Engine out landing!

I loved the "watch the wing....THE WING!!!"

That would have sucked - defied death by finding a place to put it down, no traffic, didn't bend anything then take the wing off on a lamp pole at McD's!!!!

Someone needs to put a sign at that place - "plane parking here, all others will be towed"

Good job though!

BP244
 
Joe Gremlin said:
True enough. Do Rotax engines typically have enough compression to prevent windmilling?
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Probably, between the compression and the 2.4:1 gearbox on the front end. Heck, when you stop it, it wakes you up the 1st time. Key goes to off, and it might turn one or two blades, and BAM! its stopped. Great engine, the Rotax 912 is. Not sure which model Rotax this this has in it (or if its rotax for sure, sounds like it though). Could be one of the 2 stroke models.

Great landing. I'm not sure why it took them so long to roll out. Most of the LSA's (similar in size to that experimental, IMO) could probably land across the runway's in ATL in a stiff wind. Lots of fun
 
Champcar said:
He may have just taken off...
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I thought of that after i posted. Great decision not to try and turn back if he knew he was not going to make it. It a lot better to have a dented wing from hitting a pole then stall spin into the ground trying to rudder the nose around.

In the video he did not seem like he was climbing when the engine quit. That would leave me to believe that even with the airport right behind him he already leveled off too low.

I donno, can you tell?

Still great stick and rudder skills.

-Matt
 
would have been a great add to the video if at the end-

".......um yeah so can i get a large drink with those fries????" as he pulls in the driveway.

But nicely done job though, no injuries or property damage.
 
I'm guessing this from the guy on the right seat:

No practical joke here. Sounds like fuel. There was 8 gallons in the tank on takeoff, with a fuel burn rate of 2.5 GPH. We ran up and taxied for 6 minutes, and this happened less than two minutes into the flight, hence our low altitude. Thought about returning to the field, but its surrounded by lakes, and chances are we would have not made it. FAA inspector was scratching his head loooking at it yesterday, but amazed that we have it on video
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Taken from his youtube video comments. Written by the video poster.
 
Oh wait...I found some more.

We had over 3 hours of fuel on board for take off, it was a 15 minute flight. FAA has dismissed it as an incident. Case is closed
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We were 500' AGL and about 90 seconds into the flight when the engine quit the first time. We were kinda busy to be worrying about trying to reach someone on the radio. Mainly concerned about not killing ourselves or someone else on the ground. Besides, it was a light sport with only a handheld radio. Wouldn't have done much good.
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Happened yesterday in Winter Haven Florida. Please feel free to contact the Polk County Sheriffs office, and/or the Winter Haven Police Department. Landed on Havendale Blvd, about 1/2 mile from the field.
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I think they did a great job.

It's funny to see people talking about what they should have done. The way I see it is that they did what was right for the moment and walked away in one piece. It's hard to to know what should have been done when you weren't there.
 
They really lucked out on not having car traffic on that road. I watched it a few times and the pilot literally had to make split second decisions. Well done.
 
So is the last .1/.2 logged as SEL or glider time? :D

Awesome job on his part though. Good thing he didn't try to 180 back to the field, looks like that thing glided about as well as a bowling ball without the engine.

Excellent job on the landing and decision making!
 
Boris Badenov said:
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.
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That is know as the "Very glad to still be alive." clap. His visions of stall spinning into the ground are just a memory now.
 
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