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A B767 climbing through 8000 ft on departure slc declared an emergency and diverted due to a bird strike in #1 engine causing vibration. Maintenance found 2 bent fan blades.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 419101 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199811 |
| Day | Thu |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : slc |
| State Reference | UT |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 8000 msl bound upper : 8000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | IMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : slc |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Widebody, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng |
| Navigation In Use | Other Other |
| Flight Phase | climbout : takeoff other other |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 65 flight time total : 20150 flight time type : 405 |
| ASRS Report | 419101 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : commercial |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical inflight encounter other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : declared emergency other |
| Consequence | other Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
Climbing through 8000 ft on departure slc to anc, ingested a bird in the left engine. This resulted in loud noise and vibration. There were no abnormal engine indications. We confirmed this by asking for a higher altitude which confirmed the vibration. We then declared an emergency and returned to slc for an uneventful landing. We were met by a crash crew which said our reversing on landing sounded abnormal. All cockpit indications were normal, so we continued to taxi in to the gate. After engine shutdown, maintenance confirmed a bird strike to the left engine, also 2 fan blades were bent.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A B767 CLBING THROUGH 8000 FT ON DEP SLC DECLARED AN EMER AND DIVERTED DUE TO A BIRD STRIKE IN #1 ENG CAUSING VIBRATION. MAINT FOUND 2 BENT FAN BLADES.
Narrative: CLBING THROUGH 8000 FT ON DEP SLC TO ANC, INGESTED A BIRD IN THE L ENG. THIS RESULTED IN LOUD NOISE AND VIBRATION. THERE WERE NO ABNORMAL ENG INDICATIONS. WE CONFIRMED THIS BY ASKING FOR A HIGHER ALT WHICH CONFIRMED THE VIBRATION. WE THEN DECLARED AN EMER AND RETURNED TO SLC FOR AN UNEVENTFUL LNDG. WE WERE MET BY A CRASH CREW WHICH SAID OUR REVERSING ON LNDG SOUNDED ABNORMAL. ALL COCKPIT INDICATIONS WERE NORMAL, SO WE CONTINUED TO TAXI IN TO THE GATE. AFTER ENG SHUTDOWN, MAINT CONFIRMED A BIRD STRIKE TO THE L ENG, ALSO 2 FAN BLADES WERE BENT.
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.