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| Date: | Friday 17 December 2021 |
| Time: | 17:43 LT |
| Type: |  Airbus A320-214 |
| Owner/operator: | Allegiant Air |
| Registration: | N224NV |
| MSN: | 1694 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2001 |
| Engine model: | CFMI CFM56-5B4/P |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Unknown |
| Location: | Orlando Sanford International Airport, FL (SFB/KSFB) -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Orlando Sanford International Airport, FL (SFB/KSFB) |
| Asheville Regional Airport, NC (AVL/KAVL) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Allegiant Air flight AAY 427, an Airbus A320-214, suffered a bird strike to the #1 engine during departure from Orlando Sanford International Airport (SFB), Florida, USA. The flight crew elected to turn back and a safe landing was made back at Orlando, 29 minutes after takeoff.
Sources:
https://www.asias.faa.gov/apex/f?p=100:96:8174768482349::::P96_ENTRY_DATE,P96_MAKE_NAME,P96_FATAL_FLG:20-DEC-21,AIRBUS
https://flightaware.com/resources/registration/N224NV
https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=a1f11d&lat=28.666&lon=-81.414&zoom=9.1&showTrace=2021-12-17&leg=8
https://www.planespotters.net/photo/1147645/n224nv-allegiant-air-airbus-a320-214
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/n224nv#2a39a88a
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 20-Dec-2021 17:37 | harro | Added |
| 20-Dec-2021 17:37 | harro | Updated [Date, ] |
| 21-Dec-2021 01:57 | johnwg | Updated [Time, Total occupants, Phase, Source, Damage, Narrative, Category, ] |
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