# SDR FDEA202609241437

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: September 24, 2026
- Submitted: September 25, 2026
- Operation: Air carrier
- Aircraft: [N124FE](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N124FE), registered now
- Make and model: Boeing 767-3S2F
- Registry model: [Boeing 767-3S2F](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-767-3s2f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Aircraft serial: 43546
- Aircraft time: 23,334 hours, 8,292 cycles
- Engine: Ge CF680C2B6F
- Engine time: 12,879 hours, 5,795 cycles
- System (JASC): [7200 · Engine (Turbine/Turboprop)](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/7200)
- Part: Engine
- Condition: Bird Ingestion
- Location: Left
- Stage of operation: CL
- How discovered: O
- Nature of condition: C, E
- Precautionary procedure: B, A
- FAA source: FAA Service Difficulty Reporting System (https://sdrs.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/sdr/FDEA202609241437

## Discrepancy

CLIMBING THRU APPROXIMATELY 500-600FT AGL DEPARTING  VCP WE STRUCK A LARGE BLACK BIRD ON THE NOSE CONE  OF THE LEFT ENGINE.  A LOUD BANG WAS HEARD ALONG  WITH A PUTRID SMELL BEING OBSERVED.  THE LEFT VIB  INDICATOR DOUBLED FROM .6 TO 1.7 AND MOMENTARILY  REACHED 2.9.  THEN IN STABILIZED AT 1.7 THROUGHOUT  THE APPROACH AND LANDING.  SEVERAL ROTOR VANES  EXHIBITED SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE.  EMERGENCY DECLARED.

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