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Bird strike at V1 causes captain to reject takeoff. After appropriate brake cooling, aircraft returned to gate for inspection. At captain's request, 1 tire changed. Flight continued to destination.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 436153 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199905 |
| Day | Mon |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : mia.airport |
| State Reference | FL |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B727 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground : takeoff roll |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument pilot : multi engine |
| ASRS Report | 436153 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| ASRS Report | 436154 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | ground encounters other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa other flight crewb other other : flc3 |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : rejected takeoff |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Environmental Factor |
| Primary Problem | Environmental Factor |
Narrative:
XA40Z, mia tower, mia runway 27R. Bird strike at 125 KTS. On takeoff roll, impacted upper right cockpit window. High speed abort and taxi back to gate for inspection of engines and brake cooling and tire change. Tower as large bird. No damage noted by flight crew to engines and confirmed as such by maintenance. Captain executed a perfect high speed abort with no damage to tires, however, as a precaution, a marginal tire was requested changed.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: BIRD STRIKE AT V1 CAUSES CAPT TO REJECT TKOF. AFTER APPROPRIATE BRAKE COOLING, ACFT RETURNED TO GATE FOR INSPECTION. AT CAPT'S REQUEST, 1 TIRE CHANGED. FLT CONTINUED TO DEST.
Narrative: XA40Z, MIA TWR, MIA RWY 27R. BIRD STRIKE AT 125 KTS. ON TKOF ROLL, IMPACTED UPPER R COCKPIT WINDOW. HIGH SPD ABORT AND TAXI BACK TO GATE FOR INSPECTION OF ENGS AND BRAKE COOLING AND TIRE CHANGE. TWR AS LARGE BIRD. NO DAMAGE NOTED BY FLC TO ENGS AND CONFIRMED AS SUCH BY MAINT. CAPT EXECUTED A PERFECT HIGH SPD ABORT WITH NO DAMAGE TO TIRES, HOWEVER, AS A PRECAUTION, A MARGINAL TIRE WAS REQUESTED CHANGED.
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.