<< >> NASA ASRS Report 900199, July 2010

CE560 flight crew experienced a bird strike to the right wing on departure causing visible damage. Flight returned uneventfully to the departure airport.

Attributes
ACN	900199
Time
Date	201007
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	BLM.Airport
State Reference	NJ
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Citation Excel (C560XL)
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Takeoff
Person 1
Function	First Officer Pilot Not Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Person 2
Function	Pilot Flying Captain
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Events
Anomaly	Inflight Event / Encounter Bird / Animal

Narrative:

At the above time place of occurrence we departed runway 32 at blm. It was a normal take off and at approximately 400 ft we had a bird strike to the right wing where the landing lights are located. Due to the damage observed by the crew; we decided the prudent decision was to return to blm. We flew a left traffic pattern and returned for a normal landing on runway 32.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: CE560 flight crew experienced a bird strike to the right wing on departure causing visible damage. Flight returned uneventfully to the departure airport.

Narrative: At the above time place of occurrence we departed Runway 32 at BLM. It was a normal take off and at approximately 400 FT we had a bird strike to the right wing where the landing lights are located. Due to the damage observed by the crew; we decided the prudent decision was to return to BLM. We flew a left traffic pattern and returned for a normal landing on Runway 32.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.