Narrative:

Captain was visually flying the ewr runway 04R approach with the autopilot disengaged. Sky was clear and the winds were 320/15 kts. The flight was stable and on speed at vpp (final approach speed) 145 kts. At approximately 800-900 feet AGL; the captain's airspeed suddenly decreased to 80 kts and fluctuated up to 100 kts. Knowing this must be instrumentation failure; I maintained pitch and power and flying duties till I confirmed that the first officer instruments were giving correct information. He replied of an airspeed of approximately 150 kts and everything else look good. With this information; I transferred control of the aircraft to the first officer who continued the approach uneventfully to landing. Once at the gate; it was confirmed that we had a bird strike directly on the captain's pitot tube.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A321 Captain reported a bird strike occurred on the Captain's side pitot tube; causing erratic airspeed fluctuations.

Narrative: Captain was visually flying the EWR Runway 04R approach with the autopilot disengaged. Sky was clear and the winds were 320/15 kts. The flight was stable and on speed at Vpp (final approach speed) 145 kts. At approximately 800-900 feet AGL; the Captain's airspeed suddenly decreased to 80 kts and fluctuated up to 100 kts. Knowing this must be instrumentation failure; I maintained pitch and power and flying duties till I confirmed that the FO instruments were giving correct information. He replied of an airspeed of approximately 150 kts and everything else look good. With this information; I transferred control of the aircraft to the FO who continued the approach uneventfully to landing. Once at the gate; it was confirmed that we had a bird strike directly on the Captain's pitot tube.

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.