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Flight crew of DC9 on takeoff roll has a bird strike but perceives it as an near midair collision. Later informed that a dead turkey buzzard was found. No abnormal indications en route.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 405414 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199806 |
| Day | Thu |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : cmh |
| State Reference | OH |
| 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 | DC-9 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | climbout : takeoff |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 17000 flight time type : 5000 |
| ASRS Report | 405414 |
| 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:
Hit turkey buzzard just prior to rotation. Thought it was a near miss as he passed over left side of cockpit, but after we were en route to dtw we called tower who said they found a dead bird. No abnormal indications. We called dispatch, wrote it up, etc. Uneventful landing.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FLC OF DC9 ON TKOF ROLL HAS A BIRD STRIKE BUT PERCEIVES IT AS AN NMAC. LATER INFORMED THAT A DEAD TURKEY BUZZARD WAS FOUND. NO ABNORMAL INDICATIONS ENRTE.
Narrative: HIT TURKEY BUZZARD JUST PRIOR TO ROTATION. THOUGHT IT WAS A NEAR MISS AS HE PASSED OVER L SIDE OF COCKPIT, BUT AFTER WE WERE ENRTE TO DTW WE CALLED TWR WHO SAID THEY FOUND A DEAD BIRD. NO ABNORMAL INDICATIONS. WE CALLED DISPATCH, WROTE IT UP, ETC. UNEVENTFUL LNDG.
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.