Aircraft landed and reported a bird strike and damaged a flap fairing.
Date: 14-NOV-20
Time: 06:10:00Z
Regis#: FDX1247
Aircraft Make: BOEING
Aircraft Model: 767
Event Type: ACCIDENT
Highest Injury: NONE
Aircraft Missing: No
Damage: MINOR
Activity: CARGO
Flight Phase: LANDING (LDG)
Operation: 121
Aircraft Operator: FEDERAL EXPRESS
City: MEMPHIS
State: TENNESSEE
Someone help me understand this.
ReplyDeleteHere we have a 767 that lands and reports a bird strike and that it put a dent in the flap fairing ... and that's an ACCIDENT. Other times we'll have a GA airplane, literally, land in a tree (or something similarly severe) and that's an INCIDENT.
How does it work?
Good question. Here's the FAA national policy:
DeleteAircraft Accident and Incident Notification, Investigation, and Reporting
https://www.faa.gov/documentlibrary/media/order/faa_order_8020.11d.pdf
Hope this helps!
Great information. Thank you.
DeleteThe Cliff Notes version: if the flap still worked and the impact damage didn't affect the flight control characteristics of the aircraft, it's an incident. That's what happened here. Now if they had a flap discontinuity problem and say the left side inboard flap couldn't engage past 35 degrees from damage and they had to land with flaps 35 instead of 50 for both wings to be equal, then that would be categorized as an accident.
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