Boeing 757 N682DA

Summary

On 22 February 1999 at about 19:55 local time, a Boeing 757 registered N682DA was involved in an accident near Covington, Kentucky, United States. 132 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

22 February 1999 at 19:55

Classification

Accident

Location

Covington, Kentucky, United States

Nearest airport

Cincinnati Internation (CVG)

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Boeing 757

Registration

N682DA

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 121: Air Carrier

Purpose of flight

Unknown

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Unknown → Washington

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

NYC99LA064

Nobody was injured.

A flock birds were ingested into both engines, resulting in substantial damage to the engines.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The airplane pushed back from the gate, and taxied to runway 18L. While taxing, the crew heard no mention of a bird hazard by another aircraft or air traffic control. The takeoff roll was normal until passing approximately 150 knots; at that point, a flock of birds traveling from left to right passed in front of the airplane. The captain advised the first officer of the hazard, and asked him to climb over the flock. The first officer increased pitch angle, but the airplane still penetrated the flock. At the time of penetration, the nose wheel was in the air, and the main landing gear was just becoming airborne. The airplane returned to the airport without further incident. At the time of impact, N1 on the left engine dropped from 81.88 percent to 56.00 percent, and on the right engine, it dropped from 81.25 to 71.63 percent. In both cases, throttle positions remained constant. The bird's roost was not identified, and no airport procedures contributing to the accident were observed. Starlings comprised 5 percent of all the damaging animal strikes to U.S. aircraft from 1993 to 1995.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.