B737-700
Flight Crew Instrument; Flight Crew Multiengine; Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 466
Inflight Event / Encounter Bird / Animal
Aircraft Aircraft Damaged; General Maintenance Action
Environment - Non Weather Related
At 1000 feet on approach into MCI; we were just coming out of a thin layer of clouds when we struck what appeared to be multiple birds. We heard a loud bang on the nose of the aircraft. The engines appeared to be unaffected; however; we did note a strong smell which indicated a bird(s) had been ingested by an engine. After landing; I contacted Dispatch and Maintenance. The aircraft was taken out of service.
B737-700 Captain reported a bird strike on approach to MCI resulted in the aircraft being taken out of service.