Service difficulty report · Engine · Boeing 737301

Difficulty date
May 27, 1996
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N355US
Make and model
Boeing 737301
Aircraft serial
23558
Engine
Ge CFM563B1
Part
Engine
Condition
Bird Strike
Location
Right
Stage of operation
CL
Nature of condition
C
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

EWR - FLT 1293 - AFTER ROTATION FROM LGA AT APPROXIMATELY 100 FEET, CREW SAW 5 TO 9 SEAGULLS AHEAD OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE RIGHT ENGINE INGESTED ONE LARGE SEAGULL. CREW ELECTED TO MAKE A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING AT EWR ALTHOUGH ENGINE PARAMETERS WERE NORMAL. NO EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED AND THE FLIGHT LANDED IN EWR WITH NO FURTHER INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE FOUND AND REPLACED THE FOLLOWING ITEMS ON THE RT ENGINE DUE TO BIRD INGESTION: NR 6, NR 7, AND NR 8 FAN BLADES (DAMAGED), CSD OIL COOLER (CLOGGED) AND THE T-2 AND T-12 SENSORS (DAMAGED). NOTE: FAN BLADES NR 25, NR 26, AND NR 27 WERE REPLACED DUE TO REPLACEMENT OF FAN BLADES, NR 6, NR 7, AND NR 8. (X)