The first officer on an air carrier medium twin jet reported contact with multiple birds after takeo...

Narrative:

We departed runway 8 on a 095 heading. I had just completed the climb checklist; looked outside; and called out 'birds' as I noticed a large flock of medium to large size birds approaching from our right. A split second later; we penetrated the flock and noted what sounded like multiple loud bird strikes. This occurred at 7;500 ft (2;000 ft) AGL. We reported the bird strike to the tower; leveled off at 8;000 ft; and decided it would be best to return to the field. We entered a right downwind for 35R. [The captain] talked to the passengers and flight attendants; and we notified operations of our return. All checklists were completed; and we executed an overweight precautionary landing at den with no further irregularities occurring in flight. The post flight revealed multiple areas of bird matter around the right leading edge flap assembly; under the inboard right wing; and side of the right engine cowling. Maintenance cleaned and inspected those areas; performed the overweight landing inspection; and no defects were noted. The flight departed shortly thereafter without further incident.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: The First Officer on an air carrier medium twin jet reported contact with multiple birds after takeoff from DEN. They returned to DEN for a precautionary overweight landing.

Narrative: We departed Runway 8 on a 095 heading. I had just completed the climb checklist; looked outside; and called out 'birds' as I noticed a large flock of medium to large size birds approaching from our right. A split second later; we penetrated the flock and noted what sounded like multiple loud bird strikes. This occurred at 7;500 FT (2;000 FT) AGL. We reported the bird strike to the Tower; leveled off at 8;000 FT; and decided it would be best to return to the field. We entered a right downwind for 35R. [The Captain] talked to the passengers and flight attendants; and we notified Operations of our return. All checklists were completed; and we executed an overweight precautionary landing at DEN with no further irregularities occurring in flight. The post flight revealed multiple areas of bird matter around the right leading edge flap assembly; under the inboard right wing; and side of the right engine cowling. Maintenance cleaned and inspected those areas; performed the overweight landing inspection; and no defects were noted. The flight departed shortly thereafter without further incident.

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.

Attributes
ACN	930386
Time
Date	201101
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	DEN.Airport
State Reference	CO
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Initial Climb
Person 1
Function	First Officer Pilot Not Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Events
Anomaly	Inflight Event / Encounter Bird / Animal

The first officer on an air carrier medium twin jet reported contact with multiple birds after takeoff from den. They returned to den for a precautionary overweight landing.