Bird strike on an light transport air carrier aircraft.

Attributes
ACN	248767
Time
Date	199308
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : lnk
State Reference	NE
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Light Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turboprop Eng
Flight Phase	ground : preflight other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial pilot : cfi
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 180 flight time total : 2380 flight time type : 975
ASRS Report	248767
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : less severe other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Aircraft
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

I was functioning as first officer. Before the flight, the preflight inspection was performed as well as a walk around just prior to passenger boarding. Everything was as required. The flight was operated uneventfully and upon completion, a post-flight inspection per the checklist was completed by myself. The conditions on the ramp at lnk were very dark. I used a flashlight to complete the inspection at XA30 the following morning. The flight crew to be flying the first flight of the day was completing a preflight inspection of the same aircraft and had noticed the aircraft had taken a bird strike near the air intake of the left engine. Because of the dark conditions on the ramp the night before, I had missed the evidence of the bird strike on my post-flight inspection.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: BIRD STRIKE ON AN LTT ACR ACFT.

Narrative: I WAS FUNCTIONING AS FO. BEFORE THE FLT, THE PREFLT INSPECTION WAS PERFORMED AS WELL AS A WALK AROUND JUST PRIOR TO PAX BOARDING. EVERYTHING WAS AS REQUIRED. THE FLT WAS OPERATED UNEVENTFULLY AND UPON COMPLETION, A POST-FLT INSPECTION PER THE CHKLIST WAS COMPLETED BY MYSELF. THE CONDITIONS ON THE RAMP AT LNK WERE VERY DARK. I USED A FLASHLIGHT TO COMPLETE THE INSPECTION AT XA30 THE FOLLOWING MORNING. THE FLC TO BE FLYING THE FIRST FLT OF THE DAY WAS COMPLETING A PREFLT INSPECTION OF THE SAME ACFT AND HAD NOTICED THE ACFT HAD TAKEN A BIRD STRIKE NEAR THE AIR INTAKE OF THE L ENG. BECAUSE OF THE DARK CONDITIONS ON THE RAMP THE NIGHT BEFORE, I HAD MISSED THE EVIDENCE OF THE BIRD STRIKE ON MY POST-FLT INSPECTION.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 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.