MD-11
Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe; Inflight Event / Encounter Bird / Animal
Aircraft Aircraft Damaged; Flight Crew Landed in Emergency Condition
Environment - Non Weather Related
Bird strike at approximately 300-400 AGL during a visual approach. Heard impact close to cockpit. No noted changes to engine nor flight performance. Close to ground with clearance to land; we decided to continue to landing with First Officer (FO) flying. Excellent approach to landing on centerline.  No degradation of flight controls nor degradation of braking on rollout. Master caution appeared as we exited the runway on high speed taxiway.  Noted HYD3 fail alert. Continued with after landing checklist and contacted ground control. Clearance to hold short of another runway. We complied with taxi instructions as the FO read the QRH for the Hyd3 fail. FO covered the consequences and contacted ramp control to forward our issue along and pass call to maintenance.  Captain performed a basic taxi control check and conferred with FO regarding the need for a tow in to the gate due to perceived lack of control in tight right turns as per limitations in QRH. Captain felt able to make the turn on to taxiway after crossing the runway to get as close to the gate as possible.  While attempting right turn onto the taxiway; and with the help of information from the following aircraft; the decision was made by the crew to stop the turn and shutdown until maintenance could tow the aircraft. Maintenance and airfield ops came to the aircraft to commence the tow into a closer gate; and found that a large Hawk had impacted the front of the nose gear shearing the hydraulic line and emptying the number 3 hydraulic system.
On short final; an MD-11 was impacted by a bird; which sheared a hydraulic line in the nose gear assembly. This resulted in a loss of the Number 3 Hydraulic System and ability to taxi. The crew requested and received a tow to parking.