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| Title: | Birdstrike on B757-200, N34131, at Shannon Airport, 20 May 2005 |
| Micro summary: | This Boeing 757 hit a flock of birds, and subsequent diversion. |
| Event Time: | 2005-05-20 at 1053 UTC |
| File Name: | 2005-05-20-IE.pdf |
| Publishing Agency: | Air Accident Investigation Unit (AAIU) |
| Publishing Country: | Ireland |
| Report number: | 2005/017 |
| Pages: | 2 |
| Site of event: | Climb out of Shannon |
| Departure: | Shannon International Airport, Shannon, Ireland |
| Destination: | Newark Liberty International Airport, Newark, New Jersey, USA |
| Airplane Type(s): | Boeing 757-200 |
| Flight Phase: | Takeoff |
| Registration(s): | N34131 |
| Operator(s): | Continental Airlines |
| Type of flight: | Revenue |
| Occupants: | 186 |
| Fatalities: | 0 |
| Serious Injuries: | 0 |
| Minor/Non-Injured: | 186 |
| Other Injuries: | 0 |
| Executive Summary: | The aircraft was on a scheduled passenger service between Shannon Airport, Ireland, and Newark Airport, USA. The First Officer was the pilot flying (PF), with the Captain as the pilot non-flying (PNF). Take-off from Runway (RWY) 24 was normal, visibility was 10+ km, Wind 270/19 kt, with Few and Broken cloud in the climb. Air Traffic Control (ATC) communications were normal, the PNF reported that he did not notice any bird activity on take-off or in the initial climb out from RWY 24. At 10.52 hrs, and at approximately 1,000 feet altitude, the PNF declared an “Emergency”. The crew had shut down No. 2 engine due to high vibration and high EGT (engine gas temperature). ATC immediately cleared the aircraft to route back to RWY 24 at Shannon, where it landed safely at 11.05 hrs. On a post flight inspection after landing the aircrew noticed substantial damage to some fan blades, and the accoustic lining of No.2 engine. In subsequent discussions with maintenance personnel, the initial diagnosis was that the damage was possibly caused by a bird strike and its ingestion into the engine. |
| Learning Keywords: | Operations - Birdstrike |
| Systems - Engine - Contained Engine Failure | |
| Systems - Engine - Foreign Object Damage | |
| Consequence - Damage - Airframe or fuselage |
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