Narrative:

I discussed with the crew that brought the aircraft in the fact that they had hit a flock of birds. The incident was done yesterday on 4/tue/89. This am we observed numerous bloody spots on the left hand wing and lower nose area. No big deal, I treated it like a dirty windshield, weren't any holes anywhere. The walk around by the first officer revealed no damage. A mechanic inspected the strikes and engine intakes and said no damage. The mechanic discussed the no damage inspection with an FAA inspector. They discussed putting it in the book but decided that the inspection was ok. This mechanic had worked during the night on a B pump write up and was going to ride back to mci with us. On the way to mci I wrote this in the log book: G66: 'the bloody spots from the bird strikes on the left wing and nose need cleaning, no damage noted during walkaround and by mechanic report.' this was signed off in mci: fact. 'Performed bird strike inspection per the M/M 5-51-41, page 201. No defects noted.' if the FAA decides to push the lack of a proper write up then we could be faulted for not having the exact sequence for our paper trail. A) the inbound crew should have written the strike up. B) the mechanic should have written the strike up and signed off a proper inspections (and cleaning). C) I should not have accepted the aircraft west/O the log book entries and cleaning. Contributing to this was our lack of proper maintenance in stl and the stress of trying to keep an airline on time during our contract negotiations.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FLT CREW ACCEPTED ACFT FOR FLT AFTER BIRD STRIKE. NO LOG BOOK ENTRY.

Narrative: I DISCUSSED WITH THE CREW THAT BROUGHT THE ACFT IN THE FACT THAT THEY HAD HIT A FLOCK OF BIRDS. THE INCIDENT WAS DONE YESTERDAY ON 4/TUE/89. THIS AM WE OBSERVED NUMEROUS BLOODY SPOTS ON THE LEFT HAND WING AND LOWER NOSE AREA. NO BIG DEAL, I TREATED IT LIKE A DIRTY WINDSHIELD, WEREN'T ANY HOLES ANYWHERE. THE WALK AROUND BY THE F/O REVEALED NO DAMAGE. A MECH INSPECTED THE STRIKES AND ENG INTAKES AND SAID NO DAMAGE. THE MECH DISCUSSED THE NO DAMAGE INSPECTION WITH AN FAA INSPECTOR. THEY DISCUSSED PUTTING IT IN THE BOOK BUT DECIDED THAT THE INSPECTION WAS OK. THIS MECH HAD WORKED DURING THE NIGHT ON A B PUMP WRITE UP AND WAS GOING TO RIDE BACK TO MCI WITH US. ON THE WAY TO MCI I WROTE THIS IN THE LOG BOOK: G66: 'THE BLOODY SPOTS FROM THE BIRD STRIKES ON THE LEFT WING AND NOSE NEED CLEANING, NO DAMAGE NOTED DURING WALKAROUND AND BY MECH RPT.' THIS WAS SIGNED OFF IN MCI: FACT. 'PERFORMED BIRD STRIKE INSPECTION PER THE M/M 5-51-41, PAGE 201. NO DEFECTS NOTED.' IF THE FAA DECIDES TO PUSH THE LACK OF A PROPER WRITE UP THEN WE COULD BE FAULTED FOR NOT HAVING THE EXACT SEQUENCE FOR OUR PAPER TRAIL. A) THE INBND CREW SHOULD HAVE WRITTEN THE STRIKE UP. B) THE MECH SHOULD HAVE WRITTEN THE STRIKE UP AND SIGNED OFF A PROPER INSPECTIONS (AND CLEANING). C) I SHOULD NOT HAVE ACCEPTED THE ACFT W/O THE LOG BOOK ENTRIES AND CLEANING. CONTRIBUTING TO THIS WAS OUR LACK OF PROPER MAINT IN STL AND THE STRESS OF TRYING TO KEEP AN AIRLINE ON TIME DURING OUR CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of August 2007 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.