Narrative:

Departing runway 12R at stl at approximately 90 KTS; we noticed a large flock of geese lying on the runway directly in front of the aircraft at which time they decided to attempt to fly away causing 6-10 of them to strike the aircraft. I noticed an itt increase on the right engine so called for the abort and took control of the plane from the first officer as he was the pilot flying. We exited runway 12R at taxiway P which is approximately 1/2 way down the 11;000 ft runway. After exiting the runway; I notified the passengers of the reason for the stop and told them to remain seated; we ran the rejected takeoff checklist then cleaned the aircraft up and returned to the gate. After arriving at the gate; 2 write-ups were made; one for the bird strike with the itt rise noted; and one for the aborted takeoff with the takeoff weight and speed noted; passengers were deplaned and we waited for maintenance to arrive. Maintenance and airport operations arrived at the same time. Airport operations told us that we hit at least 6 large geese but probably several more. Maintenance performed the required inspections; completed the paperwork; at which time we completed the flight several hours late. No CRM issues and the entire process went very smooth. The large gray geese lying (not standing) on a wet runway made them impossible to see until within seconds of the impact.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: CRJ suffered multiple bird strikes on takeoff roll at STL.

Narrative: Departing Runway 12R at STL at approximately 90 KTS; we noticed a large flock of geese lying on the runway directly in front of the aircraft at which time they decided to attempt to fly away causing 6-10 of them to strike the aircraft. I noticed an ITT increase on the right engine so called for the abort and took control of the plane from the First Officer as he was the Pilot Flying. We exited Runway 12R at Taxiway P which is approximately 1/2 way down the 11;000 FT runway. After exiting the runway; I notified the passengers of the reason for the stop and told them to remain seated; we ran the rejected takeoff checklist then cleaned the aircraft up and returned to the gate. After arriving at the gate; 2 write-ups were made; one for the bird strike with the ITT rise noted; and one for the aborted takeoff with the takeoff weight and speed noted; passengers were deplaned and we waited for maintenance to arrive. Maintenance and Airport Operations arrived at the same time. Airport Operations told us that we hit at least 6 large geese but probably several more. Maintenance performed the required inspections; completed the paperwork; at which time we completed the flight several hours late. No CRM issues and the entire process went very smooth. The large gray geese lying (not standing) on a wet runway made them impossible to see until within seconds of the impact.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.