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| Date: | Monday 22 August 2016 |
| Time: | 17:14 |
| Type: | Boeing 737-8EH (WL) |
| Owner/operator: | Gol Linhas Aéreas |
| Registration: | PR-GXJ |
| MSN: | 39623/4553 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2013 |
| Engine model: | CFMI CFM56-7B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Category: | Incident |
| Location: | Aracaju Airport, SE (AJU/SBAR) -
Brazil
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Aracaju Airport, SE (AJU/SBAR) |
| Destination airport: | São Paulo-Guarulhos International Airport, SP (GRU/SBGR) |
| Investigating agency: | CENIPA |
| Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:GOL flight G36691 suffered a bird strike during the takeoff roll on runway 11 at Aracaju Airport, Brazil.
A bird was ingested in the no.2 engine and the flight crew aborted the takeoff. The runway was closed for 30 minutes for inspection.
The aircraft was repaired and back in service on August 24.
Sources:
CENIPA
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/pr-gxj#ac29dbf Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
| 08-Sep-2016 20:19 |
harro |
Added |
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