Originally Posted by
extricate
Hi there,
Anyone knows if there is anywhere stated that, if bird strike is reported by ATC on finals, the option to land or go-around depends on the PIC and not solely based on ATC instructions?
Thanks
Question. Did the reported bird strike happen to your aircraft or to someone in front of you?
I could imagine the situation where an aircraft reported a bird strike on short final, and ATC instructed the traffic following to go around because the struck aircraft might come to a stop on the runway.
I can definitely not imagine any case where ATC would observe an aircraft getting hit by a bird (not likely by itself), and tell them to go around. Why would ATC do that? And normally it would not make sense to go around after a bird strike on short final, unknown damage, set up for landing, I would continue.