Bird strikes USA - Curt Lewis

 

Incident: American A319 at Chicago on Mar 9th 2021, bird strike An American Airlines Airbus A319-100, registration N9021H performing flight AA-1844 from Chicago O'Hare,IL to Jackson,WY (USA) with 53 people on board, was climbing out of O'Hare's runway 09C when the crew declared emergency reporting they had just had a bird strike on takeoff, stopped the climb at 5000 feet. The crew reported they took a "full Canada goose" into engine #1 (CFM56, left hand) resulting in high vibrations and EGT and N2 fluctuations. The crew advised that the engine was now operating nearly normal, but not normal enough to continue the flight. The aircraft positioned for an approach to runway 10C and landed safely about 15 minutes after departure and taxied to the apron. A replacement A319-100 registration N8009T reached Jackson with a delay of 3 hours. The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in Chicago about 24 hours after landing back. The FAA reported: "AIRCRAFT ENGINE #1 INGESTED A GOOSE DAMAGING BLADES AND ACOUSTICAL PANEL, CHICAGO, IL." The occurrence resulted in "unknown" damage.

 

 

Incident: American A320 at Norfolk on Mar 9th 2021, bird strike An American Airlines Airbus A320-200, registration N121UW performing flight AA-310 from Norfolk,VA to Charlotte,NC (USA), was climbing out of Norfolk's runway 23 when the crew requested to level off at 7000 feet for a while. The crew subsequently indicated they wanted to continue to climb and were handed off to center to climb. However, shortly afterwards the crew decided to return to Norfolk due to a bird strike. Initially maintaining 7000 feet the aircraft turned around and positioned for an approach to runway 23, advised ATC that the bird strike had happened past the departure end of the runway at a height of estimated 300 feet AGL, and landed safely on runway 23 about 25 minutes after departure. The FAA reported "AIRCRAFT STRUCK A BIRD, NORFOLK, VA." resulting in "unknown" damage to the aircraft. The aircraft is still on the ground in Norfolk about 18 hours after landing back.