Boeing 737-3B7 N373US

Summary

On 2 November 1995 at about 23:28 local time, a Boeing 737-3B7 registered N373US was involved in an incident near Portland, Maine, United States. 62 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was slightly damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

2 November 1995 at 23:28

Classification

Incident

Location

Portland, Maine, United States

Nearest airport

Portland Int'l Jetport (PWM)

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Boeing 737-3B7

Registration

N373US

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 121: Air Carrier

Purpose of flight

Unknown

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Unknown → Philadelphia

Aircraft damage

Minor

Weather

IMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

NYC96IA022

Nobody was injured.

a bird strike during takeoff, which resulted in failure of several fan blades in the right engine and a partial loss of engine power.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

During rotation, on the takeoff roll, the right engine of a Boeing 737-3B7, ingested a bird. Several fan blades broke; however, there was no uncontained failure of the blades. There was no fire and the engine continued to run until shut down by the flight crew, after which the pilot returned for a single-engine landing. Feathers recovered from the engine belonged to a bird with a weight between 2.7 to 6.4 pounds, and a average weight of 3.8 pounds. The engine performed within the limits of its certification criteria.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.