Ring-billed gull: Aircraft Strikes

Notable strikes

• 1994-06-18 · C-441 CONQUEST · Ring-billed gull · Destroyed

  Pilot saw bird flying towards l side of a/c at rotation. A/c yawed to left and pilot noticed a reduction in torque indication for l ENG as he prepared to raise the ldg gear. A/c was heading for side of RWY and he elected to continue t/o because speed was 98…

• 2006-02-28 · C-172 · Ring-billed gull · Substantial

  About 7 NM sw of ktix. Bird hit prop, then came thru windshld on rt side. Made emerg ldg in field hit fence post. ENG cowling and rt horiz stabil had minor dmg. From the ldg. Pilot had superficial injury. Bird id by smithsonian, from photo.

• 2024-03-17 · BELL-407 · Ring-billed gull · Substantial

  Medical transport. Seagull entered cockpit through windshield and struck the pilot on the right side of the protective clear visor. The bird then landed in the pilots lap the rolled off onto the collective. No injuries were noted at time of incident. The…

• 2015-03-28 · ROBINSON R44 · Ring-billed gull · Substantial

  Pilots reported seeing 2 birds in front of the helicopter while inbound for landing. Pilot took evasive action, however, one of the birds struck the pax side window causing it to shatter. The cfi was sitting in the rt seat sustained a small cut to his hand.

• 2015-03-19 · EMB-170 · Ring-billed gull · Substantial

  During t/o there was a loud sound after bringing the gear up. My f/o said he thought he saw a bird out of the corner of his eye. #2 ENG vibration went amber. We declared an emergency and retd to the field w/o incident. A majority of the fan blades were…