St Louis Downtown: Wildlife Strikes

Notable strikes

• 2003-11-12 · LEARJET-24 · Unknown bird - small · Destroyed

  A/c ingested little black birds in both engs causing them to shut down with minimal alt and time, a/c did a forced landing in a wheat field about 4 miles from deptr arpt. On touchdown, fire broke out and destroyed the a/c. Pilot and co-pilot had minor…

• 2006-03-14 · C-210 CENTURION · Geese · Substantial

  Pilot had just leveled off from a descent at 3,000 msl when a lgr bird, later determined to be a goose went thru the prop, broke thru the front windscrren on rt side and exited thru aft windscreen. Pilot adjusted his headset back on his head, delcared…