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A JS32 crew, departing kmwa, encountered a flock of seagulls on departure, rendering their right engine inoperative.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 533092 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200112 |
| Day | Sat |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : mwa.airport |
| State Reference | IL |
| Altitude | agl single value : 30 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | IMC |
| Weather Elements | Fog Rain |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : mwa.tower |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Jetstream 32 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | climbout : takeoff |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 3200 flight time type : 2000 |
| ASRS Report | 533092 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | inflight encounter : birds inflight encounter : weather other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa other flight crewb |
| Resolutory Action | controller : provided flight assist flight crew : landed as precaution flight crew : declared emergency flight crew : diverted to another airport |
| Consequence | faa : reviewed incident with flight crew other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Environmental Factor Weather Aircraft |
| Primary Problem | Environmental Factor |
Narrative:
Taking off runway 2 in mwa we hit 9 seagulls at 30 ft AGL, at which point we lost our critical right engine. WX was 300 ovc, 1 3/4 SM visibility, we diverted to cga due to WX and possibility at hitting another bird (flock of seagulls was very large more than 200 birds!) great CRM and very helpful tower controller turned this emergency into a non event.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A JS32 CREW, DEPARTING KMWA, ENCOUNTERED A FLOCK OF SEAGULLS ON DEP, RENDERING THEIR RIGHT ENG INOP.
Narrative: TAKING OFF RWY 2 IN MWA WE HIT 9 SEAGULLS AT 30 FT AGL, AT WHICH POINT WE LOST OUR CRITICAL RIGHT ENG. WX WAS 300 OVC, 1 3/4 SM VISIBILITY, WE DIVERTED TO CGA DUE TO WX AND POSSIBILITY AT HITTING ANOTHER BIRD (FLOCK OF SEAGULLS WAS VERY LARGE MORE THAN 200 BIRDS!) GREAT CRM AND VERY HELPFUL TWR CTLR TURNED THIS EMER INTO A NON EVENT.
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.