2001-08 · NASA ASRS report 522020
A B737-200 ON TKOF CLB AT 300 FT DECLARED AN EMER AND DIVERTED DUE TO #2 ENG BIRD STRIKE AND LOSS OF PWR REQUIRING ENG SHUTDOWN.
NORMAL TAXI AND CHKLIST EVOLUTION FOR DEP OUT OF ISLIP; NY; (RWY 24) DESTINED TO FT LAUDERDALE. ACFT WAS CONFIGURED FOR A NORMAL PWR/FLAPS 5 DEGS/BLEEDS OFF TKOF WITH AMBIENT CONDITIONS 24 DEGS C; WINDS 210 DEGS/10 KTS AND CLR SKIES. ACFT CLRED FOR TKOF BY TWR; FO ADVANCED THROTTLES; CALLOUTS AND ENG INSTS WERE ALL NORMAL THROUGH V1; VR AND V2. AFTER ROTATE AND AT APPROX V2 +5 KTS A LARGE FLOCK OF BIRDS TOOK OFF DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF THE JET ALMOST IMMEDIATELY THE #2 ENG WENT THROUGH A SERIES OF COMPRESSOR STALLS (8-10 SEPARATE BANGS). TWR RPTED FLAMES COMING FROM THE #2 ENG AND ENG INDICATORS SUGGESTED THAT DAMAGE HAD OCCURRED TO THE MOTOR (IE; HIGH FF AND EGT IN RED BAND) AN EMER WAS IMMEDIATELY DECLARED WITH ISP TWR AND OUR INTENTIONS TO GO TO KENNEDY WAS FORWARDED TO THE NEXT CTLR. KENNEDY WAS THE OBVIOUS CHOICE WITH GOOD WX AND LONG RWYS. BASED ON THE COMPRESSOR STALLS AND THE FACT THAT FOREIGN OBJECTS HAD ENTERED THE ENG AS WELL AS THE INDICATIONS AT FULL PWR THE CAPT ELECTED TO RUN THE SEVERE DAMAGE CHKLIST WHICH RESULTED IN THE SHUTDOWN OF THE #2 ENG. THE FO CONTINUED TO FLY AND TALK TO ATC WHILE THE CAPT REVIEWED THE CHKLIST COMPLETE IN THE POM; RAN THE AFTER TKOF; CLB AND DSCNT CHKLISTS. NY APCH ADVISED TO EXPECT VOR RWY 13L OR RWY 13R APCH. THE R SWITCHES ELECTED FOR AVAILABLE LENGTH; EMER VEHICLES WERE REQUESTED; THE FLT ATTENDANTS AND PAX WERE NOTIFIED IN THAT ORDER AND COMPANY WAS CALLED VIA ZZZ RADIO. ACFT CTLS WERE XFERRED; THE FO BRIEFED THE APCH; APCH CHKLIST WAS COMPLETED AND APCH CLRNC WAS RECEIVED. AN UNEVENTFUL OVERWT LNDG ENSUED. EMER VEHICLES MET THE ACFT AND THE ENG AND SURROUNDING AREAS WERE INSPECTED. ACFT TAXIED TO THE GATE AND ALL LOGBOOK ENTRIES AND PAPERWORK WERE PROPERLY DOCUMENTED.
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