ACR CAPT RPTED MULTIPLE PROBS WITH BIRD STRIKES DURING DEP FROM MMUN.
Synopsis
ACR CAPT RPTED MULTIPLE PROBS WITH BIRD STRIKES DURING DEP FROM MMUN.
Narrative
THE FLT IS THE FIRST FLT OF THE DAY. ON SUNDAY MORNING AND TODAY; I HIT MULTIPLE BIRDS ON THE RWY. THE BIRDS ARE COMING OUT OF THE GRASS JUST AS WE REACH V1 AND ROTATE. I KNOW WE HIT AT LEAST 2 BIRDS ON SUNDAY MORNING. TODAY; WE HAD A FLOCK OF AT LEAST 30 BIRDS CROSS THE RWY AT ROTATION. I HEARD 2 HIT THE NOSE. SOME BIRDS FLEW OUT OF THE WAY; BUT AT LEAST 20 BIRDS WERE CLOSE ENOUGH TO IMPACT. BOTH MORNINGS THE ENGS RAN WITH NORMAL INDICATIONS. I CONTINUED TO THE DEST ARPT. I RPTED TO THE TWR BOTH TIMES. I RPTED TO DISPATCH BOTH TIMES. I FILLED OUT THE BIRD STRIKE FORMS BOTH TIMES. I AM FLYING THE SAME TRIP AGAIN IN SEPTEMBER; AND I AM TRYING TO DECIDE HOW TO HANDLE THE BIRD EXPOSURE IN MMUN. I HAVE HIT 2 FLOCKS OF BIRDS IN 2 DAYS; AND HAVE AT LEAST 2-8 BIRD STRIKES. THE BIRDS ARE SMALL; BUT THERE IS EXPOSURE THERE THAT I AM CONCERNED ABOUT. SHOULD I BACK-TAXI ON THE RWY TO TRY AND CLR THE BIRDS BEFORE TKOF? THE RWY LOOKS CLR OF BIRDS UNTIL WE GET DOWN THE RWY. THANK YOU FOR LOOKING INTO THIS PROB.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.