Bird Hazard Mitigation Training for Part 141 General Aviation Pilots: An Experimental Study

Authors

Flavio A. C. Mendonca, Purdue UniversityFollow
Richard O. Fanjoy PhD, Purdue UniversityFollow
Thomas Q. Carney, Purdue UniversityFollow

Submitting Campus

Worldwide

Department

Aeronautical Science

Document Type

Presentation without Video

Publication/Presentation Date

8-2019

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

Additional Information

Dr. Mendonca was not affiliated with Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University at the time this paper was published.

Scholarly Commons Citation

Mendonca, F. A., Fanjoy, R. O., & Carney, T. Q. (2019). Bird Hazard Mitigation Training for Part 141 General Aviation Pilots: An Experimental Study. , (). Retrieved from https://commons.erau.edu/publication/1701