Mooney 2; Birds 0

[exM20K]

Never saw this one.  5000’ over Ft. Wayne.  2nd bird I’ve stayed with this plane this year. Appears to be a grass eater but more precise identification difficult. 

[orionflt]

glad there was no damage, and he didn't come thru the windshield.

Brian

[skydvrboy]

You should report the bird strike to the FAA.  Here is a link https://wildlife.faa.gov/strikenew.aspx.  You can also send in some of the snarge and have it identified to help identify what type of birds are being hit.  Here is a link to the details for submitting the snarge for identification. https://wildlife.faa.gov/birdremains.aspx

[exM20K]

1 minute ago, skydvrboy said:

You should report the bird strike to the FAA.  Here is a link https://wildlife.faa.gov/strikenew.aspx.  You can also send in some of the snarge and have it identified to help identify what type of birds are being hit.  Here is a link to the details for submitting the snarge for identification. https://wildlife.faa.gov/birdremains.aspx

I did tell ATC, but I'd forgotten about that link. thanks. Line service earned a nice tip cleaning it up during my meeting, so no remains to send.  Plus... duck season not open till the 20th... 

-dan

[steingar]

Can't believe a bird flying high enough to hit an airplane could eat grass.  Not a lot of energy density.

[rbridges]

Too bad it's not 2020 yet. That bird would have had adsb, and you would have seen it on your foreflight. 

[kmyfm20s]

Darn thing looks like it was aiming for your head! It must of been the previous birds partner out for revenge:)

[Marauder]

Never saw this one.  5000’ over Ft. Wayne.  2nd bird I’ve stayed with this plane this year. Appears to be a grass eater but more precise identification difficult. 

Must have been a terrible impact to cause you to bank left 90°

[McMooney]

ewww

 

[EricJ]

5 hours ago, steingar said:

Can't believe a bird flying high enough to hit an airplane could eat grass.  Not a lot of energy density.

This is precisely why we have little risk of hitting cows while airborne.

[FloridaMan]

12 minutes ago, EricJ said:

This is precisely why we have little risk of hitting cows while airborne.

 

Cows don't only eat grass

They also play fetch

 And like music

 

[Skates97]

6 hours ago, steingar said:

Can't believe a bird flying high enough to hit an airplane could eat grass.  Not a lot of energy density.

Back in January I flew past a flock of geese at 8,500'. I was heading west and they were going east, fortunately they were about a mile off my wing. (I'm assuming they were geese, I don't know anything else that flies that high in a "v" formation.)

[FloridaMan]

1 minute ago, Skates97 said:

Back in January I flew past a flock of geese at 8,500'. I was heading west and they were going east, fortunately they were about a mile off my wing. (I'm assuming they were geese, I don't know anything else that flies that high in a "v" formation.)

I'm sure you've heard, but to anyone reading. Don't fly under flocks of geese. They will dive on you. 

http://hangarspinning.blogspot.com/2010/11/whats-that-goose-doing-at-6500-feet.html

[Skates97]

4 minutes ago, Antares said:

I'm sure you've heard, but to anyone reading. Don't fly under flocks of geese. They will dive on you. 

http://hangarspinning.blogspot.com/2010/11/whats-that-goose-doing-at-6500-feet.html

Yes, I was taught most birds will drop a wing and head down. There are a lot of birds around some of the airports here and while I haven't been too close to any I have observed that behavior numerous times.

[Cyril Gibb]

Canada geese tend to fly at night to leave daylight for foraging.  I hit one at 5000' Christmas Eve.  Based on the amount of wing damage, a windshield wouldn't have even slowed it down.

[Piloto]

Safer on a Mooney than a on a twin jet 

José

[MBDiagMan]

14 hours ago, exM20K said:

I did tell ATC, but I'd forgotten about that link. thanks. Line service earned a nice tip cleaning it up during my meeting, so no remains to send.  Plus... duck season not open till the 20th... 

-dan

Yeah.  Aviation is expensive enough without paying out of season hunting fines.

[Hank]

2 hours ago, MBDiagMan said:

Yeah.  Aviation is expensive enough without paying out of season hunting fines.

A local meat processor has a sign out front:

We process deer during all three hunting seasons--bow, gun and car.

I'm sure similar things could happen with planes and birds if it wasn't so hard collecting the carcasses afterwards . . . . .

[Browncbr1]

On tuesday, We missed a bald eagle by 50-100 ft while descending through 4000 at 170kts.  I was busy looking for two other planes nearby that were on my screen.  By the time I saw it, there was no time to maneuver.  It tipped its wings and dove.  It was slightly below and to the right.  Be careful out there!

[Pritch]

How high do geese fly?

Canada geese fly in a distinctive V-shaped flight formation, with an altitude of 1 km (3,000 feet) for migration flight. The maximum flight ceiling of Canada geese is unknown, but they have been reported at 9 km (29,000 feet).

Canada goose - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lesser_Canada_Goose

[One Whiskey Hotel]

32 minutes ago, Pritch said:

How high do geese fly?

Canada geese fly in a distinctive V-shaped flight formation, with an altitude of 1 km (3,000 feet) for migration flight. The maximum flight ceiling of Canada geese is unknown, but they have been reported at 9 km (29,000 feet).

Canada goose - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lesser_Canada_Goose

Holy hell! FL290!?! Don’t they need oxygen too for such a cross country journey? This may suggest birds are of the devil...and as such, we pilots are justified in being a little devilish ourselves....

Edited October 12, 2018 by One Whiskey Hotel

[Niko182]

On 10/4/2018 at 7:35 PM, Skates97 said:

Back in January I flew past a flock of geese at 8,500'. I was heading west and they were going east, fortunately they were about a mile off my wing. (I'm assuming they were geese, I don't know anything else that flies that high in a "v" formation.)

A B2

[kpaul]

On ‎10‎/‎4‎/‎2018 at 3:30 PM, steingar said:

Can't believe a bird flying high enough to hit an airplane could eat grass.  Not a lot of energy density.

While that may be a grass stain, it is more likely that it is from the grass eating bugs that the bird had eaten. 

[bob865]

7 hours ago, One Whiskey Hotel said:

Holy hell! FL290!?! Don’t they need oxygen too for such a cross country journey? This may suggest birds are of the devil...and as such, we pilots are justified in being a little devilish ourselves....

They are canadian geese.  Maybe the canadian version of the FAA doesn't have the same oxygen rules?  

[MARZ]

I've always wondered how they make it through the prop prior to hitting the windshield.....