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Low level bird strike at V1 on air carrier widebody transport takeoff procedure. Return land after aircraft damaged.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 250277 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199308 |
| Day | Tue |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : mco |
| State Reference | FL |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 0 msl bound upper : 8000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : mco tower : mco |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Widebody, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng |
| Navigation In Use | Other Other |
| Flight Phase | climbout : intermediate altitude climbout : takeoff landing other |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : flight engineer pilot : cfi pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time total : 20000 |
| ASRS Report | 250277 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : unspecified other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | other |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
| Situations | |
| Airport | other physical facility |
Narrative:
Possible bird strike. At V1, engine indications normal fan vibration. Started to increase #2 engine. At 1000 ft vibration indicated 1.1. At 5000 ft, fan vibration 2.1. At 8000 ft #2 engine vibration 2.9. Return to mco initiated with power reduction on #2 engine. No overtemps, overspds or abnormal indication other than fan vibration as noted. Post-flight inspection revealed damage to 3 fan blades on #2 engine.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: LOW LEVEL BIRD STRIKE AT V1 ON ACR WDB TKOF PROC. RETURN LAND AFTER ACFT DAMAGED.
Narrative: POSSIBLE BIRD STRIKE. AT V1, ENG INDICATIONS NORMAL FAN VIBRATION. STARTED TO INCREASE #2 ENG. AT 1000 FT VIBRATION INDICATED 1.1. AT 5000 FT, FAN VIBRATION 2.1. AT 8000 FT #2 ENG VIBRATION 2.9. RETURN TO MCO INITIATED WITH PWR REDUCTION ON #2 ENG. NO OVERTEMPS, OVERSPDS OR ABNORMAL INDICATION OTHER THAN FAN VIBRATION AS NOTED. POST-FLT INSPECTION REVEALED DAMAGE TO 3 FAN BLADES ON #2 ENG.
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.