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Engine Bird Ingestion Certification Testing — Large Flocking Birds

Published 2019-09-01 From FAA Hughes Technical Center 1 author

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Abstract

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Hughes Technical Center bird-ingestion certification testing for turbofan engines — drove revisions to FAR 33.76 large-bird ingestion thresholds after the Hudson River ditching (NTSB AAR-11/01). Documents the test article + instrumentation + acceptance criteria.

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FAA Hughes Technical Center FAA Hughes Technical Center

Keywords

bird strike
engine certification
FAR 33.76
turbofan
Hudson River

Citation: FAA Hughes Technical Center (2019). Engine Bird Ingestion Certification Testing — Large Flocking Birds. FAA Hughes Technical Center. FAA-affiliated R&D (MITRE / Volpe / FAA Tech Center) ID tc-dot-faa-tc-19-25. https://www.tc.faa.gov/its/worldpac/techrpt/ ↗