An air carrier DC8 freighter crew had a bird strike on final approach to ont. No damage.

Attributes
ACN	341490
Time
Date	199607
Day	Wed
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : ont
State Reference	CA
Altitude	agl bound lower : 150 agl bound upper : 150
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : ont tower : ict
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	DC-8F
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	descent : approach
Route In Use	approach : straight in
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 9900
ASRS Report	341490
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial
Events
Anomaly	conflict : airborne less severe inflight encounter other other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other other : unspecified
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

On short final, an airport employee witnessing the landing observed a bird ingested into our #1 engine. A further inspection by the flight crew and maintenance showed no apparent damage to the engine.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: AN ACR DC8 FREIGHTER CREW HAD A BIRD STRIKE ON FINAL APCH TO ONT. NO DAMAGE.

Narrative: ON SHORT FINAL, AN ARPT EMPLOYEE WITNESSING THE LNDG OBSERVED A BIRD INGESTED INTO OUR #1 ENG. A FURTHER INSPECTION BY THE FLC AND MAINT SHOWED NO APPARENT DAMAGE TO THE ENG.

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.