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A B737 incurred right engine turbine blade damage from a bird strike.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 569909 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200301 |
| Day | Thu |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : zzz.airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B737 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground : preflight |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 15000 flight time type : 10000 |
| ASRS Report | 569909 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical inflight encounter : birds |
| Independent Detector | other other : 3 |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | other other other other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Airport Flight Crew Human Performance Aircraft |
| Primary Problem | Environmental Factor |
Narrative:
We had flown 5 flts and was turning the aircraft over to the evening crew. The replacement first officer discovered that we had taken a bird strike at some time in the right engine. Several turbine blades were damaged and the aircraft had to be taken OTS. I do not know when the bird strike occurred. The turbine was not damaged when we started the day.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A B737 INCURRED R ENG TURBINE BLADE DAMAGE FROM A BIRD STRIKE.
Narrative: WE HAD FLOWN 5 FLTS AND WAS TURNING THE ACFT OVER TO THE EVENING CREW. THE REPLACEMENT FO DISCOVERED THAT WE HAD TAKEN A BIRD STRIKE AT SOME TIME IN THE R ENG. SEVERAL TURBINE BLADES WERE DAMAGED AND THE ACFT HAD TO BE TAKEN OTS. I DO NOT KNOW WHEN THE BIRD STRIKE OCCURRED. THE TURBINE WAS NOT DAMAGED WHEN WE STARTED THE DAY.
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.