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Medium large transport struck and killed a coyote during takeoff. There was no damage to the aircraft.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 285312 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199410 |
| Day | Mon |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : lit |
| State Reference | AR |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | DC-9 30 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | climbout : takeoff |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 10000 flight time type : 2000 |
| ASRS Report | 285312 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : commercial |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | conflict : ground critical other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | faa : reviewed incident with flight crew Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
On takeoff roll, runway 4R lit, near midfield. Several coyotes crossed the runway from left to right. I suspected that I struck at least 1. After takeoff, all system checked normal, so we retracted gear and flaps, and continued flight to stl without incident. We notified lit tower, and they reported finding 1 dead coyote. They passed this through ZME as we climbed through FL200 near arg. Aircraft was written up and inspected by stl maintenance. No damage found.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: MLG STRUCK AND KILLED A COYOTE DURING TKOF. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE ACFT.
Narrative: ON TKOF ROLL, RWY 4R LIT, NEAR MIDFIELD. SEVERAL COYOTES CROSSED THE RWY FROM L TO R. I SUSPECTED THAT I STRUCK AT LEAST 1. AFTER TKOF, ALL SYS CHKED NORMAL, SO WE RETRACTED GEAR AND FLAPS, AND CONTINUED FLT TO STL WITHOUT INCIDENT. WE NOTIFIED LIT TWR, AND THEY RPTED FINDING 1 DEAD COYOTE. THEY PASSED THIS THROUGH ZME AS WE CLBED THROUGH FL200 NEAR ARG. ACFT WAS WRITTEN UP AND INSPECTED BY STL MAINT. NO DAMAGE FOUND.
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.