---------------------------------------------------------- RV10-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Sat 09/28/13: 4 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 02:20 PM - N312F Bird Strike (Jim Combs) 2. 05:07 PM - Re: N312F Bird Strike (Dave Saylor) 3. 05:19 PM - Re: N312F Bird Strike (PlaneAround,LLC) 4. 05:55 PM - Re: N312F Bird Strike (John Cox) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 02:20:55 PM PST US Subject: RV10-List: N312F Bird Strike From: Jim Combs N312F had an encounter with a vulture today. The pilot flew some 30 miles back to Lexington Airport and landed safely. Only one person on board. The bird did not survive the encounter with either the windshield or the rear bulkhead. The pilot had minor injuries but was able return and land safely. The entire front windshield is shattered. The bird went down the top center of the cabin and impacted the top rear baggage bulkhead at a high rate of speed. N312F is down for repairs. Jim C ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 05:07:12 PM PST US From: Dave Saylor Subject: Re: RV10-List: N312F Bird Strike Wow, that's amazing. Were you flying? Glad everyone is OK. Did the bird break the door strut? Man, that's close. Dave Saylor 831-750-0284 CL On Sat, Sep 28, 2013 at 2:19 PM, Jim Combs wrote: > N312F had an encounter with a vulture today. The pilot flew some 30 miles > back to Lexington Airport and landed safely. Only one person on board. > The bird did not survive the encounter with either the windshield or the > rear bulkhead. The pilot had minor injuries but was able return and land > safely. > > The entire front windshield is shattered. The bird went down the top > center of the cabin and impacted the top rear baggage bulkhead at a high > rate of speed. > > N312F is down for repairs. > > Jim C > > ________________________________ Message 3 _____________________________________ Time: 05:19:27 PM PST US Subject: Re: RV10-List: N312F Bird Strike From: "PlaneAround,LLC" Wow. Love our rv-10 center posts. Glad he could return. Sent from my iPhone On Sep 28, 2013, at 15:19, Jim Combs wrote: > N312F had an encounter with a vulture today. The pilot flew some 30 miles back to Lexington Airport and landed safely. Only one person on board. The bird did not survive the encounter with either the windshield or the rear bulkhead. The pilot had minor injuries but was able return and land safely. > > The entire front windshield is shattered. The bird went down the top center of the cabin and impacted the top rear baggage bulkhead at a high rate of speed. > > N312F is down for repairs. > > Jim C > > > > > > > > ________________________________ Message 4 _____________________________________ Time: 05:55:53 PM PST US Subject: Re: RV10-List: N312F Bird Strike From: John Cox Our fleet of airliners gets its share of bird strikes and lightning strikes. Not a repair skill you want to rely on. Glad no injuries. We went with a Pulselight module on the landing lights. The company joke is they only work HEAD ON. If you are overtaking the bird while descending to landing, the poor bird has poor peripheral vision and suffers. We have encountered bent wing spars, Incapacitated crewmember from temporary blindness and lots of damage. Will gladly share pictures and recommendation on what can be done to improve survivability. John Cox, 40600 On Sat, Sep 28, 2013 at 5:12 PM, PlaneAround,LLC wrote: > > Wow. Love our rv-10 center posts. Glad he could return. > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Sep 28, 2013, at 15:19, Jim Combs wrote: > > > N312F had an encounter with a vulture today. The pilot flew some 30 > miles back to Lexington Airport and landed safely. Only one person on > board. The bird did not survive the encounter with either the windshield > or the rear bulkhead. The pilot had minor injuries but was able return and > land safely. > > > > The entire front windshield is shattered. The bird went down the top > center of the cabin and impacted the top rear baggage bulkhead at a high > rate of speed. > > > > N312F is down for repairs. > > > > Jim C > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Other Matronics Email List Services ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post A New Message rv10-list@matronics.com UN/SUBSCRIBE http://www.matronics.com/subscription List FAQ http://www.matronics.com/FAQ/RV10-List.htm Web Forum Interface To Lists http://forums.matronics.com Matronics List Wiki http://wiki.matronics.com Full Archive Search Engine http://www.matronics.com/search 7-Day List Browse http://www.matronics.com/browse/rv10-list Browse Digests http://www.matronics.com/digest/rv10-list Browse Other Lists http://www.matronics.com/browse Live Online Chat! http://www.matronics.com/chat Archive Downloading http://www.matronics.com/archives Photo Share http://www.matronics.com/photoshare Other Email Lists http://www.matronics.com/emaillists Contributions http://www.matronics.com/contribution ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- These Email List Services are sponsored solely by Matronics and through the generous Contributions of its members.