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The flight crew of a L101-1 aborted takeoff after pigeon ingestion in the #3 engine. The flight crew observed a flock in low altitude flight travel across the runway, then heard birds hit the #3 engine fan section. No loss of power occurred.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 325848 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199512 |
| Day | Wed |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : lax |
| State Reference | CA |
| 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 | L-1011-1 100/200/250 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | Other Other |
| Flight Phase | climbout : takeoff |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 180 flight time total : 20000 |
| ASRS Report | 325848 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : rejected takeoff |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
L101-1 on takeoff roll on runway 25R at lax aborted at lax at approximately 90 KTS due to pigeon ingestion in #3 engine. Flock of pigeons came across nose of aircraft at low altitude 5-10 ft above runway. No loss of thrust occurred but we heard birds hit #3 engine fan section. No mention by local controller of birds in area.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: THE FLC OF A L101-1 ABORTED TKOF AFTER PIGEON INGESTION IN THE #3 ENG. THE FLC OBSERVED A FLOCK IN LOW ALT FLT TRAVEL ACROSS THE RWY, THEN HEARD BIRDS HIT THE #3 ENG FAN SECTION. NO LOSS OF PWR OCCURRED.
Narrative: L101-1 ON TKOF ROLL ON RWY 25R AT LAX ABORTED AT LAX AT APPROX 90 KTS DUE TO PIGEON INGESTION IN #3 ENG. FLOCK OF PIGEONS CAME ACROSS NOSE OF ACFT AT LOW ALT 5-10 FT ABOVE RWY. NO LOSS OF THRUST OCCURRED BUT WE HEARD BIRDS HIT #3 ENG FAN SECTION. NO MENTION BY LCL CTLR OF BIRDS IN AREA.
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.