<< >> NASA ASRS Report 396607, March 1998

A C172 pilot encounters a flock of geese immediately after takeoff at guc. He flies over the terminal building during his evasive action.

Attributes
ACN	396607
Time
Date	199803
Day	Mon
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : guc
State Reference	CO
Altitude	agl bound lower : 150 agl bound upper : 200
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	general aviation : personal
Make Model Name	Skyhawk 172/Cutlass 172
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	climbout : takeoff climbout : initial cruise other
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : cfi pilot : instrument
Experience	controller non radar : 5 controller radar : 5 flight time last 90 days : 90 flight time total : 2000 flight time type : 70
ASRS Report	396607
Person 2
Affiliation	Other
Function	other personnel other personnel
Qualification	other other : other
Events
Anomaly	inflight encounter other non adherence : far
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	flight crew : took evasive action
Consequence	Other
Miss Distance	horizontal : 30 vertical : 20
Supplementary
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

Takeoff runway 6 at guc, AB00. Departed runway 6 and began climb out only to encounter a flock of geese both over and south of runway. Executed immediate left turn to north passing approximately 100 ft AGL over main terminal building. Proceeded to climb clear of geese and then proceeded back to the east avoiding overflt of city at low altitude. Radioed unicom and reported geese who were no longer a factor. Contributing factor was early morning sun low to the east obscuring vision (looking into the sun). No answer or acknowledgement from unicom. I was concerned as to my low flight over the terminal to avoid the geese.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A C172 PLT ENCOUNTERS A FLOCK OF GEESE IMMEDIATELY AFTER TKOF AT GUC. HE FLIES OVER THE TERMINAL BUILDING DURING HIS EVASIVE ACTION.

Narrative: TKOF RWY 6 AT GUC, AB00. DEPARTED RWY 6 AND BEGAN CLBOUT ONLY TO ENCOUNTER A FLOCK OF GEESE BOTH OVER AND S OF RWY. EXECUTED IMMEDIATE L TURN TO N PASSING APPROX 100 FT AGL OVER MAIN TERMINAL BUILDING. PROCEEDED TO CLB CLR OF GEESE AND THEN PROCEEDED BACK TO THE E AVOIDING OVERFLT OF CITY AT LOW ALT. RADIOED UNICOM AND RPTED GEESE WHO WERE NO LONGER A FACTOR. CONTRIBUTING FACTOR WAS EARLY MORNING SUN LOW TO THE E OBSCURING VISION (LOOKING INTO THE SUN). NO ANSWER OR ACKNOWLEDGEMENT FROM UNICOM. I WAS CONCERNED AS TO MY LOW FLT OVER THE TERMINAL TO AVOID THE GEESE.

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.