my first emergancy landing.... (Kinda)

[Ralgha]

I did single engine go-arounds in a twin commanche, a very unforgiving airplane. People may report on the radio that it's all clear, but what about the guy in a cub that doesn't have a radio? What if a truck pulls out on the runway right where you're aiming? What if farm equipment strolls out onto it? There was some serious farm equipment where I did most of my GA flying, and hitting it would be like flying into a steel wall.

So what would you rather do? Abort the landing and climb at 1 foot per minute, or crash into a brick wall face first? Even if you can't climb you can change your impact point and miss the obstruction that WILL kill you. The mindset that there is no go-around option on single engine is foolhardy, as is the assumption that there will be no need for one.

Control of the airplane on a single engine go around should not be an issue. If you can't handle that part of it, you shouldn't be flying a twin.

 

[Bog]

Stability is your friend when you're in an unstabile environment. You're safer doing a power-on approach from TPA. If we lose in engine at work, we're not going to continue a climb so that we can glide in on approach. You only want to glide it in when you have no engines.

Just MHO ...

 

[Ralgha]

Stability is your friend when you're in an unstabile environment. You're safer doing a power-on approach from TPA. If we lose in engine at work, we're not going to continue a climb so that we can glide in on approach. You only want to glide it in when you have no engines.

Just MHO ...

:yeahthat:

When we lose an engine, we change nothing in the approach and landing profiles. Same speeds, same altitudes, same configurations (except for a circling approach, that changes slightly). The takeoff/missed approach profile is only slightly changed.

Granted a light twin probably can't do that, but you can take the idea and adapt it to fit a light twin. In our plane we simply double the power settings on the running engine and continue the approach and landing as normal.

 

[montanapilot]

I did single engine go-arounds in a twin commanche, a very unforgiving airplane. People may report on the radio that it's all clear, but what about the guy in a cub that doesn't have a radio? What if a truck pulls out on the runway right where you're aiming? What if farm equipment strolls out onto it? There was some serious farm equipment where I did most of my GA flying, and hitting it would be like flying into a steel wall.

So what would you rather do? Abort the landing and climb at 1 foot per minute, or crash into a brick wall face first? Even if you can't climb you can change your impact point and miss the obstruction that WILL kill you. The mindset that there is no go-around option on single engine is foolhardy, as is the assumption that there will be no need for one.

Control of the airplane on a single engine go around should not be an issue. If you can't handle that part of it, you shouldn't be flying a twin.

just ask these guys about a single engine go around.
http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief.asp?ev_id=20031103X01852&key=1

 

[Ralgha]

just ask these guys about a single engine go around.
http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief.asp?ev_id=20031103X01852&key=1

That wasn't a single engine go-around, but regardless, did you miss the last part of my post? I said, and I quote:

Control of the airplane on a single engine go around should not be an issue. If you can't handle that part of it, you shouldn't be flying a twin.

They lost control. Whether their go-around was a good decision or not is beside the point. The number one rule of flying aircraft is "do not lose control." If that means you hit the ground, then hit the freaking ground, but do not lose control. If you can't do a single engine go-around and maintain control, then you shouldn't be flying that airplane. Whether that single engine go-around hits the ground or not is not the point.

 

[SpiraMirabilis]

I was always taught and I always teach that the go-around isn't an option on single engine approaches and that they will land (and by the way you have your engine back if you really need to go around.)

 

[Bog]

A go-around must always be an option, be it all-engine or not. We really do not ever know when something will happen that requires a go-around. That's why we all practice single-engine go-arounds in the sim. Great fun when it's hot and you're heavy.