<< >> NASA ASRS Report 1045876, October 2012

B757-200 flight crew reported they struck a large bird or birds; possibly canadian geese; while climbing through 15;000 feet. With indeterminate damage to nose and right engine; they declared an emergency and returned to departure airport.

Attributes
ACN	1045876
Time
Date	201210
Local Time Of Day	0001-0600
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.TRACON
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Dusk
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B757-200
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Climb
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 10 Flight Crew Total 8000 Flight Crew Type 4000
Person 2
Function	Pilot Not Flying First Officer
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 60 Flight Crew Total 13000 Flight Crew Type 400
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical Inflight Event / Encounter Bird / Animal

Narrative:

Severe bird-strikes; probably 2 or 3 canadian snow geese at 15;000 feet and 330 knots. Severe damage to radome; nose; right engine; possible aoa system; pitot-static system; and possible radar damage. Cockpit smoke with charred fowl smell; a rumbling and uncertain damage in nose area and engine vibration; declared emergency and performed VMC return to [departure airport].

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B757-200 flight crew reported they struck a large bird or birds; possibly Canadian geese; while climbing through 15;000 feet. With indeterminate damage to nose and right engine; they declared an emergency and returned to departure airport.

Narrative: Severe bird-strikes; probably 2 or 3 Canadian Snow Geese at 15;000 feet and 330 knots. Severe damage to radome; nose; right engine; possible AOA system; Pitot-Static system; and possible radar damage. Cockpit smoke with charred fowl smell; a rumbling and uncertain damage in nose area and engine vibration; declared emergency and performed VMC return to [departure airport].

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.