What went wrong here?????

Very cool video. Definitly something I'm going to start showing my students to prove that going straight ahead works if an engine were to crap out at the moment.
 
The other thing that struck me was how quickly his breathing picked up once he realized he was in trouble. Could definitely see how hyperventilation could become a concern.
 
That was a fascinating lesson on a.) how quickly things happen when important stuff decides to go on vacation just after take-off, and b.) how impactful such a stressful situation is on someone who, just seconds before, was calm, cool, and collected. I can't imagine having an engine failure seconds after leaving the ground. I can definitely see why this guy would be amped. My heartrate was already elevated in anticipation of what was to happen, and it became moreso once the engine failure happened.

As verbal as he was through the beginning of the process, I was pretty surprised how quiet he got when things when Tango Uniform.
 
I have never been on a situation like that but he passed a good runway in front of him, just reduce power add full flaps and a foward slip if necessary. Anyway a good landing is any landing that you can walk away off. Nice job.............
 
Looks like he remained calm and did a good job.


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jafra98 said:
I have never been on a situation like that but he passed a good runway in front of him, just reduce power add full flaps and a foward slip if necessary. Anyway a good landing is any landing that you can walk away off. Nice job.............
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I thought that too, but I'm sure there's also a lot you can't really gauge from a video. The guy got it down in one piece so that's what matters.
This is the kind of thing that scares the crap out of me at my home airport. Nothing but gigantic trees and houses on every corner of the airport. Best case scenario is the super busy highway or the hilly, tree laden golf course that are off the runways you barely use. One of those "it's best to crash under control" type situations.
 
Why I make students turn crosswind at about 200-300' and fly an elongated crosswind back to a 45 and downwind when doing pattern work on our East runway, because I dont want them flying low over the timber east of the airport when there is a perfectly good set of farm fields and highway north of the airport...
 
Well handled! Kept it under control, managed what he had to work with, and had a successful outcome. Almost sounds like fuel starvation/contamination. If it was sitting in the system down stream from the sump points, or hiding behind a hump in the tank in the unusable portion...
 
Sure is a good thing he happen to have his Go Cam on when this "partial failure" happened! What a coincidence....
 
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