Bird Strike at Sacramento

[GeoffSM1]

The following info is copied directly from the FAA Aviation Safety Information Analysis and Sharing (ASIAS) Notice posted on 28 December.

26-DEC-15
Time: 00:45:00Z
Regis#: N670SW
Aircraft Make: BOEING
Aircraft Model: 737
Event Type: Incident

City: SACRAMENTO
State: California
 
Description: N670SW SOUTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT SWA4139 BOEING 733 AIRCRAFT ON DEPARTURE SUSTAINED A BIRDSTRIKE, RETURNED AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT, INSPECTION REVEALED DAMAGE TO LEFT ELEVATOR, SACRAMENTO, CA


End of Notice

It sounds as though this incident could have had far more serious consequences. TG it didn't.
Despite my efforts to get rid of the noise and hiss, the first 70 seconds is still very noisy but it does get better after that.

I would be grateful if someone could explain how it comes about that whereas the ASIAS Notice states that the incident occurred at 00.45Z on 26/12 (and this is supported by other sources (eg FlightAware), after failing to find anything in the Live ATC archives for that date, I eventually found it in the archived file for 27/12.

[flyflyfly]

I would be grateful if someone could explain how it comes about that whereas the ASIAS Notice states that the incident occurred at 00.45Z on 26/12 (and this is supported by other sources (eg FlightAware), after failing to find anything in the Live ATC archives for that date, I eventually found it in the archived file for 27/12.

Well, according to flightaware
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N670SW
the aircraft took off on 26/12 at 16:44PST (pacific standard time). So, according to local time, this clearly happened in the afternoon of December 26th.

To convert to UTC, you need to add 8 hours - resulting in 00:44Z on December 27th.

So, the times in the LiveATC archives are correct. Obviously FAA database is a little inconsistent with timezones: seems the date matches "local timezone", whereas the time is given in UTC.

[InterpreDemon]

It obviously occurred in the one place at two different times, depending upon which train the observer was standing upon

But forget about the birds, we know they are dead... I want to know if the cat inside the box has been poisoned.