Another Bird Strike

[Stingray Don]

Skyhawk 2 Birds 0

This was my second bird strike. I never saw the bird and didn’t even know it happened until I saw the bloody mess post flight. Apparently, I hit it with the prop. Note the feather on the air filter.

 

[Let'sgoflying!]

That sucks.
I would track the prop; easy to do.

 

[Ghery]

I've only had one bird strike, that that was the day of, but the flight before, my first solo. One of the birds that hangs around the airport zigged when he should have zagged and I caught him with the prop. Nowhere near the mess that you had, however. Amazing what you remember from almost 19 years ago.

 

[A1Topgun]

That sucks.
I would track the prop; easy to do.

Looks like it was near the spinner, probably not necessary to track the prop. I'd be looking for dents or a crack in the spinner.

 

[Stingray Don]

Looks like it was near the spinner, probably not necessary to track the prop. I'd be looking for dents or a crack in the spinner.

No damage to the prop or spinner. My bird will fly again!

 

[SoCal RV Flyer]

Yuck! That's not what they mean by "feathering the prop"! So glad it didn't hit the windscreen.

 

[Stingray Don]

Yuck! That's not what they mean by "feathering the prop"! So glad it didn't hit the windscreen.

Imagine my surprise when I went to attach the tow bar!

 

[DFH65]

Had a bald eagle fly about 50-100 feet directly below me in the champ yesterday. That would have been ugly.

 

[RyanB]

It happens. Looks like a small bird by the feather. I don’t think you’d need to track the prop, especially if it was light enough that you didn’t feel it. I’d bet that it didn’t even phase it.

 

[Lachlan]

No damage to the prop or spinner. My bird will fly again!

Yeah, but the one you hit most definitely will not.

 

[pmanton]

Good thing the feather was on the air filter and not the prop. You would have been up the creek in a single engine with a feathered prop.

 

[Skip Miller]

Good thing the feather was on the air filter and not the prop. You would have been up the creek in a single engine with a feathered prop.

That is so bad it is GOOD!

-Skip

 

[PPC1052]

Probably should scrap your engine. Sorry for your bad luck.

 

[flhrci]

@Stingray Don Bring the plane over to Columbus and I will put 50 hours on her for ya just to make sure everything is good. You pay all expenses of course.

 

[flhrci]

No damage to the prop or spinner. My bird will fly again!

So, you have to clean it up yourself huh? Win for the line guy!

 

[Stingray Don]

So, you have to clean it up yourself huh? Win for the line guy!

Nope, plane is about to go in for annual. I’ll let them clean it up.

 

[Stingray Don]

@Stingray Don Bring the plane over to Columbus and I will put 50 hours on her for ya just to make sure everything is good. You pay all expenses of course.