Medium large transport on departure has bird strike and bird is ingested into engine. After consulting with maintenance the flight continues to destination. Inspection reveals blade damage.

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Attributes
ACN	385407
Time
Date	199711
Day	Sat
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : sjc
State Reference	CA
Altitude	agl bound lower : 1000 agl bound upper : 1000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : oak
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	climbout : intermediate altitude climbout : initial
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 190 flight time total : 20000 flight time type : 9500
ASRS Report	385407
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : less severe inflight encounter other other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	other
Consequence	other Other
Supplementary
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

At 1000 ft on departure from sjc we had a bird strike. The bird hit the left side of the aircraft then went through the #1 engine. All engine indications were normal so we continued on the departure. I contacted dispatch and they checked with maintenance duty control to see if they wanted to continue to our destination or go somewhere else. We all agreed to continue and maintenance scheduled an inspection upon arrival. The inspection at the destination revealed that we had 1 blade broken and a few blades bent. The aircraft was taken OTS for repairs.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: MLG ON DEP HAS BIRD STRIKE AND BIRD IS INGESTED INTO ENG. AFTER CONSULTING WITH MAINT THE FLT CONTINUES TO DEST. INSPECTION REVEALS BLADE DAMAGE.

Narrative: AT 1000 FT ON DEP FROM SJC WE HAD A BIRD STRIKE. THE BIRD HIT THE L SIDE OF THE ACFT THEN WENT THROUGH THE #1 ENG. ALL ENG INDICATIONS WERE NORMAL SO WE CONTINUED ON THE DEP. I CONTACTED DISPATCH AND THEY CHKED WITH MAINT DUTY CTL TO SEE IF THEY WANTED TO CONTINUE TO OUR DEST OR GO SOMEWHERE ELSE. WE ALL AGREED TO CONTINUE AND MAINT SCHEDULED AN INSPECTION UPON ARR. THE INSPECTION AT THE DEST REVEALED THAT WE HAD 1 BLADE BROKEN AND A FEW BLADES BENT. THE ACFT WAS TAKEN OTS FOR REPAIRS.

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.