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Bird (duck) strike right after takeoff caused power loss to 1 engine. Return to airport after making fuel dump to get down to landing weight.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 286639 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199410 |
| Day | Wed |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : dtw |
| State Reference | MI |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 40 agl bound upper : 100 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | IMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : dtw |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B727 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | climbout : initial |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : atp pilot : cfi pilot : flight engineer pilot : instrument |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 148 flight time total : 9751 flight time type : 3750 |
| ASRS Report | 286639 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical inflight encounter other |
| Independent Detector | aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : unspecified other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : declared emergency other |
| Consequence | other Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
Right after rotation on takeoff a small flock of ducks or mallards got into the aircraft flight path. A bird strike occurred and some birds remains were ingested into the right (#3) engine causing a power loss on that pwrplant. Fuel dumping was coordinated with ATC. After bringing the aircraft to its landing weight. And ILS approach to runway 21R in dtw was executed. Normal approach and landing. No injuries resulted from such an incident.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: BIRD (DUCK) STRIKE RIGHT AFTER TKOF CAUSED PWR LOSS TO 1 ENG. RETURN TO ARPT AFTER MAKING FUEL DUMP TO GET DOWN TO LNDG WT.
Narrative: RIGHT AFTER ROTATION ON TKOF A SMALL FLOCK OF DUCKS OR MALLARDS GOT INTO THE ACFT FLT PATH. A BIRD STRIKE OCCURRED AND SOME BIRDS REMAINS WERE INGESTED INTO THE R (#3) ENG CAUSING A PWR LOSS ON THAT PWRPLANT. FUEL DUMPING WAS COORDINATED WITH ATC. AFTER BRINGING THE ACFT TO ITS LNDG WT. AND ILS APCH TO RWY 21R IN DTW WAS EXECUTED. NORMAL APCH AND LNDG. NO INJURIES RESULTED FROM SUCH AN INCIDENT.
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.