Not birdstrike, horse strike!

[Old Koreelah]

Light plane collides with horse at Brentwood, SA Police say - ABC News

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Police say a light plane has collided with a horse on South Australia's Yorke Peninsula.

 

[IBob]

Yes...but was it a Cessna???

[facthunter]

The C-172 could do with a few more horses.   Nev

[IBob]

I was at a Queensland dropzone years ago when the pilot put down, crawled around underneath for a bit, then called it for the day and flew away.
Can't remember for the life of me what the aircraft was...8 or 10 place, I think....but a load had gone down near an ag strip (round canopies,little drive, bad spot) so he set down there, they repacked, loaded up.

On takeoff he rotated over a sheep that nipped out from behind the fert bin, resulting in large woolly dents in the belly of the aircraft.........(

[onetrack]

I've heard of more than one kangaroo strike on remote airstrips, but a horse strike has to be one for the record books. Just kind of makes you wonder though, why you'd have a horse on the loose over an active airstrip?

Surely, one of the first things you'd do is make sure the horse is secure before attempting a takeoff? Horses can really move when they're spooked, and they run blindly, just like 'roos and sheep.

[facthunter]

We're nearly all in a hurry though, aren't we? Nev

[turboplanner]

6 hours ago, IBob said:

Yes...but was it a Cessna???

No, the Journalist said it was a Jabiru just upside down (NZ position), AND they said it was a Recreational Aircraft, but a massive failure in not telling us the breed of horse or showing a photo of a horse.

[red750]

Quick video on Ch 7 News looked like a Jab 120. Typical newscaster/journo referred to it as a cropduster.

[onetrack]

More importantly - was it actually a horse? - or was it really a camel, misdescribed??

[FlyBoy1960]

No it was a horse, a white horse, he left in a white horse float full of hay with a split lip and a black eye.

 

Teach him to take on a bird !

[pmccarthy]

Jabiru versus the neigh sayers.

[FlyBoy1960]

c'mon, stop the horsi'n around!

 

Edited July 30, 2023 by FlyBoy1960

[BrendAn]

the horse declined to comment

[Litespeed]

You guys...

 

Obviously know nought about horses..

 

It was Pegasus and he was doing a cross wind takeoff when attack by a Jabiru.

[BrendAn]

[BrendAn]

in the horses defence he had only ever seen jabirus land in paddocks, he didn't realise they took off as well.

[TurbAero]

I hear it was Mr. Ed.

 

You can get the story straight from the horses mouth.

[horsefeathers]

So, was the Jabiru on a stable approach?

[FlyBoy1960]

Even the 'victims' will get a laugh out of these really bad jokes.

[Ando]

I heard it was a Brumby and not a Jabiru…

[Rotorwork]

In the news today sadly the horse was put down, so not so funny after all. 

[FlyBoy1960]

He looked ok being driven away in the horse float, even looked like he was smiling    Horse 1 - Jabiru 0

If he was in fact more injured, then thats a real shame, RIP Horse because now I feel bad for making fun of him and horsing around with some of my comments.

Edited July 31, 2023 by FlyBoy1960

[spenaroo]

I suspect there will be more to this story,
and one very sheepish horse owner - who I imagine insurance agents are going to be going after

hard to imagine an owner taking off in the same paddock as livestock.
suspect its more likely a neighbor has decided the grass is greener there

I know that extended family's bush property was always having neighbor's running livestock on it.

Edited July 31, 2023 by spenaroo

[Rotorwork]

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-07-31/horse-hit-by-plane-dies-after-crash-during-take-off/102667574

[facthunter]

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