Thinking about the location of the WTEs I saw this morning in
relation to the Canberra Airport runway, I wondered whether there
were any records of bird strikes involving aircraft and WTE
locally.
Some googling turned up the following that may be of interest to
some list members as it updates information from an earlier COG
chatline query/discussion in 2002/2007 ("Bird strikes at Canberra
Airport", see
http://bioacoustics.cse.unsw.edu.au/archives/html/canberrabirds/2007-01/msg00217.html).
The short answer re WTE and Canberra planes is no, tho they have
been involved in strikes in most other states (see Table 10, page 29
in the ATSB report below).
Apparently there are at least two earlier reports giving some
Canberra Airport bird strike data
1. For the period from 1969 to 1987- see
ACT Parks and Conservation (1994). Jerrabomberra Wetlands Nature
Reserve, Management Plan 1994. ACT Parks and Conservation
Service, Canberra.
2. For the period 2002-2006,
see Barnett, G et al (2010).Planning the Sustainable Urban
Renewal of East Lake, East Lake Wetland Interface Study. Task
5, Final Report, 13 April 2010,
http://www.csiro.au/files/files/pvwi.pdf
The most recent, and apparently very comprehensive, report covers
the period 2002-2009 (and is available online, see below):
Australian Transport Safety Bureau (2010). Australian aviation
wildlife strike statistics: Bird and animal strikes 2002 to 2009.
ATSB TRANSPORT SAFETY REPORT, Aviation Research and Analysis Report,
AR-2009-064. Canberra, Australian Transport Safety Bureau.
http://www.atsb.gov.au/media/1574235/ar2009064.pdf
Some idea of the detail in its reporting is seen from this part of
its Contents:
3 BIRDSTRIKES BY OPERATION TYPE
.................................................... 7
4 BIRDSTRIKES IN AUSTRALIAN STATES AND TERRITORIES ........ 9
5 BIRDSTRIKES AT AUSTRALIAN AERODROMES .............................
13
6 SIGNIFICANT AUSTRALIAN BIRDSTRIKES
...................................... 19
6.1 Bird ingestions by aircraft engines
..................................................... 19
6.1.1 Birdstrike occurrences with engine ingestions
........................ 19
6.2 Damage caused to aircraft by birdstrikes
............................................ 21
6.2.1 Aircraft parts damaged from birdstrikes
.................................. 21
6.2.2 Birdstrikes resulting in serious damage
................................... 23
6.3 Personal injuries resulting from birdstrikes
........................................ 23
6.4 Other significant birdstrike occurrences
............................................. 24
7 RECENT INTERNATIONAL BIRDSTRIKE ACCIDENTS .................. 25
7.1 Airbus A320 ditching on the Hudson River
....................................... 25
7.2 Crash of Cessna 500 following collision with pelicans
...................... 26
8 BIRD TYPES, NUMBERS STRUCK AND SIZE
..................................... 29
8.1 Type of birds struck
............................................................................
29
8.1.1 Total birdstrikes by bird type
................................................... 29
8.1.2 Damaging birdstrikes by bird type
........................................... 34
8.1.3 Damaging birdstrikes by bird type and operation type
............ 37
8.2 Multiple birds struck
...........................................................................
38
8.3 Size of birds struck
.............................................................................
40
8.3.1 Total birdstrikes by bird size
................................................... 40
8.3.2 Damaging birdstrikes by bird size and operation type
............. 43
Robin Hide
On 23/01/2011 11:49 AM, Robin Hide wrote:
Driving
out of the Campbell P car park at 11.30 this morning, there were
three Wedge-tailed Eagles circling low (<100ft) over the Majura
Rd area directly to the east, and a N Kestrel on a fence post
between the carpark rd and the grassland.
Robin Hide
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