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Air carrier captain reported delaying rotation to avoid contact with turkey buzzards that have built nests along the runway in mpto.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1511993 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201801 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0001-0600 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | MPTO.Airport |
| State Reference | FO |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Takeoff |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Flying Captain |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 187 Flight Crew Total 23500 Flight Crew Type 9483 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Ground Event / Encounter Person / Animal / Bird |
Narrative:
Landed panama city many times in the 20 years I have been flying down south. This time I noticed something different. The turkey buzzard population were roosting next to and in the grasses that were freshly cut besides the runway. I noted large nest of birds peering at us as we exited the runway; and on the takeoff roll the following day we almost had a bird fly into our path right after I called V1. I called to the flying pilot to delay; then rotate; thus causing us to rotate 2000 ft from the end; just missing these large fowl that have wing span looking over 10 ft wide. They are spaced along the side in nesting positions. Years ago I worked an airport management job and noted all us airports have wildlife control. I'm not sure if panama has wildlife control but it sure would be nice to know they are extracting these guys from the area while we are taking off at max gross wt. Not a comfy feeling knowing for 7000 ft we could have ingested one of these dudes.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Air carrier Captain reported delaying rotation to avoid contact with Turkey Buzzards that have built nests along the runway in MPTO.
Narrative: Landed Panama City many times in the 20 years I have been flying down south. This time I noticed something different. The Turkey Buzzard population were roosting next to and in the grasses that were freshly cut besides the runway. I noted large nest of birds peering at us as we exited the runway; and on the takeoff roll the following day we almost had a bird fly into our path right after I called V1. I called to the flying pilot to delay; then rotate; thus causing us to rotate 2000 ft from the end; just missing these large fowl that have wing span looking over 10 ft wide. They are spaced along the side in nesting positions. Years ago I worked an airport management job and noted all U.S. airports have Wildlife Control. I'm not sure if Panama has Wildlife Control but it sure would be nice to know they are extracting these guys from the area while we are taking off at Max Gross Wt. Not a comfy feeling knowing for 7000 ft we could have ingested one of these dudes.
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.