 |
37000 Feet | Browse and search NASA's Aviation Safety Reporting System |
|
A departing A300 on takeoff from sdq, first officer, experiences a bird strike when flying through a flock of birds at rotation.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 411812 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199808 |
| Day | Wed |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : sdq |
| State Reference | FO |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 50 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : sdq |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | A300 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | Other |
| Flight Phase | climbout : initial climbout : takeoff |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| ASRS Report | 411812 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical inflight encounter other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa other other : unspecified |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
Sdq airport. Birds crossed the takeoff path on takeoff rotation. No impact was felt. Looked for indications of strike. Engine indications normal. #1 flight attendant reported engine noise. Wrote up possible bird strike on airframe or #2 engine and requested inspection. Upon inspection maintenance found strike on fan blade, #2 engine. Aircraft taken OTS.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A DEPARTING A300 ON TKOF FROM SDQ, FO, EXPERIENCES A BIRD STRIKE WHEN FLYING THROUGH A FLOCK OF BIRDS AT ROTATION.
Narrative: SDQ ARPT. BIRDS CROSSED THE TKOF PATH ON TKOF ROTATION. NO IMPACT WAS FELT. LOOKED FOR INDICATIONS OF STRIKE. ENG INDICATIONS NORMAL. #1 FLT ATTENDANT RPTED ENG NOISE. WROTE UP POSSIBLE BIRD STRIKE ON AIRFRAME OR #2 ENG AND REQUESTED INSPECTION. UPON INSPECTION MAINT FOUND STRIKE ON FAN BLADE, #2 ENG. ACFT TAKEN OTS.
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.