Presentation
Bird Hazard Mitigation Training for Part 141 General Aviation Pilots: An Experimental Study
Publications
Submitting Campus
Worldwide
Department
Aeronautical Science
Document Type
Presentation without Video
Publication/Presentation Date
8-1-2019
Disciplines
Abstract/Description
From 1990 through 2018 ==> 209,950 wildlife strikes in the U.S.,
Approximately 95% of those incidents involved birds;
Seventy aircraft destroyed as a result of wildlife strikes!
13 bird strikes 32 ==> fatalities;
- 244 wildlife strikes ==> 319 people injured!
- 224 bird strikes ==>299 people injured!
General aviation community;
- 97% of the strikes occurred below 3,500 feet AGL;
- There were 22,775 wildlife strikes ==> 26% caused damage to the aircraft!
Publisher
Purdue University
Sponsorship/Conference/Institution
2019 North American Bird Strike Conference
Location
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Number of Pages
19
Citation Information
Flavio A. C. Mendonca, Richard O. Fanjoy and Thomas Q. Carney. "Bird Hazard Mitigation Training for Part 141 General Aviation Pilots: An Experimental Study" (2019) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/flavio_antonio_coimbra_mendonca/27/
Dr. Mendonca was not affiliated with Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University at the time this paper was published.