Narrative:

Upon initial departure climb from runway 10L at approximately 50 ft AGL noted 3 large birds soaring along departure path of aircraft. One bird then glided directly into the path of our aircraft at approximately 100 ft AGL and struck the left front nose of the aircraft. As pilot not flying I immediately scanned the instrumentation and noted the handling of the aircraft was normal. I immediately instructed the first officer flying to continue with the departure. I simultaneously notified the tower of the bird strike and was then told to call departure controller. We performed our flight crew functions normally; scanning for any abnormalities; and contacted departure controller. I also informed departure control that we would continue the departure profile; as all aircraft handling and instrumentation appeared normal. Visually the first officer pointed out a portion of the bird (mostly a few feathers) clinging to the tat 2 probe. After reaching 10;000 ft I instructed the first officer to engage the autopilot; to decrease workload. We consulted and performed the bird strike QRH. I also asked the first officer to take all radio calls as I would be contacting maintenance; and dispatch. I did instruct the first officer to immediately notify me if any changes to aircraft flight handling or instrumentation changed in anyway. After reaching dispatch and maintenance; we all agreed that continuing the flight to destination could be accomplished without any safety issues. We all agreed that if anything occurred or any difference in aircraft handling was noted that we would immediately land the aircraft.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: EMB145 flight crew experiences a bird strike at 100 FT after takeoff. After discussions with Maintenance and crew evaluations the flight continues to destination. On post flight inspection damage was noted resulting in the aircraft being taken out of service.

Narrative: Upon initial departure climb from Runway 10L at approximately 50 FT AGL noted 3 large birds soaring along departure path of aircraft. One bird then glided directly into the path of our aircraft at approximately 100 FT AGL and struck the left front nose of the aircraft. As pilot not flying I immediately scanned the instrumentation and noted the handling of the aircraft was normal. I immediately instructed the First Officer flying to continue with the departure. I simultaneously notified the Tower of the bird strike and was then told to call Departure Controller. We performed our flight crew functions normally; scanning for any abnormalities; and contacted Departure Controller. I also informed Departure Control that we would continue the departure profile; as all aircraft handling and instrumentation appeared normal. Visually the First Officer pointed out a portion of the bird (mostly a few feathers) clinging to the TAT 2 probe. After reaching 10;000 FT I instructed the First Officer to engage the autopilot; to decrease workload. We consulted and performed the Bird Strike QRH. I also asked the First Officer to take all radio calls as I would be contacting Maintenance; and Dispatch. I did instruct the First Officer to immediately notify me if any changes to aircraft flight handling or instrumentation changed in anyway. After reaching Dispatch and Maintenance; we all agreed that continuing the flight to destination could be accomplished without any safety issues. We all agreed that if anything occurred or any difference in aircraft handling was noted that we would immediately land the aircraft.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 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.