An air carrier medium large transport ingested an owl upon landing and while in reverse. Bird strike...

Attributes
ACN	345858
Time
Date	199608
Day	Mon
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : eug
State Reference	OR
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
Navigation In Use	Other Other
Flight Phase	landing other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : flight engineer pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 15200 flight time type : 3600
ASRS Report	345858
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial
Events
Anomaly	conflict : ground less severe other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

Upon landing on runway 16 in eug, I started to reverse the engines after touchdown. A white owl, who was sitting on the centerline and was not visible, took off and was ingested into the right engine while it was in reverse. A part of the acoustical paneling was found on the runway and, upon inspection at the gate, bent blades were found and numerous bird parts found in the engine. All engine parameters were normal.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: AN ACR MLG INGESTED AN OWL UPON LNDG AND WHILE IN REVERSE. BIRD STRIKE.

Narrative: UPON LNDG ON RWY 16 IN EUG, I STARTED TO REVERSE THE ENGS AFTER TOUCHDOWN. A WHITE OWL, WHO WAS SITTING ON THE CTRLINE AND WAS NOT VISIBLE, TOOK OFF AND WAS INGESTED INTO THE R ENG WHILE IT WAS IN REVERSE. A PART OF THE ACOUSTICAL PANELING WAS FOUND ON THE RWY AND, UPON INSPECTION AT THE GATE, BENT BLADES WERE FOUND AND NUMEROUS BIRD PARTS FOUND IN THE ENG. ALL ENG PARAMETERS WERE NORMAL.

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.