Erj-145 captain reported that a bird strike on takeoff resulted in a precautionary landing.

Attributes
ACN	1731626
Time
Date	202002
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	EMB ERJ 145 ER/LR
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Takeoff
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	Engine
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Deviation - Procedural Weight And Balance Inflight Event / Encounter Bird / Animal Inflight Event / Encounter Unstabilized Approach

Narrative:

At approximately 200 ft. On takeoff we flew into a flock of geese. There were noticeable impacts with the birds; and an audible change in engine noise followed by vibration. I took the flight controls and told the first officer to [advise ATC] and that we would return to land. Although there was an audible change in the engine noise; vibration; and power there were no visible indications on the EICAS that there was an issue. There was a noticeable smell of smoke briefly after the bird strike. I notified the flight attendant that we would be making a precautionary landing in less than 5 minutes. Higher than normal power settings were required during the circle back to land. I requested that the first officer back up the visual approach with the ILS. I elected to stay close to the field and make a close in approach. We were stabilized by approximately 600 ft. Higher than normal power settings were required. The landing was made overweight at approximately 46;000 lbs. With a touchdown rate of less than 300 ft. Per minute.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ERJ-145 Captain reported that a bird strike on takeoff resulted in a precautionary landing.

Narrative: At approximately 200 ft. on takeoff we flew into a flock of geese. There were noticeable impacts with the birds; and an audible change in engine noise followed by vibration. I took the flight controls and told the First Officer to [advise ATC] and that we would return to land. Although there was an audible change in the engine noise; vibration; and power there were no visible indications on the EICAS that there was an issue. There was a noticeable smell of smoke briefly after the bird strike. I notified the Flight Attendant that we would be making a precautionary landing in less than 5 minutes. Higher than normal power settings were required during the circle back to land. I requested that the First Officer back up the Visual Approach with the ILS. I elected to stay close to the field and make a close in approach. We were stabilized by approximately 600 ft. Higher than normal power settings were required. The landing was made overweight at approximately 46;000 lbs. with a touchdown rate of less than 300 ft. per minute.

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.