Service difficulty report · Engine · Boeing 7372B7

Difficulty date
May 30, 1996
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N266AU
Make and model
Boeing 7372B7
Aircraft serial
22878
Engine
Pwa JT8D15A
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

MCI - FL 800 - FLIGHT WAS CLIMBING OUT OF MCI WHEN THE A/C STRUCK A DUCK AT 3,500 FEET WITH THE RIGHT ENGINE. FLIGHT RETURNED TO FIELD AS A PRECAUTIONARY MEASURE. ALL ENGINE INDICATIONS WERE NORMAL. NO EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED AND THE FLIGHT LANDED WITH NO FURTHER INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE INSPECTED AIRCRAFT PER MM 5-51-201 (BIRD STRIKE INSPECTION). FOUND THREE N1 FAN BLADES NICKED AND BENT ON NR 2 ENGINE. DRESSED AFFECTED BLADES PER PW MM 72-00. (M)

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