Bird went thru windscreen
A crop-sprayer was killed when he hit a Blue Crane bird, which went thru the windscreen hitting the pilot in the face.
It was a bit of a freak accident in that the blue crane actually went thru the prop, then hit the windscreen of the AT401...(the AT 401/501, dont have wire cutter deflecters on the windscreen like most of the other spray A/C).
The A/C then looked to have either have hit the ground then flipped over or bounced over onto it's back on impact...(remember he was only about 3 foot off the ground when it happened), and then slid along the ground).
Really tragic as this apparently was the spray-pilot's last season before retiring from spraying.
Goffel.