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A320 flight crew reports bird strike at rotation causing noticeable vibration and higher egt readings. Flight crew elects to return to departure airport.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 756571 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200710 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : zzz.airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : zzz.tower |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | A320 |
| 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 |
| ASRS Report | 756571 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical inflight encounter : birds |
| Independent Detector | aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : vib reading other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | other |
| Consequence | other other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Environmental Factor |
| Primary Problem | Environmental Factor |
Narrative:
Right at rotation had a bird strike in the #2 engine. A loud vibration was heard and felt. N1 vibration gauge was indicating higher than normal; around 4.5 units and #2 egt was higher than normal after climb thrust was set; about 600 degrees. Alerted tower that we would most likely have to return to land. Sent ACARS message to company. Dispatch acknowledged our return. Advised flight attendants and passenger of the situation and that we would be returning to land. Uneventful landing. After landing and clearing runway; shut down #2 engine and taxied back to gate.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A320 FLT CREW RPTS BIRD STRIKE AT ROTATION CAUSING NOTICEABLE VIBRATION AND HIGHER EGT READINGS. FLT CREW ELECTS TO RETURN TO DEP ARPT.
Narrative: RIGHT AT ROTATION HAD A BIRD STRIKE IN THE #2 ENG. A LOUD VIBRATION WAS HEARD AND FELT. N1 VIBRATION GAUGE WAS INDICATING HIGHER THAN NORMAL; AROUND 4.5 UNITS AND #2 EGT WAS HIGHER THAN NORMAL AFTER CLB THRUST WAS SET; ABOUT 600 DEGS. ALERTED TWR THAT WE WOULD MOST LIKELY HAVE TO RETURN TO LAND. SENT ACARS MESSAGE TO COMPANY. DISPATCH ACKNOWLEDGED OUR RETURN. ADVISED FLT ATTENDANTS AND PAX OF THE SITUATION AND THAT WE WOULD BE RETURNING TO LAND. UNEVENTFUL LNDG. AFTER LNDG AND CLRING RWY; SHUT DOWN #2 ENG AND TAXIED BACK TO GATE.
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.