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Attributes | |
ACN | 1404878 |
Time | |
Date | 201611 |
Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
Place | |
Locale Reference | BUR.Airport |
State Reference | CA |
Environment | |
Light | Daylight |
Aircraft 1 | |
Make Model Name | B737 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
Flight Phase | Landing |
Flight Plan | IFR |
Person 1 | |
Function | First Officer Pilot Flying |
Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 208 |
Person 2 | |
Function | Captain Pilot Not Flying |
Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 151 |
Events | |
Anomaly | ATC Issue All Types Ground Event / Encounter Person / Animal / Bird |
Narrative:
On short final (about 100 ft) I saw a flock of birds moving north away from the runway. I mentioned the birds to the captain and he acknowledged. Since they were moving away I elected to land. As the main landing gear was touching down a flock of birds (not sure if they were the same) flew in front of the aircraft from the north. There were multiple bird strikes to the aircraft to include on my canopy.I could still see so I kept the pilot flying roll and completed the landing roll. We brought the aircraft to a stop and informed the tower of the bird strikes on the approach end of runway 08. Tower was surprised and sent out ops. We pulled into our gate. On inspection of the aircraft we saw multiple bird strikes to include left wing fuselage; and number 2 engine. Ops reported 20 dead pigeons. We contacted tower by phone as well.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: B737 flight crew reported a bird strike with about 20 pigeons while on short final to BUR.
Narrative: On short final (about 100 ft) I saw a flock of birds moving north away from the runway. I mentioned the birds to the Captain and he acknowledged. Since they were moving away I elected to land. As the main landing gear was touching down a flock of birds (not sure if they were the same) flew in front of the aircraft from the north. There were multiple bird strikes to the aircraft to include on my canopy.I could still see so I kept the Pilot Flying roll and completed the landing roll. We brought the aircraft to a stop and informed the Tower of the bird strikes on the approach end of Runway 08. Tower was surprised and sent out Ops. We pulled into our gate. On inspection of the aircraft we saw multiple bird strikes to include left wing fuselage; and number 2 engine. Ops reported 20 dead pigeons. We contacted Tower by phone as well.
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.