Pilot hits cow on emergency landing

[JaceTheAce]

http://gmy.news.yahoo.com/v/11162298

Pretty funny since everything turned out okay!

 

[Roger, Roger]

In addition, a quick search of the NTSB database delivers this gem...

 

[Douglas]

wow

 

[Itchy]

Must have been a very mooving experience.

 

[SFCC/UND]

Good thing there are a lot of cow farms down there.

 

[Cruise]

Must have been a very mooving experience.

Wow! :buck:

 

[sorrygottarunway]

FUEL EXHAUSTION RESULTING IN A COMPLETE POWER LOSS DUE TO THE PIC/CFI'S FAILURE TO REFUEL AT INTERMEDIATE DESTINATIONS.

Thats udder nonsense!

 

[sorrygottarunway]

Sorry, I'm stuck at the Bedrock inn in Albany for at least another day. And the shuttle is down for weather, so I am bored! Enjoyed the brief Cruise/Rocketman reunion last night.

 

[Firebird2XC]

I haven't read the report yet.

Was the aircraft a MOOney?

I wonder what the pilot did to cowculate his final approach vector.

 

[Roger, Roger]

No, it was a (cow) Pie-per. Funny story, it belonged to a university that begins with "L" (LU). There is a legend that one of the local IAP fixes, COWLU (Cow-LU), is named in honor of this incident.

 

[RWH1986]

He wanted to try a new version of cow tipping!

 

[Roger, Roger]

Good thing the pilot didn't buy the farm.
Too bad he didn't spot it earlier.
I would imagine that this incident left the pilot in a bad mood.
In reacting so well to the emergency, he showed himself to be no coward.
For the airplane to survive undamaged, it had to be quite beefy.
Is this a real story? Because it seems like a load of bull.

 

[Bumblebee]

Good thing the pilot didn't buy the farm.
Too bad he didn't spot it earlier.
I would imagine that this incident left the pilot in a bad mood.
In reacting so well to the emergency, he showed himself to be no coward.
For the airplane to survive undamaged, it had to be quite beefy.
Is this a real story? Because it seems like a load of bull.

fortuntely the pilot had good stick and rudder skills . . .

I think the post above is funny because it chips away at the issue . . .

Did the prop chop?

OK I'm done, put a fork in me

 

[bravodelta79]

I'm sure someone has heard of Troy Hartman...

Dropzone.com: I heard about this plane vs cow incident that cost you your Air Force career. What kind of plane did you crash? (In Playboy's May interview)
Troy: A T-41. A modified cessana. I was out screwing around with a buddy of mine. We could go check out the planes whenever we wanted and I got a little carried away with buzzing things.

http://www.dropzone.com/interviews/TroyHartman-Senselessand.shtml