Air carrier flight crew on takeoff at msy ingested a bird into the #2 engine and returned to land.

Attributes
ACN	430172
Time
Date	199903
Day	Fri
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : mysm.airport
State Reference	LA
Altitude	agl single value : 5
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : msy.tower
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
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 : 225 flight time total : 19000 flight time type : 14000
ASRS Report	430172
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial pilot : multi engine
Events
Anomaly	ground encounters : fod ground encounters other other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	flight crew : diverted to another airport flight crew : landed as precaution other
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Environmental Factor
Primary Problem	Environmental Factor
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

Bird strike at liftoff into the #2 engine. Return to msy and landed. At the gate discovered that 6 blades were damaged.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ACR FLC ON TKOF AT MSY INGESTED A BIRD INTO THE #2 ENG AND RETURNED TO LAND.

Narrative: BIRD STRIKE AT LIFTOFF INTO THE #2 ENG. RETURN TO MSY AND LANDED. AT THE GATE DISCOVERED THAT 6 BLADES WERE DAMAGED.

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.