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Flight crew of CL65 encountered flock of birds on takeoff. Concerned they may have hit some, they delayed departure from the area until conferring with their maintenance and dispatch departments. Eventually proceeded to destination.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 590278 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200308 |
| Day | Tue |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : acy.airport |
| State Reference | NJ |
| Altitude | agl single value : 50 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : acy.tower |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Regional Jet CL65, Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| 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 : multi engine pilot : instrument pilot : commercial pilot : cfi pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 85 flight time total : 4500 flight time type : 1000 |
| ASRS Report | 590278 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | inflight encounter : birds |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : insufficient time |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Environmental Factor |
| Primary Problem | Environmental Factor |
Narrative:
On takeoff just after we rotated we saw a flock of small birds. As we passed them, it sounded like we hit a couple of them. We notified the tower and entered a holding pattern to burn off fuel for a possible landing. We did not notice any abnormalities, all engine indications were normal. We consulted dispatch, maintenance and the chief pilot. We were told that if we had normal indications to continue to our destination and complete postflt inspection looking for any damage. When we arrived at our destination, no damage was seen, but maintenance was called to look at the plane.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FLT CREW OF CL65 ENCOUNTERED FLOCK OF BIRDS ON TKOF. CONCERNED THEY MAY HAVE HIT SOME, THEY DELAYED DEP FROM THE AREA UNTIL CONFERRING WITH THEIR MAINT AND DISPATCH DEPTS. EVENTUALLY PROCEEDED TO DEST.
Narrative: ON TAKEOFF JUST AFTER WE ROTATED WE SAW A FLOCK OF SMALL BIRDS. AS WE PASSED THEM, IT SOUNDED LIKE WE HIT A COUPLE OF THEM. WE NOTIFIED THE TWR AND ENTERED A HOLDING PATTERN TO BURN OFF FUEL FOR A POSSIBLE LNDG. WE DID NOT NOTICE ANY ABNORMALITIES, ALL ENG INDICATIONS WERE NORMAL. WE CONSULTED DISPATCH, MAINT AND THE CHIEF PLT. WE WERE TOLD THAT IF WE HAD NORMAL INDICATIONS TO CONTINUE TO OUR DEST AND COMPLETE POSTFLT INSPECTION LOOKING FOR ANY DAMAGE. WHEN WE ARRIVED AT OUR DEST, NO DAMAGE WAS SEEN, BUT MAINT WAS CALLED TO LOOK AT THE PLANE.
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.