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Offline Wolfala

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Birdstrike over ground zero night before xmas eve.
« on: December 24, 2009, 08:21:02 AM »
I was flying with a student last night down the Hudson River VFR corridor. I had taken the controls to show him something around ground zero - literally 5 seconds later a bird of some type hits the propeller and plows into the copilot windscreen. We landed at Teterboro NJ to a nice parade of Port Authority folks - the plane kinda looked like Patrick Bateman from American Psycho - blood on the tail, wind shield, antennas, wings. Audio starts around 9 minutes into the recording above.





Video link:  http://www.facebook.com/v/243718511213
Audio link 9 minutes into it:  http://www.cirruspilots.org/cfs-file.ashx/__key/CommunityServer.Discussions.Components.Files/6/5658.KTEB_2D00_Dec_2D00_24_2D00_2009_2D00_0030Z.mp3
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Offline LCCajun

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Re: Birdstrike over ground zero night before xmas eve.
« Reply #1 on: December 24, 2009, 08:31:22 AM »
Glad ya'll got down safe must have been one big ******* bird.
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Re: Birdstrike over ground zero night before xmas eve.
« Reply #2 on: December 24, 2009, 09:09:55 AM »
Glad your safe sir  :salute
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Re: Birdstrike over ground zero night before xmas eve.
« Reply #3 on: December 24, 2009, 09:42:29 AM »
Glad your safe! It's the reason my step father flew twins! :D
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Offline trax1

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Re: Birdstrike over ground zero night before xmas eve.
« Reply #4 on: December 24, 2009, 09:43:15 AM »
Not sure if it's just me, but when I click on the audio link I don't hear anything.

Also, do you have air plane insurance that will pay for repairs?
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Offline Wolfala

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Re: Birdstrike over ground zero night before xmas eve.
« Reply #5 on: December 24, 2009, 09:47:59 AM »
Quote from: trax1 on December 24, 2009, 09:43:15 AM
Not sure if it's just me, but when I click on the audio link I don't hear anything.

Also, do you have air plane insurance that will pay for repairs?

try a save link as
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Offline Denholm

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Re: Birdstrike over ground zero night before xmas eve.
« Reply #6 on: December 24, 2009, 11:58:30 AM »
Ouch! Glad you made it back to the ground without taking a bath.

As for the twin-engine... If the engines are propellers of some form (turbine or reciprocating) and you're forced to operate using only one engine, from what I understand you don't want to use much of any power from the remaining engine to prevent inducing a spin.
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Offline Casca

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Re: Birdstrike over ground zero night before xmas eve.
« Reply #7 on: December 24, 2009, 01:40:19 PM »
Late in the Summer the blackbirds start to flock in the corn.  I hit eighteen on one pass in August including three on the windshield.  I was virtual IMC and had to pull up out of the pass.  The loaders counted them as they disposed of the remains.  It's my personal best to date.
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Offline Simba

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Re: Birdstrike over ground zero night before xmas eve.
« Reply #8 on: December 24, 2009, 01:43:26 PM »
The Hudson River area's getting a bit of a reputation for bird strikes this year, eh? Glad you didn't have to ditch and swim.

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Re: Birdstrike over ground zero night before xmas eve.
« Reply #9 on: December 24, 2009, 05:14:10 PM »
Glad y'all are safe :)
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Offline 2ADoc

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Re: Birdstrike over ground zero night before xmas eve.
« Reply #10 on: December 24, 2009, 06:33:57 PM »
A few years ago my dad and I hit a bird in a Bonanza.  It hit the spinner, went inbetween all 3 prop blades, and smacked into the cylinders.  OH GOD the stench was horrid.  A few years later dad had one go thru the right side of a Tomohawk windshield while he was with a Student.  He had a cut on his forehead, and I got to clean the inside of the plane out.  THere was bird parts, blood and gore all over the inside, all Speed dried to the interior. 

 Glad ya'll got down safe.
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Offline Wolfala

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Re: Birdstrike over ground zero night before xmas eve.
« Reply #11 on: December 24, 2009, 09:06:02 PM »
Got around to assembling the photos from last night and today.

Link to the photos:  http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=171797&id=656951213&l=0597ebfff2

Link to this mornings video:  http://www.facebook.com/v/244879146213
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Re: Birdstrike over ground zero night before xmas eve.
« Reply #12 on: December 24, 2009, 10:10:11 PM »
Glad that worked out for you bro.  Didn't look like any serious damage--obviously good stuff getting down safe...   :joystick:
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Re: Birdstrike over ground zero night before xmas eve.
« Reply #13 on: December 24, 2009, 10:27:33 PM »
any chance you've got the video somewhere besides facebook? i kinda avoid facebook like the plague.


and VERY glad you were both ok.


merry christmas dude.
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Re: Birdstrike over ground zero night before xmas eve.
« Reply #14 on: December 25, 2009, 02:18:46 AM »
It's 5th bird strike for this plane, right? Unless there is more i don't know about.
So you are official ACE now;-)  :airplane: :salute
Dude im glad you are safe
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