Bird strike Incident Bombardier CRJ-900ER (CL-600-2D24) Regional Jet OY-KFF,
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Date:Friday 9 October 2009
Time:21:03 UTC
Type:Silhouette image of generic CRJ9 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Bombardier CRJ-900ER (CL-600-2D24) Regional Jet
Owner/operator:SAS Scandinavian Airlines
Registration: OY-KFF
MSN: 15231
Year of manufacture:2009
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 59
Aircraft damage: Minor
Category:Incident
Location:Copenhagen-Kastrup Airport (CPH/EKCH) -   Denmark
Phase: Initial climb
Nature:Passenger - Scheduled
Departure airport:Copenhagen Airport Kastrup (EKCH)
Destination airport:Aarhus Airport (EKAH)
Investigating agency: HCLJ
Confidence Rating: Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities
Narrative:
The incident occurred during a flight from Copenhagen Airport Kastrup (EKCH) with Aarhus Airport (EKAH) as planned destination.
After take-off from runway 04R pilots noticed a flock of birds in the light from the aircraft searchlights. At 256 ft altitude the aircraft was hit by birds causing heavy vibrations in the aircraft.
Vibrations made it difficult for pilots to read the engine instruments but they were nevertheless able to read the right engine vibration, which fluctuated around the maximum values.
The pilots could not know about the left engine being hit, which was why they were initially reluctant to stop the right engine. Since the vibrations in the right engine only partially ended when pilots pulled the throttle back, they stopped the engine.
The left engine functioned normally throughout the flight.
EKCH's watch hunter of birds and wildlife regulations were approx. 800 m east of the intersection of runway 04R and taxiway.
The pilots turned around and flew visually on the right downwind to runway 04R where they landed at 2117 UTC without further incident.
The incident occurred in the dark under visual meteorological weather conditions (VMC).

Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: HCLJ
Report number: 
Status: Investigation completed
Duration:
Download report: Final report

Sources:

HCLJ

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
16 December 2016 OY-KFF Scandinavian Airlines System - SAS 0 København-Kastrup Airport (CPH) sub
Damaged on the ground

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
07-Sep-2010 13:08 harro Added
07-Sep-2010 13:09 harro Updated [Date]
26-Jan-2017 14:33 harro Updated [Source, Narrative]

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