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On approach; an aircraft had multiple bird strikes impacting the aircraft's left side and damaging the radome. An emergency was declared.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 764587 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200712 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : zzz.airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Altitude | msl single value : 3000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : zzz.tracon tracon : n90.tracon |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B767-200 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | descent : approach |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| ASRS Report | 764587 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| ASRS Report | 764588 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | inflight encounter : birds |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa other flight crewb |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : declared emergency none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Airport Environmental Factor |
| Primary Problem | Environmental Factor |
Narrative:
Encountered several birds during descent and initial approach without warning impacted the radome and left portion of aircraft damaging the radome. Declared emergency; assisted the captain to landing without further incident. The captain did an excellent job in executing the emergency with outstanding support from approach/tower/arff personnel. Supplemental information from acn 764588: encountered bird strike at 3000 ft on a 180 degree heading on approach.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: ON APCH; AN ACFT HAD MULTIPLE BIRD STRIKES IMPACTING THE ACFT'S L SIDE AND DAMAGING THE RADOME. AN EMER WAS DECLARED.
Narrative: ENCOUNTERED SEVERAL BIRDS DURING DSCNT AND INITIAL APCH WITHOUT WARNING IMPACTED THE RADOME AND L PORTION OF ACFT DAMAGING THE RADOME. DECLARED EMER; ASSISTED THE CAPT TO LNDG WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. THE CAPT DID AN EXCELLENT JOB IN EXECUTING THE EMER WITH OUTSTANDING SUPPORT FROM APCH/TWR/ARFF PERSONNEL. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 764588: ENCOUNTERED BIRD STRIKE AT 3000 FT ON A 180 DEG HDG ON APCH.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of January 2009 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.