Canada A319 at Calgary on Nov 5th 2018, bird strikes into both engines
Last Update: November 23, 2018 / 21:54:47 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Nov 5, 2018
Classification
Incident
Cause
Bird strike
Airline
Air Canada
Flight number
AC-352
Departure
Calgary, Canada
Destination
Ottawa, Canada
Aircraft Registration
C-GAPY
Aircraft Type
Airbus A319
ICAO Type Designator
A319
The Canadian TSB reported maintenance found two fan blades of the left hand engine (CFM56) as well as a dent at the engine inlet leading edge, in addition 7 fan blades of the right hand engine were found bent. The left engine inlet cowl was replaced, the fan blades were found within limits. The 7 fan blades of the right hand engine were replaced. Both engines revealed no internal core damage in borescope inspections. Following engine runs the aircraft was returned to service.
The aircraft returned to service 46 hours after landing back.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Nov 5, 2018
Classification
Incident
Cause
Bird strike
Airline
Air Canada
Flight number
AC-352
Departure
Calgary, Canada
Destination
Ottawa, Canada
Aircraft Registration
C-GAPY
Aircraft Type
Airbus A319
ICAO Type Designator
A319
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