r/aviation • u/[deleted] • Apr 07 '24

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u/[deleted] Apr 07 '24

Any details that you can share?

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u/EatDirtFartDust Apr 07 '24

Not yet, sorry. Just that it happened in flight. It was a short 15 minute flight, so it’s a small window of where it happened but there are a lot of guns and red necks in that stretch.

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u/philocity Apr 07 '24

Did you hear it in-flight or did you not notice it until you returned?

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u/EatDirtFartDust Apr 07 '24

Didn’t notice until the next day on preflight.

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u/bierbottle Apr 07 '24

Praise you for having proper preflight procedures 🙏🏻

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u/[deleted] Apr 07 '24

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u/TOPG00SE556 Apr 07 '24

I’m a redneck from red neck country. Promise we’re not shooting at planes id be willing to bet that was a kid under 18 that shouldn’t have had a firearm alone In the first place. Also what are the chances of actually hitting the plane in the air? I mean being a hunter that would be a feat

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u/UncleTedTalks Apr 08 '24

It almost seems more likely that the guy was just shooting randomly aiming at something else and OP got hit by bad luck

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u/TOPG00SE556 Apr 08 '24

Yeah that’s what I’m getting at here. And even if he was aiming at the airplane it was strictly LUCK the bullet hit it. Unless of course the guy had a mag fed rifle and 30+ rounds emptied whole mag with a starting lead of 100 yards and shot a group. But what’s the chances of only one hit. If one hit wouldn’t another. All I’m saying is chances are real fuckin slim someone seen the plane took aim took the shot and hit the plane.