I wonder what happened to the pilot / passenger in that one. That’s a lot of bird and a lot of debris flying into the cockpit.
I read somewhere that in similar accident pilot lost his eye and yet managed to successfully land.
I wonder what happened to the pilot / passenger in that one. That’s a lot of bird and a lot of debris flying into the cockpit.
I had two minor bird strikes – one with small sparrow hawk and metal propeller, no damage at all, and one with seagull which left a scratch on the back side of composite propeller which was measured and concluded to be shallow enough not to require any action except paint job.
Well done to the pilot who landed safely after that distraction!
What a mess…
It’s a large bird!
Now that’s a bird strike😳
Just reading that in Spain, since 2000,12 bird strikes involving light aircraft have been recorded, claiming 15 lives.
An exhaustive study of the flight patterns of 92 griffon vultures, 15 black vultures and 103 white storks has concluded that their main activity is between 10:00-16:00 from March-September. Contrary to popular belief, usually their max altitude is 4.000 ft AGL.
Surely one would look at whether the bird has hit the propeller before recommending an engine teardown?
Even if there has been propeller contact, what are the guidelines from the manufacturers? I had some “contact” about 10 years ago and one engine shop told me it is ok if there is not even any paint damage on the prop.
A metal spar may get buckled in a severe case but even if that happens, it’s a lot more likely to make it to the next annual before it catastrophically fails. A wood spar with a compression fracture probably won’t make it through the next flight.
