2000ft with no brakesWhat kind of crappy airport has an ILS to a runway so short that you can't touch down before the cow and stop before hitting it, or touch down after it and stop before running off the end? What's ground roll on an Aztek, like 2000' MAX at max gross, with no flaps?
Go back in time and bitchslap the idiot that decided to only put one hyd pump on the airplane.
The gazillion dollar question:
Do you pump down the gear by hand, or leave the gear up to be able to go around in case you need to?
Why are you going into an uncontrolled airport One Engine Inop? Why are you shooting an approach to minimums One Engine Inop? I realize that in some cases that may be the only option, but your instructor basically loaded you into a scenario with no right answer (something the FOI books discourage). Basically, your instructor's "lesson" was about akin to asking Lindberg what he would have done if his engine quit. At night. And then his life raft deflated. And then his flashlight went out. And then his door jammed on impact.
It's been really cool to read all of the responses, especially being new to JC (and to light twins). I think the point of my instructor's question was just to make me talk about reasoning through emergency decisions. Although, I admit that I am less than thrilled with the teaching method of using an infinite string of "what-ifs."
Anyway, my instructor told me his story of an emergency in a twin, in ifr, in mountainous terrain, where the non-critical engine was running, but not all all cylinders. He was with his CFI and if I recall the story correctly, they were on with ATC and had two options. The weather was horrible and it was snowing. They could land at an uncontrolled field, nearby, where the weather was automated, reporting ok but not current at that moment, or at a large airport with worse (but current) weather, slightly above minimums, with fire rescue and help from ATC. My instructor flew, his instructor handled the radio and the decision-making, and they elected to land at the towered airport. On short final the CFI took over and landed. So they did the right things and lived to tell the tale. Even during this, there was the decision to make of whether to keep the non-critical engine running or to shut it down, and they decided to keep it running.
In the Aztec, you can also pump the gear up.
It's been really cool to read all of the responses, especially being new to JC (and to light twins). I think the point of my instructor's question was just to make me talk about reasoning through emergency decisions. Although, I admit that I am less than thrilled with the teaching method of using an infinite string of "what-ifs."
Anyway, my instructor told me his story of an emergency in a twin, in ifr, in mountainous terrain, where the non-critical engine was running, but not all all cylinders. He was with his CFI and if I recall the story correctly, they were on with ATC and had two options. The weather was horrible and it was snowing. They could land at an uncontrolled field, nearby, where the weather was automated, reporting ok but not current at that moment, or at a large airport with worse (but current) weather, slightly above minimums, with fire rescue and help from ATC. My instructor flew, his instructor handled the radio and the decision-making, and they elected to land at the towered airport. On short final the CFI took over and landed. So they did the right things and lived to tell the tale. Even during this, there was the decision to make of whether to keep the non-critical engine running or to shut it down, and they decided to keep it running.
That's what happened to it! He ran off the Unicorn for all Mankind!No, it was eating the grass near the departure end, thank goodness. Then when the plane landed it reared up and ran off into the woods, never to be seen again.
I'm trying to think of an automated weather reporting station that isn't updated roughly every minute or so..... In general, ASOS is more current than ATIS.
Right, it updates every minute, but when Center is giving you the weather, do they have the latest weather or is there a lag? I'll ask my CFI about the specifics, maybe I'm remembering his story wrong.
Well, this is a good discussion because now I have several questions for my CFI, such as, what sort of a delay is there between tuning the ASOS and asking Center for the weather? Is it different if you are talking to a terminal or tower controller? I'm not finding anything of substance in the Weather Services AC.