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During gate repositioning, with engines running, a bird was ingested into one of the turbine jet engines causing damage to not only the bird, but one of the engine's turbine blades. The aircraft had to be taken OTS.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 335787 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199605 |
| Day | Fri |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : zzz |
| State Reference | US |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground other : taxi |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | other personnel other |
| Qualification | other other : other |
| ASRS Report | 335787 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other other : unspecified |
| Resolutory Action | other |
| Consequence | other Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
After doing a maintenance walk around early in the shift, the engines were operated during gate repositioning. A bird flew into the left engine of the B737-200 causing a blade to be damaged. The damaged blade caused the flight to be canceled.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: DURING GATE REPOSITIONING, WITH ENGS RUNNING, A BIRD WAS INGESTED INTO ONE OF THE TURBINE JET ENGS CAUSING DAMAGE TO NOT ONLY THE BIRD, BUT ONE OF THE ENG'S TURBINE BLADES. THE ACFT HAD TO BE TAKEN OTS.
Narrative: AFTER DOING A MAINT WALK AROUND EARLY IN THE SHIFT, THE ENGS WERE OPERATED DURING GATE REPOSITIONING. A BIRD FLEW INTO THE L ENG OF THE B737-200 CAUSING A BLADE TO BE DAMAGED. THE DAMAGED BLADE CAUSED THE FLT TO BE CANCELED.
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.