Air carrier aborts takeoff due bird strike and ingestion.

Attributes
ACN	273294
Time
Date	199406
Day	Mon
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : mob
State Reference	AL
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : yip
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	Other Other
Flight Phase	climbout : takeoff other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : atp pilot : flight engineer
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 210 flight time total : 11000 flight time type : 210
ASRS Report	273294
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : flight engineer pilot : cfi pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 180 flight time total : 6000 flight time type : 1280
ASRS Report	273298
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	flight crew : rejected takeoff none taken : insufficient time
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

During takeoff roll, I noticed small flock of birds rise from the runway. One almost hit my windscreen and was then ingested into the left engine, causing a loud bang from the engine with aircraft yawing to the left. This happened near V1 and I aborted the takeoff successfully. Upon clearing the runway, first officer requested emergency vehicles to respond. They checked our left engine and brakes for fire or damage. They observed no damage, but we were unable to taxi further as brakes had locked up. Passenger were deplaned through aft airstair as ground transportation became available. Flight attendants remained calm, and we made numerous PA's from the cockpit to keep the passenger informed of our status. Slight consideration was given to doing an emergency evacuate/evacuation once clear of the runway, but there was no fire or visible damage so we elected to use the aft airstair. Mobile emergency personnel, airport police, ATC, and our contract maintenance personnel, and our station personnel all worked well together to assist us.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ACR ABORTS TKOF DUE BIRD STRIKE AND INGESTION.

Narrative: DURING TKOF ROLL, I NOTICED SMALL FLOCK OF BIRDS RISE FROM THE RWY. ONE ALMOST HIT MY WINDSCREEN AND WAS THEN INGESTED INTO THE L ENG, CAUSING A LOUD BANG FROM THE ENG WITH ACFT YAWING TO THE L. THIS HAPPENED NEAR V1 AND I ABORTED THE TKOF SUCCESSFULLY. UPON CLRING THE RWY, FO REQUESTED EMER VEHICLES TO RESPOND. THEY CHKED OUR L ENG AND BRAKES FOR FIRE OR DAMAGE. THEY OBSERVED NO DAMAGE, BUT WE WERE UNABLE TO TAXI FURTHER AS BRAKES HAD LOCKED UP. PAX WERE DEPLANED THROUGH AFT AIRSTAIR AS GND TRANSPORTATION BECAME AVAILABLE. FLT ATTENDANTS REMAINED CALM, AND WE MADE NUMEROUS PA'S FROM THE COCKPIT TO KEEP THE PAX INFORMED OF OUR STATUS. SLIGHT CONSIDERATION WAS GIVEN TO DOING AN EMER EVAC ONCE CLR OF THE RWY, BUT THERE WAS NO FIRE OR VISIBLE DAMAGE SO WE ELECTED TO USE THE AFT AIRSTAIR. MOBILE EMER PERSONNEL, ARPT POLICE, ATC, AND OUR CONTRACT MAINT PERSONNEL, AND OUR STATION PERSONNEL ALL WORKED WELL TOGETHER TO ASSIST US.

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.