That's acording the book. Add snow and hail, nasty turbulence, crosswind to Tokyo, windshear ending in tailwind, vicious visibility, and she had just raised the airspeed a bit and done exactly the same. What I missed was a steady slipping final, just to catch less wind herself. Pedal full left, drop the right wing. Big enough a rudder for that?
@@unnamednewbie13 its just nowadays alot of these 'situation happening' clips tend to be ruined with some over dramatic music attached to it, usually drowning out over the original audio. such as graduation speeches, normal speeches, 'oh no moments' etc
I am so happy that you made it safely. I can,t imagine the pain you were in after the windshield blew out and you still continued to pilot your aircraft. You are a hero to me in all respects. I hope your injuries were not serious. You are a great pilot!
I've said many times that being a professional pilot has nothing to do with what you fly or whether or not you're paid to do it. it's all about HOW you fly that separates the pros from the amateurs. Way to be a PRO, Sir!! I'd fly with you any day. Very well done!!
Long life cameras that do 60 frames per second! Go to 1:44 Use the < and > buttons on your keyboard to go through the video frame by frame. You can see the bird pop up, it already has it's wings spread out breaking. It's wings appear in the middle of the screen, a wing on each side of the divider in the middle. That bird hit the prop full on. There are about 3 seconds of impact and the video was shot at 60 frames per second. That's 3 x 60 = 180 pictures you can get out of that video.
@@C4CH3S It's their job to safely expedite the flow of traffic, but I've never seen anything that specifically says they have to be nice to us. I always appreciate a controller who is willing to work with you even when things get a little wonky. I know I've made my share of mistakes behind the controls before!
@@robertborchert932 I think this is under appreciated by a great many people. There is nothing better as a wet behind the ears PPL, doing something dumb, and having a cool as ice controller happily get you back on your game. They can have a HUGE impact on cockpit stress, both good and bad!
I never thought about what could happen if I lost my glasses in flight until watching this. From now on I will carry and extra pair that I can reach while harnessed
I was flying my Piper Lance on November 25, 2017, at night and hit four geese over the Mississippi near Vicksburg. Damage to my aircraft was almost identical. Two of the four came through the Pilot's side windshield, one into the left intake opening in the cowling and one hit the vertical tail section. The sound of the impact sounded like a shotgun and the wind noise coupled with the wind entering the cabin was interesting. I had two passengers on board, one was my son who is a pilot and my mother who was in the left forward facing seat in the back. Safely landed at a nearby airfield. I learned two things from this flight, all passengers must wear a head set when flying in my plane because I could not ascertain injuries to my rear passenger, which there were none and two I make sure I have some form of eye protection on at all times, either clear or shaded and all eye protection has to be rated for impact. I am considering wearing a helmet but I have not made the leap yet. I sustained only a couple of small scratches. Maybe we can meet one day and tell our tales. Congratulations and
I like how you refer to your son and mother as passengers (vs just ‘flying with my family’). So professional. Good stuff and glad you all made it down safe (thanks to you)
I hit a flock of geese in a 757 at 250 knots over lake mead at 10pm. The left Rolls Royce engine lost 4 blades and vib went to 4.5 but kept running to landing. The right engine sucked the birds through with no damage luckily. 4 million dollars of damage. Luckily we weren’t in an Airbus or we would have been in the water.
Well done for managing so well. Flying with the 200mph wind from the prop is very very hard... hard to see ith your eye getting so much wind. Very well done.
@@y.a100 只今 One man in a plane... It's just like a SUV with one man in it, he could also ride a great motorcycle. Why are those planes so big? A single seater prop, turboprop or jet can be soo much faster and a joy to fly. Watch the Rutan's EZ's to get the idea. Big bulky planes are trapped, need a bigger engine, use more fuel, need bigger fuel tanks. And if the windshield breaks, there's 200 mph "headwind". Would a small, light plane have the same propwash? はい
Right after getting my PPL, I was flying at night into a small airfield in E. Texas and on final at about 400 feet there is a loud "bang" followed by engine vibration and I can't see out the windscreen as there is a thick fluid covering it. I immediately think I just blew a cylinder and that is oil over the windscreen. I check my oil pressure and it is still in the green, but the vibration is horrible. I continue the approach and land, rolling off the runway onto the connecting taxiway. As this is an uncontrolled/unattended field at almost midnight, there is nobody to help. I kill the engine and hop out to survey the damage. That is when I see the fluff and feathers. The liquid across the screen was blood and whatever I hit was dense enough to bend the outboard 6 inches of the metal prop on a Cessna 172. Using the hand towbar, I dragged the plane to a tie down and called family to drive 3 hours and pick me up. Flew back the next afternoon with the rental places owner who grabbed some of the feathers. Turns out I hit a Great Horned Owl and he clipped the top of the prop arc with the damage being to the blade (engine torn down in case of crank damage), Comm 2 antenna, and a dent in the vertical stab.
Man when the windshield goes not only are you dealing with wind slamming you in the face but if something else came through that window you would be dead. Amazing job
@@cnolan3055 i see. if he had the same window thickness as what you'd find on a 737 airliner, the bird would've just splattered on the windshield without even cracking it
AV8, NAVIG8, COMMINIC8. Milliseconds after taking daffy and the windscreen in the face, he’s got control of the aircraft, assessed and reset the aircraft so quick the aircraft didn’t lose 100 ft or wing rock a bit, called it in cool as a cucumber, never stopped flying the plane, while wiping blood outta his eyes and off his face. Great flying sir!
Bird @ 1:45 good job on all after. Couldn't really tell your A/S but I think I would opt for Vg = .5 x [Vy-Vx], is that about 92 kts for you? Regardless with all the extra drag, and if it's stable situation, best L/D speed is a good thing
I showed this to my wife, who no longer needs glasses for vision correction, so sometimes flies without them. After watching this, we will ALWAYS wear shatterproof eyewear when flying. We had one bird strike years ago, but only the prop was hit.
If you slow down the playback and see the moment of impact.. you will realise his glasses got thrown away and still landed the plane beautifully. great job.
If you slow down the speed of the video to 0.25 and watch it frame by frame you can clearly see the bird leg in the middle of the left windshield. Quite creepy I think
When I was on the Navy one of our A6E Intruders had a birdstrike doing low level training mission. Huge seagull hit the BN's right windscreen and imploded it into the cockpit. They made it back ok, BN had lots of cuts and some bruises. Man did it make a mess in the cockpit. Plane was down several weeks for repair and remove glass and bird bits from all the little nooks and crannies.
@@King_TuTT I was in from 83-95. My first squadron A7's, VA-15, was on the Independence, did several cruises on her before she went west coast. My last squadron VA-34 was A6's abord the Eisenhower then the George Washington. I was an AO so never went to the Line Shack.
Yes, Star. I couldn't keep focused on the video anymore wondering what was going to happen to the unfortunate Charlie transgressor! That struck more fear in me than the bird strike.
I've had a few NMACs with other aircraft, no birds to the windshield though. It's amazing how fast something goes from a tiny dot (or invisible altogether) to "in your face". My buddy sucked down a turkey buzzard during USAF flight school - took him right down the intake of a T-38A just after liftoff at KDLF. Engine seized instantly, back around for immediate landing on a single engine. Hot day in Texas and the Talon is pretty mushy on just one engine - AB helps though, have a bit of roasted buzzard when you land :)
Do they make Polycarbonate windscreens for the PA-32? Those shards of acrylic looked deadly, flying at your face at 100 mph (!) Poly is a pain in the long run but it won't explode like that.
I kept pausing trying to see when the bird (actually looked like a goose) first showed up. Towards the last few hundredths of a second at 1:45, you can plainly see it in a full wing spread just off the nose of the airplane coming down from above. At 1:46 after becoming an unwitting passenger, the pilot's glasses can be seen flying through the air. He (the pilot) was extremely lucky that he wasn't knocked out or worse and was able to execute an emergency landing. Great composure there Robert!
Brilliant pilot reaction, he took only 2 seconds after impact to disengage the AP. Mayday called and a plan made within around 10 secs. But the engine was still running, so not quite a Sully moment. Well done.
Man, lots of birds on final. at the 2:50 mark there was a white bird near the bottom left of the broken windscreen that passed under him. Then at the 3:36 there was another larger dark bird that passed midway up his right windscreen. Nice job on the pilot continuing to fly the aircraft. Would have loved to see an outside view of the damage and any injuries sustained and what type of bird it was.
Great job. I had a bird strike once. Windshield cracked, but didn’t shatter. I think it was a sparrow that just grazed the very top of the passenger window.
Most small aircraft windscreens and windows are Plexi. Plexi is lighter than glass but it scratches real easily. You have to rinse it well before you wash it, to get as much dirt and grit off as possible, or it'll scratch the hell out of it. Plexi is fairly strong, small birds usually deflect off, but waterfowl sized birds have enough weight that they become big bullets and punch right through. An airliner not too long ago had a goose sized bird punch through its aluminum nose cone and into the radar antenna's compartment. They make a mess out of turbofans/jets for sure.
Great flying. Did you sustain any injuries , cuts? By the way, what kind of bird was it that broke your windshield? And is that a plexiglass window or is it glass?
Made me think if this ever happened to me that I would move to the copilot seat if I could. Definitely slowed the point down a bit, also. Thank you for sharing this. Very well done. Give me time to think about strategy if it ever happens to me
Have two questions. 1). Did u slow down after the impact? The wind and prop wash make it hard to breathe? 2).how was the wind flow/pressure from the prop wash ? GREAT landing and positive control of the aircraft during this!
Smashed windscreen, face/head bleeding, absolutely GREASES the landing. Well done!
Balls of steel and shit in the pants
Dave Angus
Don't forget about no glasses either
That's acording the book. Add snow and hail, nasty turbulence, crosswind to Tokyo, windshear ending in tailwind, vicious visibility, and she had just raised the airspeed a bit and done exactly the same. What I missed was a steady slipping final, just to catch less wind herself. Pedal full left, drop the right wing. Big enough a rudder for that?
You mean "Buttering" the landing?
@@B10KPlaysGames Looks like it. She flared it beautifully. A bird aboard seems to help. Featherlight...
Dumb bird was supposed to be on 23 Right
Thanks to the ADS-B requirements in 2020, this should be a thing of the past!
@@Keys879 lol
@@Keys879 yea same here
No nav lights also.
It’s the atc’s fault that bird and plane has the same flight routes
Nice flying and thank you for not adding music.
Usually I don't see a lot of music added to aviation clips.
@@unnamednewbie13 its just nowadays alot of these 'situation happening' clips tend to be ruined with some over dramatic music attached to it, usually drowning out over the original audio. such as graduation speeches, normal speeches, 'oh no moments' etc
@@bruudwin Well yeah, but I don't usually see it on aviation clips. Or even dash cam compilations, come to think of it.
I slowed down the video and the bird was texting.
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1:44 - You're welcome
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Paul Martin thanks mate
I am so happy that you made it safely. I can,t imagine the pain you were in after the windshield blew out and you still continued to pilot your aircraft. You are a hero to me in all respects. I hope your injuries were not serious. You are a great pilot!
I wanted to see some aftermath shots, plane damage, location of the window and bird, if it maybe ended up in the rear of the craft.
Great piloting. Fly the airplane. Full contol. And then instantaneously declare emergency. By the book. Good job. Kudos.
I've said many times that being a professional pilot has nothing to do with what you fly or whether or not you're paid to do it. it's all about HOW you fly that separates the pros from the amateurs. Way to be a PRO, Sir!! I'd fly with you any day. Very well done!!
Oh man, NO after-action shots? THAT was some SERIOUSLY great piloting, held it together like a true professional. GREAT job...
I love birds but hate them when I am flying.
They were there first
This bird probably just dashing around doing bird stuff - like pooping. It wasn't even texting.
Same relationship as motorcyclist and deer.
Ayee steveo
So if your flying means that your a bird then? Right?
When everything goes wrong, there is nothing like a cool head. Great job getting down in one piece and absolutely sticking the landing!
With nothing between him and the propwash he couldn't help having a cool head!
Long life cameras that do 60 frames per second! Go to 1:44
Use the < and > buttons on your keyboard to go through the video frame by frame. You can see the bird pop up, it already has it's wings spread out breaking. It's wings appear in the middle of the screen, a wing on each side of the divider in the middle. That bird hit the prop full on. There are about 3 seconds of impact and the video was shot at 60 frames per second. That's 3 x 60 = 180 pictures you can get out of that video.
Doesn't work. Each click of the arrows advances the video 5 full seconds in either direction.
I assume the prop accelerated the bird into the windscreen?
@@markmalasics8413 You can change that in the settings
@@markmalasics8413 Because you have to use < and > and not left and right arrows...
I love how cheerful the ATC sounds despite the emergency
It's their job.
@@C4CH3S It's their job to safely expedite the flow of traffic, but I've never seen anything that specifically says they have to be nice to us. I always appreciate a controller who is willing to work with you even when things get a little wonky. I know I've made my share of mistakes behind the controls before!
Of course! They see him make a successful approach home! Nothing better than a smiling controller, they can make all the difference.
Yeah, but the other guy on approach behind him, was worried quite a bit! He could have hit the other bird with same result.
@@robertborchert932 I think this is under appreciated by a great many people. There is nothing better as a wet behind the ears PPL, doing something dumb, and having a cool as ice controller happily get you back on your game. They can have a HUGE impact on cockpit stress, both good and bad!
I never thought about what could happen if I lost my glasses in flight until watching this. From now on I will carry and extra pair that I can reach while harnessed
I was flying my Piper Lance on November 25, 2017, at night and hit four geese over the Mississippi near Vicksburg. Damage to my aircraft was almost identical. Two of the four came through the Pilot's side windshield, one into the left intake opening in the cowling and one hit the vertical tail section. The sound of the impact sounded like a shotgun and the wind noise coupled with the wind entering the cabin was interesting. I had two passengers on board, one was my son who is a pilot and my mother who was in the left forward facing seat in the back. Safely landed at a nearby airfield. I learned two things from this flight, all passengers must wear a head set when flying in my plane because I could not ascertain injuries to my rear passenger, which there were none and two I make sure I have some form of eye protection on at all times, either clear or shaded and all eye protection has to be rated for impact. I am considering wearing a helmet but I have not made the leap yet. I sustained only a couple of small scratches. Maybe we can meet one day and tell our tales. Congratulations and
I like how you refer to your son and mother as passengers (vs just ‘flying with my family’). So professional. Good stuff and glad you all made it down safe (thanks to you)
I've been considering purchasing a helmet as my home field is near a bird refuge. I feel a bit more motivated after this video and your story.
I hit a flock of geese in a 757 at 250 knots over lake mead at 10pm. The left Rolls Royce engine lost 4 blades and vib went to 4.5 but kept running to landing. The right engine sucked the birds through with no damage luckily. 4 million dollars of damage. Luckily we weren’t in an Airbus or we would have been in the water.
@@grumpy3543 Why would an Airbus have ended up in the water? Genuinely interested (I am not a pilot).
@@jackthehatphoto = I think he's referring to the Airbus that hit Geese and landed in the Hudson mate 😊 if it ain't Boeing I ain't going lol
This is so much better than all those unofficial Bird Strikes Saratoga N9087V videos.
Aviate. Navigate. Communicate. Great job on all three, and handling the emergency situation so well!
Well done for managing so well. Flying with the 200mph wind from the prop is very very hard... hard to see ith your eye getting so much wind. Very well done.
uhmmm ... 200mph ?
Yes he is sitting behind the prop that generates really fast wind behind it.
up to 200mph.
@@y.a100 只今
One man in a plane... It's just like a SUV with one man in it, he could also ride a great motorcycle. Why are those planes so big? A single seater prop, turboprop or jet can be soo much faster and a joy to fly. Watch the Rutan's EZ's to get the idea.
Big bulky planes are trapped, need a bigger engine, use more fuel, need bigger fuel tanks. And if the windshield breaks, there's 200 mph "headwind". Would a small, light plane have the same propwash? はい
truthseekers666 200mph of thrust you mean?
@@voornaam3191 What the f**k are you saying?
Right after getting my PPL, I was flying at night into a small airfield in E. Texas and on final at about 400 feet there is a loud "bang" followed by engine vibration and I can't see out the windscreen as there is a thick fluid covering it. I immediately think I just blew a cylinder and that is oil over the windscreen. I check my oil pressure and it is still in the green, but the vibration is horrible. I continue the approach and land, rolling off the runway onto the connecting taxiway.
As this is an uncontrolled/unattended field at almost midnight, there is nobody to help. I kill the engine and hop out to survey the damage. That is when I see the fluff and feathers. The liquid across the screen was blood and whatever I hit was dense enough to bend the outboard 6 inches of the metal prop on a Cessna 172. Using the hand towbar, I dragged the plane to a tie down and called family to drive 3 hours and pick me up. Flew back the next afternoon with the rental places owner who grabbed some of the feathers. Turns out I hit a Great Horned Owl and he clipped the top of the prop arc with the damage being to the blade (engine torn down in case of crank damage), Comm 2 antenna, and a dent in the vertical stab.
MP I’ve prolly been to that field tbh, I’m from East Texas and I have relatives that fly cessnas out of some bush league ass runways
Skip to 1:40.....
That glass (well probably plastic) hit him in the face so hard he lost his own glasses. i.imgur.com/tftGTNd.png
The hero we all need.
@@KainniaK no, look at 0:07 at the left
Meh I found the other parts fun to watch. It gives you context and traffic in the area
Thank you
High stress moment and put her down beautifully. Nicely done. I'd fly with you any day.
Man when the windshield goes not only are you dealing with wind slamming you in the face but if something else came through that window you would be dead. Amazing job
I'm glad you're alright Robert! Nice reaction.
I've had my ticket more than 40 years. Great job of remaining calm and in control. Hat's off to you.
Calm, cool, and collected. Muscle memory and training kicking in is exhilarating to see.
Buttering the bread with that landing!! Well done. Even more impressive is how calm you were. 10/10 mate.
dude what is that windshield made of? just regular glass? you'd think those planes would have a thicker windshield but i guess not
Derek Wall Apparently his plane windshield is 1/4” thick regular glass. But he has impact resistant windows in his house
@@cnolan3055 i see. if he had the same window thickness as what you'd find on a 737 airliner, the bird would've just splattered on the windshield without even cracking it
AV8, NAVIG8, COMMINIC8. Milliseconds after taking daffy and the windscreen in the face, he’s got control of the aircraft, assessed and reset the aircraft so quick the aircraft didn’t lose 100 ft or wing rock a bit, called it in cool as a cucumber, never stopped flying the plane, while wiping blood outta his eyes and off his face. Great flying sir!
Everyone looking for a bird:
1:45
Great job by all parties involved, Pilot- atc- and fire... I think I held my breath for a second or two just watching this. 👍👌
Since birds are slower than planes, the title should be: Saratoga strikes bird in flight! So glad the pilot was able to land safely. Well done.
Handled that really well! Did the metal around the window get damaged or just the windshield? That's freaky!
Those darn beach chickens! Probably texting. Good job on staying cool!
Love the little chuckle followed by a sigh right after after shut down.
Love that chuckle at the end. Nice flying captain.
Wow!! Thank God it didn't knock you out! That would have really sucked! God bless you!
That sigh of relief right at the end mustve been a hell of a feeling.
Bird @ 1:45 good job on all after. Couldn't really tell your A/S but I think I would opt for Vg = .5 x [Vy-Vx], is that about 92 kts for you? Regardless with all the extra drag, and if it's stable situation, best L/D speed is a good thing
I showed this to my wife, who no longer needs glasses for vision correction, so sometimes flies without them. After watching this, we will ALWAYS wear shatterproof eyewear when flying. We had one bird strike years ago, but only the prop was hit.
Wow! Very fortunate you weren’t injured more severely. Great job keeping your composure and keeping flying the airplane.
If you slow down the playback and see the moment of impact.. you will realise his glasses got thrown away and still landed the plane beautifully. great job.
Where is the aftermath??? why u didint record it???
If you slow down the speed of the video to 0.25 and watch it frame by frame you can clearly see the bird leg in the middle of the left windshield. Quite creepy I think
If you pause, you can frame advance with the < and > buttons and just watch the whole thing frame by frame.
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@@ninjamatic5000 i.imgur.com/tftGTNd.png
ninjamatic5000 cool, shame iPads don’t have buttons lol
@@KainniaK Was that the leg of the bird? WTF
When I was on the Navy one of our A6E Intruders had a birdstrike doing low level training mission. Huge seagull hit the BN's right windscreen and imploded it into the cockpit. They made it back ok, BN had lots of cuts and some bruises. Man did it make a mess in the cockpit. Plane was down several weeks for repair and remove glass and bird bits from all the little nooks and crannies.
The A6 was my aircraft. was a plane captain on USS independence CV-62. 1994 to 1996
@@King_TuTT I was in from 83-95. My first squadron A7's, VA-15, was on the Independence, did several cruises on her before she went west coast. My last squadron VA-34 was A6's abord the Eisenhower then the George Washington. I was an AO so never went to the Line Shack.
@@karlt8233 VA-115 was my squadron. Yeah the line shack sucked. Did that for 2 years and changed to a cook, which was even worse duty.
Amazing the way you responded. Full control. Respect!
Dear robert weber, I would be interested to license this video. Is it possible to get in touch with you regarding this? Kind regards
A great example to us all of how to handle an emergency. Thanks for sharing. I hope I’d be as calm and act in the same way. Respect.
Good thing the bird was not still alive in the cockpit flying around, that could have been bad.
Once my cat brought a bird still alive in my kitchen. Their fight resulted in sh*t and blood everywhere.
I'm happy you are here to tell us the tale.
I knew it was coming, and I still jumped! Hell of a way to keep it together, man!
Glad to see you made it in one piece. Same happened to me but windshield didn't break thankfully and it was a large falcon. Thanks for video.
Rob, ...Good job, you Sir are a steely eyed badass.....(Mark@SRS)
Does losing the windshield change how the plane handles at all?
And still pulls off the best landing ever. Well done.
Do you get cheated of the service emergency truck comes out? Does this go in your record?
Terrible pilot!..... You are meant to land in a river after a bird strike.
You're being cheeky, right?
Reference to Captain "Scully" famously landing in the Hudson River after a bird strike
Dudeee hahaha, they were still flyable so they can land safely at any airport
@James Letten Sully*
Good one. Took me a minute to understand.
The animal struck seemed rather large. What was the species of the bird that was struck?
Right? All I saw was white feathers
You Sir, would be no fun bringing to a roller-coaster!
Being this calm is very impressive! Good job! 👍
Why does the pilot have invisible hands?
That dismembered foot is what freaks me out the most...
Where the heck do you see that?
Daniel Russell Play at 0.25x speed
Doesn't the airstream through the front into the cockpit make the plane unstable?
Wow! Stunning work! Great job declaring the emergency and getting her in safe!
Good flying! Hope all is well! Calm and steady is tough to do with a bird strike. Excellent!
Wonder what does more damage, a drone or a bird ?
What kind of bird what is it and are you OK and did the plane never fly again
Well done. One of my biggest fears while flying. A friend had a strike on his leading edge with a goose! Lots of damage..... Scary stuff
Wow - what exceptional flying!!! Well done! Staying calm and cool in that situation is amazing. My heart is pounding just watching this video.
Birds like “WHERES MY PEANUTS?! WHAT KINDA AIRLINE IS THIS?!?!”
bird strike and all, but someone violated the charlie :)
Star lmao
Yes, Star. I couldn't keep focused on the video anymore wondering what was going to happen to the unfortunate Charlie transgressor! That struck more fear in me than the bird strike.
I've had a few NMACs with other aircraft, no birds to the windshield though. It's amazing how fast something goes from a tiny dot (or invisible altogether) to "in your face". My buddy sucked down a turkey buzzard during USAF flight school - took him right down the intake of a T-38A just after liftoff at KDLF. Engine seized instantly, back around for immediate landing on a single engine. Hot day in Texas and the Talon is pretty mushy on just one engine - AB helps though, have a bit of roasted buzzard when you land :)
what did he look like from the strike? was his face messed up? eyes??
Do they make Polycarbonate windscreens for the PA-32? Those shards of acrylic looked deadly, flying at your face at 100 mph (!) Poly is a pain in the long run but it won't explode like that.
Man... I’m glad that you’re safe and made it down without your glasses that got knocked out
What species?
I think the pilot was human.
Oh My God! Another casualty of the human-bird conflict.
Stowaway bird 😂
Double crested Caspian sea eagle 🦅
How much does it cost that front glass loss?
Quick and proper action . Great job
Good job sir. It’s obvious your first reaction was to fly the aircraft. Well done.
Wow, great job of keeping it together under extreme pressure!
I kept pausing trying to see when the bird (actually looked like a goose) first showed up. Towards the last few hundredths of a second at 1:45, you can plainly see it in a full wing spread just off the nose of the airplane coming down from above. At 1:46 after becoming an unwitting passenger, the pilot's glasses can be seen flying through the air. He (the pilot) was extremely lucky that he wasn't knocked out or worse and was able to execute an emergency landing. Great composure there Robert!
Need to don motorcycle helmet when flying.
How did the bird miss the propeller?
What kind of bird?
Wow great skill and coolness under pressure. Well done. Glad you’re safe. 👍
3 rules: Aviate, Navigate, Communicate - well done sir
Great control. I was hoping to see the aftermath. But it was good to see a cool head in control.
Brilliant pilot reaction, he took only 2 seconds after impact to disengage the AP. Mayday called and a plan made within around 10 secs. But the engine was still running, so not quite a Sully moment. Well done.
did the bir survive
Official video? Is there an unofficial version out there?
Man, lots of birds on final. at the 2:50 mark there was a white bird near the bottom left of the broken windscreen that passed under him. Then at the 3:36 there was another larger dark bird that passed midway up his right windscreen. Nice job on the pilot continuing to fly the aircraft. Would have loved to see an outside view of the damage and any injuries sustained and what type of bird it was.
Very well done dude. Great reaction. Kudos. Always happy landings!
What happened to the bird? Did he land in the back row?
Great job. I had a bird strike once. Windshield cracked, but didn’t shatter. I think it was a sparrow that just grazed the very top of the passenger window.
Is that glass greenhouse glass? It shattered whole way to easy. Or is it plastic?
Most small aircraft windscreens and windows are Plexi. Plexi is lighter than glass but it scratches real easily. You have to rinse it well before you wash it, to get as much dirt and grit off as possible, or it'll scratch the hell out of it. Plexi is fairly strong, small birds usually deflect off, but waterfowl sized birds have enough weight that they become big bullets and punch right through. An airliner not too long ago had a goose sized bird punch through its aluminum nose cone and into the radar antenna's compartment. They make a mess out of turbofans/jets for sure.
Hats off to you - calm as a cucumber. Great flying my friend :-)
Handled like a pro
Damn..i peed a little after that impact. Glad you're ok and was able to land safely. Thank you for sharing. Take care.
Great flying. Did you sustain any injuries , cuts? By the way, what kind of bird was it that broke your windshield? And is that a plexiglass window or is it glass?
Made me think if this ever happened to me that I would move to the copilot seat if I could. Definitely slowed the point down a bit, also. Thank you for sharing this. Very well done. Give me time to think about strategy if it ever happens to me
Saratoga strikes bird, how the bird landed?
HOLY COW, GOOD YOU WERE ABLE TO STAY FOCUSED. I ALSO FLY SARATOGAS, WITHOUT BIRDS IN MY COCKPIT THOUGH...
Have two questions. 1). Did u slow down after the impact? The wind and prop wash make it hard to breathe?
2).how was the wind flow/pressure from the prop wash ?
GREAT landing and positive control of the aircraft during this!