B717 (Formerly MD-95)
Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical; Inflight Event / Encounter Bird / Animal
Aircraft Aircraft Damaged
Environment - Non Weather Related
On final to TPA RWY 01L we heard and felt a bump. Touchdown and taxi in nothing unusual; but when turning into the gate I got a RT HYD QTY LOW alert and the ground crew became very animated pointing to the right side of the aircraft. The right engine was shutdown after the engine cool alert and the First Officer opened her window to ask what the problem was. Hydraulic fluid was spraying all over from the right main landing gear. After we got external power I shutdown the left engine and turned off the hydraulic pumps. Upon further inspection a bird was found lodged in the bogey and had ruptured the hydraulic line. We had lost about 3 quarts of fluid from the right system. It was some type of shore bird with a body the size of a football.
B717 Captain reports hearing and feeling a bump during final approach to TPA. Upon taxi in to the gate a RT HYD QTY LOW alert is annunciated and the ground crew indicates something is amiss with the right gear. Post flight inspection reveals a large bird wedged in the right main landing gear.