# SDR IPXA2024032780835

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: March 26, 2024
- Submitted: March 27, 2024
- Operation: Air carrier
- Aircraft: [N605UP](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N605UP), registered now
- Make and model: Boeing 747-8F
- Registry model: [Boeing 747-8F](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-747-8f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Aircraft serial: 64252
- Aircraft time: 24,955 hours, 3,705 cycles
- System (JASC): [5350 · Aerodynamic Fairings](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/5350)
- Part: Radome
- Part number: UNKNOWN
- Condition: Damaged
- Location: Nose
- Stage of operation: CR
- How discovered: O
- Nature of condition: O
- Precautionary procedure: O
- FAA source: FAA Service Difficulty Reporting System (https://sdrs.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/sdr/IPXA2024032780835

## Discrepancy

BIRD STRIKE APPROXIMATELY 9000€™ AT 286 KNOTS ON CLIMB OUT BIRD STRIKE INSPECTION CARRIED OUT I.A.W. AMM 05-51-14-202-001 REV. 44. FOUND BIRDSTRIKE ON UPPER PART OF RADOME. DELAMINATED AREA BETWEEN BOTH UPPER DIVERTER STRIPES OF 32 INCHES LENGTH AND WIDTH. UPPER LEFT DIVERTER STRIPE STARTS GETTING LOOSE ON LOWER 3 FASTENERS. CRACK OF APPROX 5 INCHES LENGTH IN FWD AREA. NO OTHER DAMAGES FOUND ON AIRCRAFT. AFFECTED AREAS AND WINDOWS CLEANED.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.