001

## Discrepancy

AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED.  AIRCRAFT ENCOUNTERD A BIRD STRIKE TO THE RADOME ON CLIMB OUT.  AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED AND THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO PHX, WHERE IT LANDED SAFELY WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.  REPLACED RADOME, PER AMM 53-15-11.

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