Engine out landing!
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Boris Badenov
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The guy in the right seat certainly started applauding a little earlier than I would have. Nice landing dude! Splat!
Still and all, well done. They didn't freak out, which is the first step towards surviving any unpleasant surprise in an airplane.
Still and all, well done. They didn't freak out, which is the first step towards surviving any unpleasant surprise in an airplane.
braunpilot
What day is it?
Does anyone know of the NTSB report or other news report that shows why the engine quit? How did he get it restarted twice but then had to put it on the roadway?
nocturnalaviator
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Step down capt. sully! LOL
Boris Badenov
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Far be it from me to speculate on the cause of a not-an-accident, but it certainly acted a lot like my lawnmower when I forget to top it off with gojuice and then forget that I forgot and start it again. Just sayin.
WacoFan
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I am a safety engineer. I ask that everyone refrain from speculation until the final report is out. We can be thankful that all were unharmed and be sure to be thankful to any emergency personel on the scene. Again, accidnt investigation is a long cycle and it is too early to speculate!
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ctab5060X
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All the talk about the McDonald's in this thread reminds me of a night we were spraying mosquitoes and kept getting interference on one of the radios (non aviation) over a certain part of town...
Kept getting bits and pieces for a couple of passes, couldn't figure out what it was until we got close enough and the timing was perfect enough to hear "Welcome to McDonalds. Can I take your order?"
Didn't think about it until later... we should have ordered something...
Kept getting bits and pieces for a couple of passes, couldn't figure out what it was until we got close enough and the timing was perfect enough to hear "Welcome to McDonalds. Can I take your order?"
Didn't think about it until later... we should have ordered something...
TUCRACEMAN
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Wow! My sphincter was clenched!
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Will tell you in about 20 mins its on the local news. Happened in cent. FL
cloudman
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:yeahthat:
I was thinking hair dryer, but it was a sweet landing.
PIC was a 22 year old, the first time the engine died they started to look for a place to land just in case thats when they saw the highway.
Aircraft was Homebuilt.
No Damage
No Injuries
Reason still unknown for why the engine quit.
flyboywbl
3rd regional in 1 year
WOW nice job! When that guy in the right seat started clapping i was like, "It aint over yet buddy!" Good note to self that if you are going to land on a road land WITH the traffic not against it.
That thing fell like a rock. Did anyone else think they were a little too low over a heavily populated area?
Sec. 91.119
Minimum safe altitudes: General.
Except when necessary for takeoff or landing, no person may operate an aircraft below the following altitudes:
(a) Anywhere. An altitude allowing, if a power unit fails, an emergency landing without undue hazard to persons or property on the surface.
(b) Over congested areas. Over any congested area of a city, town, or settlement, or over any open air assembly of persons, an altitude of 1,000 feet above the highest obstacle within a horizontal radius of 2,000 feet of the aircraft.
(c) Over other than congested areas. An altitude of 500 feet above the surface, except over open water or sparsely populated areas. In those cases, the aircraft may not be operated closer than 500 feet to any person, vessel, vehicle, or structure.
Not trying to knock the pilots abilities but he did seem very low.
My dad is about to start building an Ultra-light Helicopter called a Mosquito. I told him he is building a coffin. Especially when he told me, "All i need is about 20 hours with a CFI before i go fly it."
Any one know what type of experimental that was?
-Matt
That thing fell like a rock. Did anyone else think they were a little too low over a heavily populated area?
Sec. 91.119
Minimum safe altitudes: General.
Except when necessary for takeoff or landing, no person may operate an aircraft below the following altitudes:
(a) Anywhere. An altitude allowing, if a power unit fails, an emergency landing without undue hazard to persons or property on the surface.
(b) Over congested areas. Over any congested area of a city, town, or settlement, or over any open air assembly of persons, an altitude of 1,000 feet above the highest obstacle within a horizontal radius of 2,000 feet of the aircraft.
(c) Over other than congested areas. An altitude of 500 feet above the surface, except over open water or sparsely populated areas. In those cases, the aircraft may not be operated closer than 500 feet to any person, vessel, vehicle, or structure.
Not trying to knock the pilots abilities but he did seem very low.
My dad is about to start building an Ultra-light Helicopter called a Mosquito. I told him he is building a coffin. Especially when he told me, "All i need is about 20 hours with a CFI before i go fly it."
Any one know what type of experimental that was?
-Matt
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Most airplanes really don't. Plus, when you pull the throttle to idle and simulate "zero thrust" you're not really that close to zero thrust. Even a 172 doesn't glide "that" well. 700fpm is actually coming down pretty fast.
Champcar
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He may have just taken off...
pullup
Homewrecker
I think that may be it. You can hear that he immediately asks if he can make it back, and the FO says "no."
Joe Gremlin
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If he was out of fuel, I would expect the prop to windmill a bit. It stops immediately every time the engine quit.
braunpilot
What day is it?
There is no guarantee that the prop will continue to windmill. Depends on how much compression is happening within the engine.