Narrative:

We were cleared for takeoff on runway 22 in cmi. At the speed of vr; both myself and the first officer noticed a flock of small birds beginning to 'take flight' at the end of runway 22. As the aircraft became airborne; we heard a couple of small 'thud' sounds which indicated to us that we had encountered a few bird strikes from a couple small birds; possibly 3. The sounds from the bird strikes appeared to come from under the aircraft. We continued the takeoff with no abnormal indications noticed. The first officer then notified cmi tower controller that we had encountered bird strikes on the takeoff. He then handed us off to cmi departure control. During the climbout; we assessed the situation by checking as much of the aircraft as possible and within sight for any possible bird debris. I didn't notice any debris on the left side of the aircraft. The first officer stated that he could see come bird debris on the right hand engine intake. Cmi departure control then handed us off to center. After about 15-20 minutes into the flight; center advised us that cmi tower wanted to let us know that they had counted at least 40 dead birds and had found some plastic debris that was left on the runway. It was then apparent to us that we had hit many more birds than we had thought. I then contacted maintenance control and dispatch. I told them what had occurred and what center had just told us regarding the amount of bird strikes encountered. I also communicated with maintenance control and let them know that all indications were normal with the engines and the aircraft. At no time were any abnormal indications seen from the start of the event to the current time. Maintenance control advised us to continue to our destination as long as all engine indications and parameters were operating normal. We agreed and I advised them that we would have a write-up on the aircraft when we landed. We landed without incident. After the post flight inspection was complete; multiple write-ups were given to maintenance control. The write-ups included: a cracked right landing light lens cover (which would explain the plastic debris on the runway) as well as debris over a large portion of the fuselage.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: An aircraft departed CMI and had multiple bird strikes at lift off. The flight continued to its destination where non-critical damage was discovered.

Narrative: We were cleared for takeoff on Runway 22 in CMI. At the speed of Vr; both myself and the First Officer noticed a flock of small birds beginning to 'take flight' at the end of Runway 22. As the aircraft became airborne; we heard a couple of small 'thud' sounds which indicated to us that we had encountered a few bird strikes from a couple small birds; possibly 3. The sounds from the bird strikes appeared to come from under the aircraft. We continued the takeoff with no abnormal indications noticed. The First Officer then notified CMI Tower Controller that we had encountered bird strikes on the takeoff. He then handed us off to CMI Departure Control. During the climbout; we assessed the situation by checking as much of the aircraft as possible and within sight for any possible bird debris. I didn't notice any debris on the left side of the aircraft. The First Officer stated that he could see come bird debris on the right hand engine intake. CMI Departure Control then handed us off to Center. After about 15-20 minutes into the flight; Center advised us that CMI Tower wanted to let us know that they had counted at least 40 dead birds and had found some plastic debris that was left on the runway. It was then apparent to us that we had hit many more birds than we had thought. I then contacted Maintenance Control and Dispatch. I told them what had occurred and what Center had just told us regarding the amount of bird strikes encountered. I also communicated with Maintenance Control and let them know that all indications were normal with the engines and the aircraft. At no time were any abnormal indications seen from the start of the event to the current time. Maintenance Control advised us to continue to our destination as long as all engine indications and parameters were operating normal. We agreed and I advised them that we would have a write-up on the aircraft when we landed. We landed without incident. After the post flight inspection was complete; multiple write-ups were given to Maintenance Control. The write-ups included: a cracked right landing light lens cover (which would explain the plastic debris on the runway) as well as debris over a large portion of the fuselage.

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.