Bird strike on B727 forces an in-flight engine shutdown and a return land.

Attributes
ACN	349189
Time
Date	199610
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : dca
State Reference	DC
Altitude	msl bound lower : 2000 msl bound upper : 2000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : dca
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B727 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	climbout : intermediate altitude other other
Route In Use	departure other enroute : on vectors
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 170 flight time total : 18000 flight time type : 12000
ASRS Report	349189
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial
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	flight crew : declared emergency other
Consequence	other Other
Supplementary
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

Bird (seagull) was ingested by #1 engine. Engine began to vibrate and was shut down. Returned for a 2 engine landing at dca.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: BIRD STRIKE ON B727 FORCES AN INFLT ENG SHUTDOWN AND A RETURN LAND.

Narrative: BIRD (SEAGULL) WAS INGESTED BY #1 ENG. ENG BEGAN TO VIBRATE AND WAS SHUT DOWN. RETURNED FOR A 2 ENG LNDG AT DCA.

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.