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Flight crew of A300 has bird strike on initial climb with strikes on windscreen of both captain and first officer sides. No change in engine indications so flight continues.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 387112 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199711 |
| Day | Sat |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : lhr |
| State Reference | FO |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 600 msl bound upper : 600 |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : lhr |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | A300 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | Other Other |
| Flight Phase | climbout : takeoff climbout : initial |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| ASRS Report | 387112 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| ASRS Report | 387111 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Airport |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
ATC facility: lhr tower. Location: departure end of runway 27R on 274 degree heading. Proceeded with normal takeoff from lhr. After lift-off PF called gear up. While gear was retracting aircraft struck approximately half dozen birds on first officer and captain's windshield and surrounding areas. Immediately monitored engine instruments and noticed no abnormal indications. Radar operated normally and no other abnormal flight characteristics of any kind were apparent. I elected to continue flight to jfk based on these observations and the entire flight remained uneventful.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FLC OF A300 HAS BIRD STRIKE ON INITIAL CLB WITH STRIKES ON WINDSCREEN OF BOTH CAPT AND FO SIDES. NO CHANGE IN ENG INDICATIONS SO FLT CONTINUES.
Narrative: ATC FACILITY: LHR TWR. LOCATION: DEP END OF RWY 27R ON 274 DEG HDG. PROCEEDED WITH NORMAL TKOF FROM LHR. AFTER LIFT-OFF PF CALLED GEAR UP. WHILE GEAR WAS RETRACTING ACFT STRUCK APPROX HALF DOZEN BIRDS ON FO AND CAPT'S WINDSHIELD AND SURROUNDING AREAS. IMMEDIATELY MONITORED ENG INSTS AND NOTICED NO ABNORMAL INDICATIONS. RADAR OPERATED NORMALLY AND NO OTHER ABNORMAL FLT CHARACTERISTICS OF ANY KIND WERE APPARENT. I ELECTED TO CONTINUE FLT TO JFK BASED ON THESE OBSERVATIONS AND THE ENTIRE FLT REMAINED UNEVENTFUL.
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.