Mesa CRJ7 at Nashville on Jul 10th 2018, bird strike

Last Update: July 12, 2018 / 18:28:00 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jul 10, 2018

Classification
Incident

Flight number
UA-6176

Aircraft Registration
N504MJ

Aircraft Type
Canadair CRJ-700

ICAO Type Designator
CRJ7

A Mesa Airlines Canadair CRJ-700 on behalf of United, registration N504MJ performing flight UA-6176 from Washington Dulles,DC to Nashville,TN (USA), was on approach to Nashville's runway 02R when a large bird impacted the aircraft. The aircraft continued for a safe landing on runway 02R maintaining routine communication.

The occurrence aircraft was unable to depart for the return flight and is still on the ground in Nashville about 44 hours after landing.

The FAA reported the aircraft sustained unknown damage.

A replacement Canadair CRJ-700 registration N513MJ performed the return flight with a delay of 4.5 hours.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jul 10, 2018

Classification
Incident

Flight number
UA-6176

Aircraft Registration
N504MJ

Aircraft Type
Canadair CRJ-700

ICAO Type Designator
CRJ7

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