Service difficulty report · Engine · Boeing 7373B7

Difficulty date
November 26, 1996
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N394US
Make and model
Boeing 7373B7
Aircraft serial
23316
Engine
Cfmint CFM563B2
Part
Engine
Condition
Bird Strike
Location
Nr 1
Stage of operation
TO
Nature of condition
C, E
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

DAB - FLT 282 - UPON ROTATION WITH THE NOSE JUST OFF THE RUNWAY, THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK A FLOCK OF BIRDS. SEVERE VIBRATION WAS FELT FROM THE NR 2 ENGINE. THE CAPTAIN DID NOT SHUT DOWN THE ENGINE BUT KEPT IT IN IDLE WHILE THEY RETURNED TO FIELD AT DAB. NO EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED AND THE FLT LANDED W/OUT FURTHER INCIDENT. MX REPLACED THE NR 1 ENGINE ASSY, THE NR 2 ENG FAN ASSY, THE NR 2 ENG PRECOOLER, THE LEFT INBD T/E FLAPS AND THE RT INBD AFT FLAP. ALL OP CHECKS, LEAK CHECKS AND ENGINE RUN GOOD. (M)

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