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Old 10th Nov 2008, 22:24
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Damianik
 
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Same situation, way less birds for me and a skipper in BVA 40 days back.
Flock of pidgeons out of the grass at 300 ft, right in front of us..hit windscreen wings nose engines stab and wings. 1 engine had vibration and lost little N1 but the call was LAND...and i admit it was kinda hard. Instinctively or just because my mind was to ground it asap (i was PF) . Came out we had 15 strikes, 3 birds in the hot section of the engine and none on the other, multible damages to surfaces. The airplane was stuck in BVA for 2 days of inspections and washout of engine.
As close as it get in my opinion.

One question...do you guys think it is ok for Cpt to take over during go around one engine? isnt it already complicated to keep it under control for one guy that have been flying it for the past few moments already to have another guy come in and start feeling it right there and then? maybe if the PF was a very young and inesperienced guy i would understand.
What do you guys think?

D.
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