What's your Worst/Scariest experience flying cargo?

Not a freight dog, but I've had a few things go wrong now. It's like BlueLake was saying. As it was actually happening it was more of an annoyment. I felt like I had to step up what I was doing to deal with/fix the problem. Afterwards, once it was all over, you start to think about it and your mind goes into "what ifs". Some of them end up better then the actual outcome and some end up worse. It's the ones that end up worse that scare me.
 
meritflyer said:
Are you for real? Hand flying an ILS in fog in a simulator? Try it for real with one engine feathered which was my worst experience going into KSNA down to mins after I had catastrophic left engine failure at 11,000 feet in IMC in a C310. No disrespect meant bro but, there is no one to tell you how and when to do what in the real world of flying.

One day I'll share the story with you.
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I said It took balls to do that, even though it wasn't real.

I admire you guys for doing that, just thought my comment might be appreciated here. Didn't mean to offend anyone.
 
Don't worry N57, meritflyer just wanted everyone to know what a •! hot stick he is because he had an engine failure. And to do that, he had to put you down. Sad. Wonder how his instructor handled it?
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EatSleepFly said:
Don't worry N57, meritflyer just wanted everyone to know what a •! hot stick he is because he had an engine failure. And to do that, he had to put you down. Sad. Wonder how his instructor handled it?
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Burnnnnnn! Thanks!
 
EatSleepFly said:
Don't worry N57, meritflyer just wanted everyone to know what a •! hot stick he is because he had an engine failure. And to do that, he had to put you down. Sad. Wonder how his instructor handled it?
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I wish my instructor would've been there. Not a hot stick pilot ESF, but better than you :)
 
mtsu_av8er said:
Aren't you that "I think I might want to learn to be a Flight Instructor" guy?

Yeah, I thought so.
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Riight. Whats wrong with that? Arent you that dork that had a crush on Alicia Gustuvson in grade school?

Yeah, I thought so.
 
Dude... You need to take a BIG step back and think a little bit before you post. We've all posted some dumb stuff before. Most times we didn't mean to post it that way, but that's the way it was interpreted. Most people on here are pretty forgiving and will forget about things that you might have done in the past (Chris Ford stuff aside:)).

So, you've got two options from here. Either you can say yeah, ESF made a little low dig and correct thing to do would have been to laugh it off and make it (the err... "catostraphic" engine failure) a learning experience for others. Or, your other option is to keep flinging mud at everyone who gets in your way. Let me let you in on a little secret. YOU WILL LOSE in the end. Think of it as simple senority. The people that have been here longer then you have more friends here then you. Is it fair? Maybe. Maybe not. But it is the way it is here, and as a matter of fact in the industry you are trying to break into. The two outcomes? You take a little (look at the gay thread that Max is having as much fun as a pig in the mud with) or you can keep doing what you are doing and will end up making one of these member suicide posts in the near future and that will be all we hear of you. Trust me, I'm sure most people would like you to stick around, but that's the way things end up working out.
 
meritflyer said:
I wish my instructor would've been there.
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So how were you insured in a 310 as a low-time pilot (judging by your posts)? Must've been pricey.

Let's hear this engine failure story.
 
Chris_Ford said:
wtf?
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I was using you as an example of someone who made some posts early on that got people ticked off and they no longer are due to the fact that you took the high road in the end. It was a complement, not a dig.
 
EatSleepFly said:
So how were you insured in a 310 as a low-time pilot (judging by your posts)? Must've been pricey.

Let's hear this engine failure story.
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The 310 was owned by a gentleman that had lost his medical and happened to be my neighbor who agreed to let me fly it for the cost of fuel and helping him detail it (he also had 2 sons that flew it). I was covered by the open pilot clause (we checked with AOPA insurance). I also had about 20 hours instruction in it. While NE of JLI VOR in bound to John Wayne, the engine oil pressure started to fall off the board. I assumed that the engine was going to quit any moment. After troubleshooting the system as much as possible, I had to feather it. Conditions were down to mins, winds were light, and there was some light mist. After declaring, I had to descend through a pretty darn thick marine layer while receiving vectors for the ILS. Scary. I • myself a thousand times over. I had about 500 hours at the time (about 30 in type). SoCal App and John Wayne were super cool and assisted me greatly. I was offered Palomar and a couple of other airports near by. With the performance and altitude I had, I decided to continue to KSNA. Ultimately I landed without incident and had to get a tow off the runway.
 
EatSleepFly said:
Nice work!

Didn't mean to flame, just thought you were a little harsh on n57, thats all.
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No worries bro. I took me back a little when he was talking about hand flying an ILS in a GV sim when in fact its a hairy situation when the real thing occurs and there is a real mechanical problem that can not be fixed with a re-start button.

Oh yeah, I am still a better pilot than you.... (just bustin' your coconuts)
 
meritflyer said:
The 310 was owned by a gentleman that had lost his medical and happened to be my neighbor who agreed to let me fly it for the cost of fuel and helping him detail it (he also had 2 sons that flew it). I was covered by the open pilot clause (we checked with AOPA insurance). I also had about 20 hours instruction in it. While NE of JLI VOR in bound to John Wayne, the engine oil pressure started to fall off the board. I assumed that the engine was going to quit any moment. After troubleshooting the system as much as possible, I had to feather it. Conditions were down to mins, winds were light, and there was some light mist. After declaring, I had to descend through a pretty darn thick marine layer while receiving vectors for the ILS. Scary. I • myself a thousand times over. I had about 500 hours at the time (about 30 in type). SoCal App and John Wayne were super cool and assisted me greatly. I was offered Palomar and a couple of other airports near by. With the performance and altitude I had, I decided to continue to KSNA. Ultimately I landed without incident and had to get a tow off the runway.
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What exactly did you trouble shoot.
 
Texasspilot said:
What exactly did you trouble shoot.
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There wasnt a whole lot of troubleshooting going on. The only thing I had to verify was whether it was a bad oil pressure guage or an acutal loss of OP. After the CHT went through the roof, I knew what exactly what was happening. The only thing left to do was feather, secure, and report to So Cal for vectors to the ILS.
 
BobDDuck said:
I was using you as an example of someone who made some posts early on that got people ticked off and they no longer are due to the fact that you took the high road in the end. It was a complement, not a dig.
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I learned that one the hard way on here, Its like a JCer Stage in posting.
 
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