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A departing A320 experienced a bird strike in an engine at 1500 ft; declared an emergency; and returned to land.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 642595 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200501 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : zzz.airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Altitude | agl single value : 1500 |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : zzz.tracon |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | A320 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | climbout : initial |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 210 flight time total : 18000 flight time type : 3900 |
| ASRS Report | 642595 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 210 flight time total : 15000 flight time type : 2100 |
| ASRS Report | 642594 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical inflight encounter : birds |
| Independent Detector | aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : ecam |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : declared emergency flight crew : landed in emergency condition |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Airport Environmental Factor Aircraft |
| Primary Problem | Environmental Factor |
Narrative:
About 1500 ft climbing out of ZZZ on departure; flaps 1 degree; climb power; sudden loud bang followed by smell in cabin/cockpit. Momentary ECAM engine #1 stall. Declared emergency with departure; ACARS to dispatch returning to ZZZ due to probable bird strike. Made announcement to passenger; told flight attendant to expect a normal landing back at ZZZ. Did overweight landing checklist and normal checklists. All system and engines continued to operate normally until shutdown after landing. Made normal landing; smooth touchdown. Followed up maintenance and dispatch for maintenance action.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A DEPARTING A320 EXPERIENCED A BIRD STRIKE IN AN ENG AT 1500 FT; DECLARED AN EMER; AND RETURNED TO LAND.
Narrative: ABOUT 1500 FT CLBING OUT OF ZZZ ON DEP; FLAPS 1 DEG; CLB PWR; SUDDEN LOUD BANG FOLLOWED BY SMELL IN CABIN/COCKPIT. MOMENTARY ECAM ENG #1 STALL. DECLARED EMER WITH DEP; ACARS TO DISPATCH RETURNING TO ZZZ DUE TO PROBABLE BIRD STRIKE. MADE ANNOUNCEMENT TO PAX; TOLD FLT ATTENDANT TO EXPECT A NORMAL LNDG BACK AT ZZZ. DID OVERWT LNDG CHKLIST AND NORMAL CHKLISTS. ALL SYS AND ENGS CONTINUED TO OPERATE NORMALLY UNTIL SHUTDOWN AFTER LNDG. MADE NORMAL LNDG; SMOOTH TOUCHDOWN. FOLLOWED UP MAINT AND DISPATCH FOR MAINT ACTION.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of January 2009 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.