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Old 28th Jun 2012, 00:07
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Tcraft41
 
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On final at Iowa City, IA in a Cherokee 140 about 1962 with about ~ 20 hours TT.

Very loud thud and yawed to the left, pushed in some rudder and continued to land. While taxiing back to tie down I noticed a bump near the LE of the left wing.

Closer look showed a ~ 6 inch hole in the LE. By the feathers it was a Mallard duck that was on a reciprocal course. They had to remove part of the outer wing skin pannel to remove the shredded remains.

For those not familiar with Mallards they are big and heavy.
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