A DC9-50 strikes some birds upon touchdown on the runway at dtw, mi.

Attributes
ACN	509014
Time
Date	200104
Day	Sat
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : dtw.airport
State Reference	MI
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Weather Elements	Rain
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : dtw.tower
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	DC-9 50
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	landing : roll
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : cfi pilot : atp pilot : flight engineer
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 120 flight time total : 13500 flight time type : 3500
ASRS Report	509014
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Events
Anomaly	ground encounters : animal inflight encounter : birds
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Airport ATC Human Performance Environmental Factor
Primary Problem	Airport

Narrative:

Struck 2 birds upon touchdown at dtw. One impacted the left wing, the other hit the nose landing gear door. Aircraft logbook write-up made. No aircraft damage. Damage to birds was catastrophic. Bird strikes reported to ATC after landing (dtw metropolitan tower).

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A DC9-50 STRIKES SOME BIRDS UPON TOUCHDOWN ON THE RWY AT DTW, MI.

Narrative: STRUCK 2 BIRDS UPON TOUCHDOWN AT DTW. ONE IMPACTED THE L WING, THE OTHER HIT THE NOSE LNDG GEAR DOOR. ACFT LOGBOOK WRITE-UP MADE. NO ACFT DAMAGE. DAMAGE TO BIRDS WAS CATASTROPHIC. BIRD STRIKES RPTED TO ATC AFTER LNDG (DTW METRO TWR).

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.