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Attributes | |
ACN | 1304806 |
Time | |
Date | 201510 |
Local Time Of Day | 1801-2400 |
Place | |
Locale Reference | JFK.Airport |
State Reference | NY |
Aircraft 1 | |
Make Model Name | Airbus 318/319/320/321 Undifferentiated |
Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
Flight Phase | Initial Approach |
Route In Use | STAR LENDY6 |
Flight Plan | IFR |
Person 1 | |
Function | Captain |
Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
Events | |
Anomaly | ATC Issue All Types Inflight Event / Encounter Bird / Animal |
Narrative:
On the lendy arrival from lga [VOR]; east of jfk; to [the] south of jfk; to a westbound heading to the jersey shore descending to 3;000 feet. I flew up the jersey shoreline at 3;000 feet to an intercept heading to ILS 4R at jfk at 25-30 miles from jfk. I was descended to 2;000 feet on base to final at approximately 25 miles out. At 2;000 feet; flaps 2; 160 knots; on localizer; prior to GS intercept and approximately 10 to 8 miles from the runway; we struck the first bird on the captain's L1 window near the center post. A quick check of the engines indicated no abnormal condition. Within one minute we struck the second bird at 2;000 feet with a loud bang from the front of the aircraft; but could not see the strike. The engines; again checked normal. We notified the jfk control tower to warn the aircraft behind us. I continued the approach for an uneventful flaps 3 landing at jfk on 4R. I called jfk tower on the phone after gate arrival to relay there was no apparent damage to the aircraft; but we had two bird strikes. One on the captain's L1 window and one on the radome at the 1 to 2 o'clock position; under the R1 window. Jfk tower told me 5 aircraft after me were involved in bird strikes on the same ILS 4R approach. I recommended that the tower ask approach to bring aircraft in at 3;000 feet to glide slope intercept in an attempt to miss the flock(s) of birds on runway 4R at the lower 2;000 feet. Jfk was landing both 4L and 4R. Jfk [company ops] inspected the aircraft.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: An Airbus flight crew reported a double bird strike while conducting a night approach. There was no apparent damage to either engine or the airframe and an uneventful landing was accomplished.
Narrative: On the LENDY Arrival from LGA [VOR]; east of JFK; to [the] south of JFK; to a westbound heading to the Jersey shore descending to 3;000 feet. I flew up the Jersey shoreline at 3;000 feet to an intercept heading to ILS 4R at JFK at 25-30 miles from JFK. I was descended to 2;000 feet on base to final at approximately 25 miles out. At 2;000 feet; flaps 2; 160 knots; on localizer; prior to GS intercept and approximately 10 to 8 miles from the runway; we struck the first bird on the Captain's L1 window near the center post. A quick check of the engines indicated no abnormal condition. Within one minute we struck the second bird at 2;000 feet with a loud bang from the front of the aircraft; but could not see the strike. The engines; again checked normal. We notified the JFK control tower to warn the aircraft behind us. I continued the approach for an uneventful flaps 3 landing at JFK on 4R. I called JFK tower on the phone after gate arrival to relay there was no apparent damage to the aircraft; but we had two bird strikes. One on the Captain's L1 window and one on the radome at the 1 to 2 o'clock position; under the R1 window. JFK tower told me 5 aircraft after me were involved in bird strikes on the same ILS 4R approach. I recommended that the tower ask approach to bring aircraft in at 3;000 feet to glide slope intercept in an attempt to miss the flock(s) of birds on runway 4R at the lower 2;000 feet. JFK was landing both 4L and 4R. JFK [Company Ops] inspected the aircraft.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.