bird strike through windshield of Cessna 210

A Canada goose strikes a Cessna 210, smashes a 2-foot hole in the windshield, and spreads blood and feathers all over the cockpit. Pilot with 28 years experience then lands successfully; neither he nor the passenger is injured.

This is one of those aviation emergencies that are sudden and unpredictable, and for which the recommended procedure is simple: land.

Bird strike at 0:30, then again in slow motion. Then a followup post-flight video displaying the damage to the cockpit.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVq3dfDDFKY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcm0MsI7g4o

Lightning strike on an F/A-18 jet:

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Yikes ! Did that strike his helmet ?

Man sure looks like it might of hurt a little, it kinda looks at this angle like it hit him.

I don't think it hit him, the reflection from the rear of the canopy is what I believe the camera picked up. I think it was the explosive sound that he reacted too. As well a strike less then 5 feet from his face. Typical strikes enter or leave the nose of the aircraft, then flow through the fuselage to the tail. Commercial aircraft have strips along the radar dome nose to let the lightning attach, so you don't get a massive blast hole in the fiberglass material. Typical lightning strikes are in the 200Kamp area.

Look at how it left a black streak on the canopy.

Jon; I do not see any damage to the canopy. And with the EMP pulse of lightning, I doubt if the video from the charged coupled device (the camera retina) is reliable. There is a bright wide horizontal captured, and I would believe that is upset of the electronics for the duration of the strike.
The message I got from pilots is they experience temporary blindness from the intensity of the flash. And it's a scary event as it upset's avionics. The older stuff was less susceptible, but newer digital can experience processor reset. When the autopilot disconnects and your still in shock, worry sets in about other damage.
Unless my computer is rendering this video differently then yours.....

There definitely is a black smudged line on the left hand (pilots right) side of the canopy after the lighting strike! Don't see damage.

Ralph

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Originally Posted by metric_taper

Jon; I do not see any damage to the canopy. And with the EMP pulse of lightning, I doubt if the video from the charged coupled device (the camera retina) is reliable. There is a bright wide horizontal captured, and I would believe that is upset of the electronics for the duration of the strike.
The message I got from pilots is they experience temporary blindness from the intensity of the flash. And it's a scary event as it upset's avionics. The older stuff was less susceptible, but newer digital can experience processor reset. When the autopilot disconnects and your still in shock, worry sets in about other damage.
Unless my computer is rendering this video differently then yours.....

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I reckon I'd have needed a change of pants.

USAF C-17 Globemaster III eats a bird on takeoff last week at the Avalon Airport in Melbourne.

At 0:08, and then slowly at 0:38:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_QZTzS5V2Y

Once while riding one of the smaller Air bus jets going from Frankfurt to Nuremberg we encountered a bird strike shortly after take off then about 18 minutes into the flight the engine began to vibrate horribly. The pilot announced that we were returning to Frankfurt by the time we made the 180 turn then returned and had to fly past the airport and do another 180 we were in the air for nearly 40 minutes on 1 engine. This didn't make a bit of sense to me, because had we continued on to our original destination the flight would have only been 44 minutes total or in other words we would have had to fly for 26 minutes on 1 engine and no pair of 180° turns
I asked one of the airlines people after we landed why we turned back and the only answer she could give me was it was too dangerous to make the flight with only 1 engine to our destination. I just said OH I see it would have been too dangerous to fly for 26 minutes on 1 engine and arrive at our intended destination allowing passengers to make their connecting flights if they had one or arrive home at or near the time they had expected or in my case be on time for a meeting but it was not too dangerous to turn around mid flight then have to over fly and turn around again due to air traffic disrupting everyone's schedule Thanks a lot please refund my ticket I'll take the ICEII and will get to Nuremberg before your next flight to there takes off

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USAF C-17 Globemaster III eats a bird on takeoff last week at the Avalon Airport in Melbourne.

At 0:08, and then slowly at 0:38:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_QZTzS5V2Y

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I bet the bird wondered, "What the Hell Happened", just for a split second.
At least it was a very quick death. Sucked in, chopped up and de-feathered and gutted, then spat out a little over-cooked.

was the goose ok

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was the goose ok

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yeah I doubt if there were any complaints from the pigeons and gulls having a feast as the charred bits fell to the ground.

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Originally Posted by Frank S

Once while riding one of the smaller Air bus jets going from Frankfurt to Nuremberg we encountered a bird strike shortly after take off then about 18 minutes into the flight the engine began to vibrate horribly. The pilot announced that we were returning to Frankfurt by the time we made the 180 turn then returned and had to fly past the airport and do another 180 we were in the air for nearly 40 minutes on 1 engine. This didn't make a bit of sense to me, because had we continued on to our original destination the flight would have only been 44 minutes total or in other words we would have had to fly for 26 minutes on 1 engine and no pair of 180° turns
I asked one of the airlines people after we landed why we turned back and the only answer she could give me was it was too dangerous to make the flight with only 1 engine to our destination. I just said OH I see it would have been too dangerous to fly for 26 minutes on 1 engine and arrive at our intended destination allowing passengers to make their connecting flights if they had one or arrive home at or near the time they had expected or in my case be on time for a meeting but it was not too dangerous to turn around mid flight then have to over fly and turn around again due to air traffic disrupting everyone's schedule Thanks a lot please refund my ticket I'll take the ICEII and will get to Nuremberg before your next flight to there takes off

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a modern cliche "go figure".

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Originally Posted by Frank S

I asked one of the airlines people after we landed why we turned back and the only answer she could give me was it was too dangerous to make the flight with only 1 engine to our destination.

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The reason probably is that Frankfurt has a maintenance facility, for engine repair for the aircarrier you were flying with. Otherwise, they have to rent the facilities at Nuremberg. And this means flying in engine spares, a crew, and specialty tools to make the engine swap. It's a very big logistics problem.

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The reason probably is that Frankfurt has a maintenance facility, for engine repair for the aircarrier you were flying with. Otherwise, they have to rent the facilities at Nuremberg. And this means flying in engine spares, a crew, and specialty tools to make the engine swap. It's a very big logistics problem.

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That was what AI figured as well additionally Frankfurt main is an international facility with a huge facility for maintenance and repairs where as the Fuerth/ Nuremberg airport is only a regional but however that is where the small carrier was based or at least they called it their home of operations I imagine any major work would have had to be done in Frankfurt or Hamburg

That probably would account for the black smudge. Pucker factor.