Service difficulty report · Radome · Boeing 727247

Difficulty date
January 11, 2001
Submitted
January 12, 2001
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N831WA
Make and model
Boeing 727247
Aircraft serial
21483
Aircraft time
70,955 hours, 42,641 cycles
Engine
Pwa JT8D15
Part
Radome
Condition
Bird Strike
Location
Nose
Component
Radome · 284A18013
Stage of operation
TO
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
C
Precautionary procedure
O

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

BIRD STRIKE ON T/O IN BWI. AIRSPEED INDICATORS DIFFER AT FL 240. ENGINE PARAMETERS NORMAL. REPLACED RADOME PER MM. ALSO, CLEARED DEBRIS FROM CO-PILOTS PITOT TUBE. TESTED PITOT SYSTEM IAW M/M. NO SPLITS NOTED.