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A B767-300 right after liftoff at 500 ft declared an emergency and diverted due to vibration in #1 engine caused by large bird strikes.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 492016 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200011 |
| Day | Thu |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : pbi.airport |
| State Reference | FL |
| Altitude | agl single value : 500 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : pbi.tower |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B767-300 and 300 ER |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | other |
| Flight Phase | climbout : takeoff |
| Route In Use | departure : other published ifr departure |
| 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 : 150 flight time total : 18000 flight time type : 800 |
| ASRS Report | 492016 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : multi engine pilot : commercial |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical inflight encounter : birds other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : #1 engine vibration indicator other flight crewa other flight crewb |
| Resolutory Action | controller : issued new clearance flight crew : diverted to another airport flight crew : declared emergency |
| Consequence | other other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Flight Crew Human Performance Environmental Factor Airport Aircraft |
| Primary Problem | Environmental Factor |
Narrative:
Right after liftoff from runway 27L encountered a large flock of very large birds and impacted several birds. Felt a vibration after bird impact. Left engine vibration showed fan vibes at 5.0. No yaw or loss of thrust. Climbed to 3000 ft, reduced left engine to idle. Declared emergency, landed with left engine at idle using engine out speeds/confign. On shutdown found numerous bent blades in left engine fan section. Damage also found to engine acoustical lining. Airport authority/authorized found engine acoustical material and remains of several turkey vultures on runway 27L.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A B767-300 RIGHT AFTER LIFTOFF AT 500 FT DECLARED AN EMER AND DIVERTED DUE TO VIBRATION IN #1 ENG CAUSED BY LARGE BIRD STRIKES.
Narrative: RIGHT AFTER LIFTOFF FROM RWY 27L ENCOUNTERED A LARGE FLOCK OF VERY LARGE BIRDS AND IMPACTED SEVERAL BIRDS. FELT A VIBRATION AFTER BIRD IMPACT. L ENG VIBRATION SHOWED FAN VIBES AT 5.0. NO YAW OR LOSS OF THRUST. CLBED TO 3000 FT, REDUCED L ENG TO IDLE. DECLARED EMER, LANDED WITH L ENG AT IDLE USING ENG OUT SPDS/CONFIGN. ON SHUTDOWN FOUND NUMEROUS BENT BLADES IN L ENG FAN SECTION. DAMAGE ALSO FOUND TO ENG ACOUSTICAL LINING. ARPT AUTH FOUND ENG ACOUSTICAL MATERIAL AND REMAINS OF SEVERAL TURKEY VULTURES ON RWY 27L.
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.