An A319 captain reported abnormal engine indications after a bird strike shortly following takeoff. ...

Narrative:

Just after taking of runway 09R in ZZZ we were climbing out of approx. 10;500 feet when I saw something black and of roundish shape out of the corner of my eye from left to right. It impacted the aircraft. My first officer (first officer) stated 'that's a bird'. As soon as it impacted the aircraft we immediately got an ECAM for engine 2 stall. Assuming that it was a bird we felt that it had gone through the engine. My first officer stated that he also saw the engine indications decrease. We requested ATC to level of at 13;000 feet and to turn back to ZZZ. The engine did stabilize and seemed to be working normally. The first officer briefed the flight attendants and then I made an announcement to the passengers. A normal approach and landing was made. We were below max landing weight. We pulled off of the runway and had the emergency crew do a drive around the aircraft as a precaution. They stated that they did not see anything unusual so we taxied to the gate normally.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: An A319 Captain reported abnormal engine indications after a bird strike shortly following takeoff. The flight crew elected to return to the departure airport.

Narrative: Just after taking of runway 09R in ZZZ we were climbing out of approx. 10;500 feet when I saw something black and of roundish shape out of the corner of my eye from left to right. It impacted the aircraft. My First Officer (FO) stated 'that's a bird'. As soon as it impacted the aircraft we immediately got an ECAM for ENG 2 STALL. Assuming that it was a bird we felt that it had gone through the engine. My FO stated that he also saw the engine indications decrease. We requested ATC to level of at 13;000 feet and to turn back to ZZZ. The engine did stabilize and seemed to be working normally. The FO briefed the flight attendants and then I made an announcement to the passengers. A normal approach and landing was made. We were below max landing weight. We pulled off of the runway and had the emergency crew do a drive around the aircraft as a precaution. They stated that they did not see anything unusual so we taxied to the gate normally.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.

Attributes
ACN	1261972
Time
Date	201505
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	IMC
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	A319
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Climb
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	Turbine Engine
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe Inflight Event / Encounter Bird / Animal

An A319 captain reported abnormal engine indications after a bird strike shortly following takeoff. The flight crew elected to return to the departure airport.