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A319 flight crew reported returning to departure airport after ingesting a bird into the left engine that resulted in high engine vibration.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1734319 |
| Time | |
| Date | 202003 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | A319 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Takeoff |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Turbine Engine |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Flying Captain |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | First Officer Pilot Not Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe Inflight Event / Encounter Bird / Animal |
Narrative:
We were taking off on runway xx when during the liftoff we experienced a bird strike. Loud noise and aircraft vibration followed. Due to the unknown location of the bird strike we elected to leave the landing gear down. After about 5 minutes we realized that the left engine N1 vibration gauge was indicating excessive vibration. At that time we realized that the bird was ingested by the left engine and that the engine was damaged due to the abnormal indication. Since all other engine indications on the respective engine were normal we opted not to shut down the engine. We returned back to the departure airport. After about 25 minutes on the air we made an uneventful landing.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A319 flight crew reported returning to departure airport after ingesting a bird into the left engine that resulted in high engine vibration.
Narrative: We were taking off on Runway XX when during the liftoff we experienced a bird strike. Loud noise and aircraft vibration followed. Due to the unknown location of the bird strike we elected to leave the landing gear down. After about 5 minutes we realized that the left engine N1 vibration gauge was indicating excessive vibration. At that time we realized that the bird was ingested by the left engine and that the engine was damaged due to the abnormal indication. Since all other engine indications on the respective engine were normal we opted not to shut down the engine. We returned back to the departure airport. After about 25 minutes on the air we made an uneventful landing.
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.