Bird strike during steep climb out maintenance flight test prior to return to service.

Attributes
ACN	266243
Time
Date	199403
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : mco
State Reference	FL
Altitude	msl bound lower : 2500 msl bound upper : 2500
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : mco
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	climbout : intermediate altitude
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 100 flight time total : 5000 flight time type : 3200
ASRS Report	266243
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : cfi pilot : commercial pilot : instrument
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 100 flight time total : 1300 flight time type : 100
ASRS Report	266773
Events
Anomaly	inflight encounter other other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : anomaly accepted other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Air Traffic Incident	other
Situations
Airport	other physical facility

Narrative:

Climbing at approximately 10 degrees pitch up at 3000 FPM to test propeller governor. Bird struck wing. Returned to field. No problems controling aircraft.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: BIRD STRIKE DURING STEEP CLBOUT MAINT FLT TEST PRIOR TO RETURN TO SVC.

Narrative: CLBING AT APPROX 10 DEGS PITCH UP AT 3000 FPM TO TEST PROP GOVERNOR. BIRD STRUCK WING. RETURNED TO FIELD. NO PROBS CTLING ACFT.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.