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Large bird ingested into #3 engine as a widebody transport aircraft was rotating on takeoff. Flight crew retarded power on the engine, dumped fuel and returned for landing.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 336300 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199605 |
| Day | Fri |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : dtw |
| State Reference | MI |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 100 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : dtw |
| 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 |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 120 flight time total : 15000 flight time type : 1800 |
| ASRS Report | 336300 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : flight engineer pilot : instrument pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 10000 flight time type : 800 |
| ASRS Report | 336301 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical inflight encounter other other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : unspecified other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : unable other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
#3 engine ingested a bird at vr. Engine vibration was high. Other indications were normal. We dumped fuel and returned to dtw with #3 engine at idle.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: LARGE BIRD INGESTED INTO #3 ENG AS A WDB ACFT WAS ROTATING ON TKOF. FLC RETARDED PWR ON THE ENG, DUMPED FUEL AND RETURNED FOR LNDG.
Narrative: #3 ENG INGESTED A BIRD AT VR. ENG VIBRATION WAS HIGH. OTHER INDICATIONS WERE NORMAL. WE DUMPED FUEL AND RETURNED TO DTW WITH #3 ENG AT IDLE.
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.