A departure air carrier flight experiences a bird strike at 1000 ft AGL one and one half NM northeas...

Attributes
ACN	465602
Time
Date	200003
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : ewr.airport
State Reference	NJ
Altitude	agl single value : 1000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : n90.tracon
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	ils localizer only : 4r Other
Flight Phase	climbout : initial
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp pilot : flight engineer
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 160 flight time total : 17000 flight time type : 700
ASRS Report	465602
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : multi engine pilot : atp pilot : commercial
Events
Anomaly	conflict : airborne critical inflight encounter : birds
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	flight crew : landed as precaution other
Consequence	other other
Miss Distance	horizontal : 0 vertical : 0
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Environmental Factor Airspace Structure
Primary Problem	Environmental Factor

Narrative:

Large hawk struck nose of aircraft at 1000 ft AGL and 1.5 DME of runway 5R on 060 degree heading. The airplane seemed normal, but I elected to remain low and slow and to do all checklists and return to ewr and land overweight. After landing, we found about 2 ft square of radome severely cracked and maintenance replaced it.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A DEP ACR FLT EXPERIENCES A BIRD STRIKE AT 1000 FT AGL ONE AND ONE HALF NM NE OF EWR, NJ.

Narrative: LARGE HAWK STRUCK NOSE OF ACFT AT 1000 FT AGL AND 1.5 DME OF RWY 5R ON 060 DEG HDG. THE AIRPLANE SEEMED NORMAL, BUT I ELECTED TO REMAIN LOW AND SLOW AND TO DO ALL CHKLISTS AND RETURN TO EWR AND LAND OVERWT. AFTER LNDG, WE FOUND ABOUT 2 FT SQUARE OF RADOME SEVERELY CRACKED AND MAINT REPLACED IT.

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.

A departure air carrier flight experiences a bird strike at 1000 ft AGL one and one half NM northeast of ewr, nj.