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Bird Strike Caught on Camera

This is all that remains of the Cessna 210’s windshield after the aircraft collided with a goose.

By AIN Staff • AIN Staff

January 20, 2014

Pilot Keith Baird initially thought something aboard his 1968 Cessna 210 had exploded just after takeoff on December 28 when he heard a loud bang and a significant increase in outside air noise. It turned out that Baird’s Cessna had struck a Canada goose as the aircraft was climbing through 400 feet on departure from the Chicago-area Brookeridge Airpark.

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