727 encounters birds on touch down.

Attributes
ACN	282903
Time
Date	199409
Day	Wed
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : rdu
State Reference	NC
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : lga
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B727 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	landing other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
ASRS Report	282903
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : atp pilot : commercial
Events
Anomaly	conflict : ground critical other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : unable
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

At touchdown rdu had bird strike upper right corner of near R-1 window. No visible damage to aircraft. Suspect severe damage to bird. It happened too quickly to tell bird size or type. Think that there were 2 or 3 birds together. The others missed.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: 727 ENCOUNTERS BIRDS ON TOUCH DOWN.

Narrative: AT TOUCHDOWN RDU HAD BIRD STRIKE UPPER R CORNER OF NEAR R-1 WINDOW. NO VISIBLE DAMAGE TO ACFT. SUSPECT SEVERE DAMAGE TO BIRD. IT HAPPENED TOO QUICKLY TO TELL BIRD SIZE OR TYPE. THINK THAT THERE WERE 2 OR 3 BIRDS TOGETHER. THE OTHERS MISSED.

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.