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 Posted: Fri Oct 22, 2010 9:36 am Post subject: In-flight deer strike. |
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Hi Guys,
I’ve always worried about bird strikes especially when flying during the spring/fall bird migrations up here in Canada but hitting a deer while in the air seemed like long odds.
http://perry.casson.ca/photos/index.php?album=RV-10/Deer_Strike/
Anyway, we are all fine and no major damage to the plane.
Perry Casson
RV-10 C-FMHP
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philperry9(at)gmail.com
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| Posted: Fri Oct 22, 2010 10:09 am Post subject: In-flight deer strike. |
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You need to build a deer stencil and put a silhouette on your door. Seriously! On Oct 22, 2010 12:40 PM, "Perry Casson" <pcasson(at)sasktel.net (pcasson(at)sasktel.net)> wrote:> Hi Guys,
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I've always worried about bird strikes especially when flying during the
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Anyway, we are all fine and no major damage to the plane.
Perry Casson
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Strasnuts
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| Posted: Fri Oct 22, 2010 10:11 am Post subject: In-flight deer strike. |
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I almost hit a deer right after takeoff in a citation. Glad you are ok.
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On Oct 22, 2010, at 11:30, Perry Casson <pcasson(at)sasktel.net (pcasson(at)sasktel.net)> wrote:
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Hi Guys,
I’ve always worried about bird strikes especially when flying during the spring/fall bird migrations up here in Canada but hitting a deer while in the air seemed like long odds.
http://perry.casson.ca/photos/index.php?album=RV-10/Deer_Strike/
Anyway, we are all fine and no major damage to the plane.
Perry Casson
RV-10 C-FMHP
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Andy Turner
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| Posted: Fri Oct 22, 2010 12:55 pm Post subject: Re: In-flight deer strike. |
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I hope you at least have the venison in the freezer, offsetting to a small extent the cost of repairs!
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| Posted: Fri Oct 22, 2010 1:34 pm Post subject: In-flight deer strike. |
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May be more common than you would think. We did the same thing just over a year ago in our Maule.
Ironically, we had taken off from a coastal NC airport late in the day where there was a herd of deer grazing on the grass runway as we departed on the hard surface. Returning to our home strip at dusk, I was particularly focused on spotting any deer. Though I've been flying off this strip for 10+ years and made 100s of dusk and night landings, I've never seen a deer when flying.
Deep in the flare we suddenly got a thump and a yaw. Touching down we looked at each other and I said "Turtle?" Couldn't imagine what had happened.
We walk back to see. Our neighbor joined with tractor and it's headlights. A 2 point buck burst open from impact with the left wheel. There was also a small cut in the flesh above 1 eye and a blood spot on one prop blade.
We treated it like a possible prop strike but no evidence of one beyond the blood and the cut. Clearly the wheel took a direct hit but I've done worse without hitting anything.
Fortunately the Maule doesn't have fancy pants or anything so while I was down for awhile having things evaluated, nothing had happened except to the deer.
I still haven't seen a deer on the runway while flying.
Bill "mounting 2 HIDs landing lights on the '10" Watson
On 10/22/2010 1:30 PM, Perry Casson wrote: [quote] <![endif]--> <![endif]-->
Hi Guys,
I’ve always worried about bird strikes especially when flying during the spring/fall bird migrations up here in Canada but hitting a deer while in the air seemed like long odds.
http://perry.casson.ca/photos/index.php?album=RV-10/Deer_Strike/
Anyway, we are all fine and no major damage to the plane.
Perry Casson
RV-10 C-FMHP
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