American B788 at Beijing on Jul 27th 2015, bird or hail strike
Last Update: July 27, 2015 / 17:05:37 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jul 27, 2015
Classification
Incident
Airline
American Airlines
Flight number
AA-88
Departure
Beijing, China
Destination
Dallas Ft. Worth, United States
Aircraft Registration
N805AN
Aircraft Type
Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner
ICAO Type Designator
B788
Passenger Wangshiyu0818 reported "poor bird, poor radome".
Chinese Officials reported a bird strike, too.
The airline later reported that the radome was not reshaped by a bird strike but by hail when the aircraft encountered a hail storm while climbing out of Beijing.
Metars:
ZBAA 271200Z 16005MPS 6000 -TSRA SCT050CB 31/26 Q1001 BECMG AT1240 32010G16MPS TSRA
ZBAA 271130Z 15003MPS 130V190 6000 FEW050CB 32/26 Q1001 BECMG AT1210 32010G16MPS -TSRA
ZBAA 271100Z 15003MPS 6000 FEW050CB 32/25 Q1002 BECMG AT1210 32010G16MPS -TSRA
ZBAA 271030Z 18005MPS 8000 FEW050TCU 32/25 Q1002 BECMG AT1210 -TSRA
ZBAA 271000Z 16003MPS CAVOK 32/25 Q1001 NOSIG
ZBAA 270930Z 19004MPS 160V220 CAVOK 33/24 Q1001 NOSIG
ZBAA 270900Z 21004MPS 170V260 CAVOK 34/23 Q1001 NOSIG
ZBAA 270830Z 17005MPS 150V210 8000 NSC 33/25 Q1002 NOSIG
ZBAA 270800Z 19004MPS 160V220 8000 NSC 33/25 Q1002 NOSIG
ZBAA 270730Z VRB03MPS 8000 NSC 33/25 Q1002 NOSIG
ZBAA 270700Z 16004MPS 8000 NSC 32/25 Q1002 NOSIG
ZBAA 270630Z 16004MPS 120V180 8000 NSC 33/25 Q1003 NOSIG
ZBAA 270600Z 12003MPS 090V170 CAVOK 33/25 Q1003 NOSIG
ZBAA 270530Z 11002MPS 060V160 CAVOK 32/24 Q1004 NOSIG
ZBAA 270500Z 16003MPS 110V190 CAVOK 32/24 Q1004 NOSIG
Aircraft Registration Data
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jul 27, 2015
Classification
Incident
Airline
American Airlines
Flight number
AA-88
Departure
Beijing, China
Destination
Dallas Ft. Worth, United States
Aircraft Registration
N805AN
Aircraft Type
Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner
ICAO Type Designator
B788
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