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First officer reported not relaying a bird strike to the captain or maintenance in a timely manner.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1712653 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201912 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801-2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Q400 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Parked |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | First Officer |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural FAR Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Inflight Event / Encounter Bird / Animal |
Narrative:
During my exterior preflight inspection; I found evidence of a bird strike on both the left propeller and the nose. With all of the commotion surrounding the flight; I forgot to notify the captain of this until we were about ready to push. It was an honest mistake; and it simply got lost in everything else that was going on (delayed inbound aircraft; specials; etc.). Once the captain knew of this; he stopped the operation immediately and we had contract maintenance come out and do an inspection.there was no post-flight inspection done by the previous captain...this could have gotten the ball rolling with maintenance. Moreover; I should have stopped what I was doing when I first saw evidence of the bird strike and notified the captain immediately. That would have at least mitigated the maintenance delay.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: First Officer reported not relaying a bird strike to the Captain or Maintenance in a timely manner.
Narrative: During my exterior preflight inspection; I found evidence of a bird strike on both the left propeller and the nose. With all of the commotion surrounding the flight; I forgot to notify the Captain of this until we were about ready to push. It was an honest mistake; and it simply got lost in everything else that was going on (delayed inbound aircraft; specials; etc.). Once the Captain knew of this; he stopped the operation immediately and we had Contract Maintenance come out and do an inspection.There was no post-flight inspection done by the previous Captain...this could have gotten the ball rolling with Maintenance. Moreover; I should have stopped what I was doing when I first saw evidence of the bird strike and notified the Captain immediately. That would have at least mitigated the Maintenance delay.
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.