 |
37000 Feet | Browse and search NASA's Aviation Safety Reporting System |
|
After liftoff of a B737-500, #1 engine ingested bird. Returned to airport at hou. Suspected engine damage.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 417707 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199810 |
| Day | Sun |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : hou |
| State Reference | TX |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 30 agl bound upper : 30 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : dca |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B737-500 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | Other Other |
| Flight Phase | climbout : initial |
| Route In Use | departure other |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 160 flight time total : 15000 flight time type : 15000 |
| ASRS Report | 417707 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical inflight encounter other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : declared emergency other |
| Consequence | other Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
Aircraft ingested medium size bird in #1 engine during rotation. Suspecting shingled and/or bent compressor blades, aircraft returned to hou for maximum landing weight landing (uneventful). Passenger deplaned at gate and aircraft taken OTS. Radar was on for takeoff.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: AFTER LIFTOFF OF A B737-500, #1 ENG INGESTED BIRD. RETURNED TO ARPT AT HOU. SUSPECTED ENG DAMAGE.
Narrative: ACFT INGESTED MEDIUM SIZE BIRD IN #1 ENG DURING ROTATION. SUSPECTING SHINGLED AND/OR BENT COMPRESSOR BLADES, ACFT RETURNED TO HOU FOR MAX LNDG WT LNDG (UNEVENTFUL). PAX DEPLANED AT GATE AND ACFT TAKEN OTS. RADAR WAS ON FOR TKOF.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.