Foreign object damage bird strike during landing procedure flare.

Attributes
ACN	260573
Time
Date	199401
Day	Sun
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : dca
State Reference	DC
Altitude	agl bound lower : 50 agl bound upper : 50
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : dca tower : sfo
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	A320
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	Other Other
Flight Phase	descent : approach landing other
Route In Use	approach : straight in
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 6000 flight time type : 1000
ASRS Report	260573
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical inflight encounter other other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : unable
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Airport
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

At the beginning of our landing flare at dca, a flock of seagulls passed underneath the aircraft. One bird was ingested through the fan section of the right engine. Landing rollout was normal.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FOREIGN OBJECT DAMAGE BIRD STRIKE DURING LNDG PROC FLARE.

Narrative: AT THE BEGINNING OF OUR LNDG FLARE AT DCA, A FLOCK OF SEAGULLS PASSED UNDERNEATH THE ACFT. ONE BIRD WAS INGESTED THROUGH THE FAN SECTION OF THE R ENG. LNDG ROLLOUT WAS NORMAL.

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.