Flight crew of a DC9-30 declared an emergency and diverted to land after hearing an explosion, and a subsequent loud wind noise, during climb out in front portion of the aircraft. Tower advised of a large hole on right side of radome during taxi in. Subsequent inspection of the aircraft disclosed that a goose struck the aircraft causing the hole.

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Attributes
ACN	397029
Time
Date	199803
Day	Sun
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : mlu
State Reference	LA
Altitude	msl bound lower : 9500 msl bound upper : 9500
Environment
Flight Conditions	Mixed
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zfw tracon : phx
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	DC-9 30
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	climbout : intermediate altitude other other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	other other : other pilot : commercial pilot : flight engineer pilot : instrument pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 16000 flight time type : 1650
ASRS Report	397029
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial
Events
Anomaly	inflight encounter other other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	controller : provided flight assist flight crew : declared emergency other
Consequence	other Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Aircraft

Narrative:

Climbing through 9500 ft loud explosion front of aircraft with loud wind noise from front. Jolt knock off autoplt. Hand flew to 10000 ft and leveloff. Could not determine cause of explosion. Diverted into msy, new orleans. Asked for emergency equipment at msy and handling by controllers. Handling normal. Taxiing in, tower advised us that there was a large hole on right side of radome approximately 2 ft in diameter. At gate found parts of a goose.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FLC OF A DC9-30 DECLARED AN EMER AND DIVERTED TO LAND AFTER HEARING AN EXPLOSION, AND A SUBSEQUENT LOUD WIND NOISE, DURING CLBOUT IN FRONT PORTION OF THE ACFT. TWR ADVISED OF A LARGE HOLE ON R SIDE OF RADOME DURING TAXI IN. SUBSEQUENT INSPECTION OF THE ACFT DISCLOSED THAT A GOOSE STRUCK THE ACFT CAUSING THE HOLE.

Narrative: CLBING THROUGH 9500 FT LOUD EXPLOSION FRONT OF ACFT WITH LOUD WIND NOISE FROM FRONT. JOLT KNOCK OFF AUTOPLT. HAND FLEW TO 10000 FT AND LEVELOFF. COULD NOT DETERMINE CAUSE OF EXPLOSION. DIVERTED INTO MSY, NEW ORLEANS. ASKED FOR EMER EQUIP AT MSY AND HANDLING BY CTLRS. HANDLING NORMAL. TAXIING IN, TWR ADVISED US THAT THERE WAS A LARGE HOLE ON R SIDE OF RADOME APPROX 2 FT IN DIAMETER. AT GATE FOUND PARTS OF A GOOSE.

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.