Bird Ingestion into Large Turbofan Engines

Abstract

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is conducting a study of bird ingestion turbofan engines. The engines under consideration were certificated to current FAA standards and are installed in A300, A310, A320, B747, B757, B767, DCIO, and MDII aircraft in commercial Service worldwide. Data were collected during 1989-1991 by the principal manufacturers of such engines. This Interim report provides some analysis of the initial 381 aircraft ingestion events, with emphasis on the kinds and numbers of ingested birds and the adverse effects of bird ingestion on aircraft engines and flights.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1992
Accession Number
ADA255863

Entities

People

  • Colin Goodall
  • Howard Banilower

Organizations

  • Federal Aviation Administration

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Birds
  • Cells
  • Databases
  • Turbines
  • United States

Readers

  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Aviation Safety and Air Traffic Management
  • Toxicology/Environmental Toxicology