Air carrier medium large transport suffers multiple bird strikes on takeoff. Return land mandated.

Attributes
ACN	282223
Time
Date	199409
Day	Mon
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : isp
State Reference	NY
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	climbout : takeoff
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : flight engineer pilot : commercial pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 120 flight time total : 10100 flight time type : 2000
ASRS Report	282223
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	flight crew : declared emergency none taken : insufficient time
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Airport
Air Traffic Incident	other
Situations
Airport	other physical facility

Narrative:

Departure runway 24 at isp. At approximately V1 flock of birds came from left across aircraft. Several hits, 1 on engine nacelle left side, #2 slat and inboard wing root area. Probably 1 through left engine. Returned to land isp. Birds are a problem in isp area. We flew the next day, same flight number, same WX. Not 1 bird seen around runway.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ACR MLG SUFFERS MULTIPLE BIRD STRIKES ON TKOF. RETURN LAND MANDATED.

Narrative: DEP RWY 24 AT ISP. AT APPROX V1 FLOCK OF BIRDS CAME FROM L ACROSS ACFT. SEVERAL HITS, 1 ON ENG NACELLE L SIDE, #2 SLAT AND INBOARD WING ROOT AREA. PROBABLY 1 THROUGH L ENG. RETURNED TO LAND ISP. BIRDS ARE A PROB IN ISP AREA. WE FLEW THE NEXT DAY, SAME FLT NUMBER, SAME WX. NOT 1 BIRD SEEN AROUND RWY.

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.