Pilatus PC-21 - Bird Strike at landing gear / Testflight with underwing-tanks

Shortly before landing, a heron collided with the landing gear.
After two overflights to visually check the landing gear, the aircraft landed without any problems.
13.10.2022 at Airport Buochs.

[@seanoelofse007]

Beautiful footage ..... sorry about the bird .... glad everyone else is ok.

[@12345fowler]

Birds looks to be a real issue at Buochs. There was that Falcon 2000 video hitting one when landing that was kind of scary as well. You never know the extend of damages they can cause and they sure can bring a plane down. I wouldn't be surpised the issue at Buochs is with the low amount of traffic on the airport, so the birds are not too afarid of airplanes as most of the time there isn't any ftafic for long period of time on the airport.

[@hyime69]

One of the things that would help at Buochs Airfield is to get a Local Bird of Prey club or Falconers to come and fly their Birds over the airfield approach's and the birds will soon get the message up until the late 1970,s the British Royal Navy Fleet Arm, had a dedicated Falconer's section to do just that and it works plus it is natures way of saying to birds stay way

[@12345fowler]

@@hyime69 True, but my guess is that there isn't sufficient operations at this airport to justify the cost of bird control. Now if Pilatus breaks their shiny new aircrafts every flight now and then at Buochs due to birdstrike they might reconsider the economics of that.

[@pistonburner6448]

@@12345fowler How much would it cost to give those birds little tiny radios and maybe even TCAS systems?

[@stefanthesailor967]

Zero birdstrikes in the three years I worked there, with a hundred or so aircraft movements a day

[@pistonburner6448]

@@stefanthesailor967 I guess you were a very effective scarecrow! 🤣

[@michelpassebecq9249]

Magnifiquement filmé, bravo!!!

[@aukitthongpoo6520]

เครื่องบินปิราตุสPC-21 ประเทศผู้สร้างของนิวซี แลนค์รึเปล่าครับ กองทัพอากาศไทยเราก็มีใช้ครับเป็นเครื่องบินฝึก ประจําการที่โรงเรียนการบินกําแพงแสนครับ ชื่อPC-9,ตอนนี้รู้สึกว่าจะปลดประจําการแล้วนะครับ

[@mariorealini6988]

Belle immagini dei PC-21 ordinati e gia' forniti all' Armee de l'Air e de l' Espace.

[@RobertoLopez-zr7dk]

The Ejército del Aire y del Espacio 🇪🇸 also incorporated this outstanding training plane into their fleet.

[@danblumel]

Need the strobing LED landing lights from XeVision, USDA research shows they are effective for scaring birds away, both color and strobing frequency.

[@CollieJenn]

Birds on takeoff. Bird strike on landing. Birds on go-around. They need a scarecrow at Buochs.

[@space1commander]

Very cool toy, I want one.

[@caribbaviator7058]

Then go get one and tell us how it flies 😂

[@canalphsaero]

que batida! aviao muito bonito lindo som e qualidade de video!

[@RLVIDEOS2024]

*Nice*

[@saer-proff]

Красивые самолёты.

[@airplaneramp]

Oh wow

[@Rspesca]

Parecido com o super tucano da Embraer

[@Breenild]

They maybe should use gas-cannons to scare the birds!

[@philipp1848]

Is the Bird ok though ?

[@JEDK76]

RIP the gray heron, poor bird !

[@JEDK76]

Pauvre héron, il n'avait rien demandé!!

[@Vico649]

Too many birds at that airfield.

[@engchoontan8483]

The propeller "blinking" is uncomfortable. Pilot licensing should be more like american - from unpowered gliders to powered planes that no need license to fly ... then plus-one jump to twin engine and avoid looking through blinkers

[@engchoontan8483]

Road kill is can eat = for vegetarians to know, not for vegans

[@bobboberson5755]

Why in the world would you go around in a single engine on a bird strike? Are you hoping the engine will fail during the go around?

[@RaphGRV]

Maybe because they hit the bird with the gear and not with the prop? Hence the lowpass with gear extended to check it from the ground... It was a good call.

[@Chuck_Carolina]

@@RaphGRV And just what was the pilot going to sort out in the air?

[@RaphGRV]

@Chuck Howard Nothing much, but at least he would have been prepared for an emergency landing (and so would be the appropriate services on the ground, as shown in the video) if he knew he had a tyre burst or hydraulic failure on the brakes... Just common sense, really.

[@pistonburner6448]

My thoughts exactly, or more precisely I fail to see what possible damage a bird strike can do to endanger a landing? He's stabilised, he's practically already touching down, I don't see what a bird strike could possibly do to thwart the landing? Even if your engine is out you don't need that for the landing when you're already touching down! As you said: far, far more dangerous to go around as there is now the need for full flight capacity and the need for a healthy engine.

[@pistonburner6448]

@@RaphGRV The services on the ground is a valid point, but is there really a risk of any damage endangering a landing from a bird strike? I'm sure there's not. Then compare that to the multitude of risks to a flying plane and the go-around makes no sense.

[@ScottyPryor]

L bird

[@falcon4548]

Frappe 😜

[@bernardchretien1826]

Nous avons fait confiance à cet aeronef helvète En revanche les helvètes ont préféré acheter des fers à repasser yankees Va comprendre !! D'autant que la "commande de tir 🏹 ), sera OBLIGATOIREMENT dans les mains d'un opérateur yankee ..... C'est ce qui s'appelle la neutralité bafouée 😅

[@julesviolin]

What a dreadful noise those planes make

[@grahammonk8013]

Military trainer taking off at what was probably max weight.

[@colint]

@@grahammonk8013 Max for the 2000m runway length and elevation/obstacle clearance etc, I don't see any external stores except the tanks so probably not absolute max.

[@pistonburner6448]

To me it's very pleasant. Sounds really cool. Not too loud either. To me these are the most pleasant sounding types of plane there are: piston engines are far more grating (usually louder too, as well as so slow that you have to listen to their drone many times longer) and jets are much louder plus don't have that nice prop sound.

[@hansdenney7198]

That was cool. 🤪

[@paulott5390]

Need to do BETTER JOB with bird 🦢 mitigation at that airport!!

[@ianlabrum2013]

Poor bird,it was such a shame that the pilot never died then it would of been worth viewing

[@savannaswildnatureworkshop7810]

looks like a heron was killed..I would have preffered to see the plane crash and the bird survive.... I hope they go de-monitized for this video of a bird being killed by this airplaine.

[@pistonburner6448]

You sure sound like a sane and balanced individual...

[@russellkeaton5488]

You're nuts!

[@patrickmccartney3993]

If you really believe that, you are a bad person. You would rather someone's father, brother, son die instead of a bird?! Would you prefer one of your family members die instead of a bird? I feel sorry for your family.

[@jamesmcdonald6047]

Really Sickening!!! Hope you live by those words💩

[@neilfoster814]

What a disgusting comment! You would rather see two people die in a horrific crash than a bird get hurt? GET SOME PROFESSIONAL HELP, FAST!