Catastrophic Engine Failure...When Things Go Right!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 ส.ค. 2024
- A local CFI and student had a catastrophic engine failure in a 1970 Cessna 150 near Nephi Utah airport, and our team happened to be out flying in the area and was able to help out. Listen to the incredible story, nice to hear about when things go right!
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I was the student on that flight. It was an evening flight in cool, calm weather. We had just finished a simulated engine out procedure and was practicing ground reference maneuvers, so we were already low. Like others who have commented here, we did not panic and went right into executing what we practice. As we were flying at about one hundred feet we approached a road perpendicular to us. I observed that it had no obstructions around it. I thought that would be a good place to land. I then thought to myself "don't tell him, that's how people die, we are already committed to land forward." Matt made a perfectly smooth soft field landing and we rolled to a stop. Not more than a minute later Troy was flying over us. We are thankful that he was there to help.
Outstanding! Great experience!
Good luck on the next shot at your check ride if you haven’t already taken it! Inspiring to hear that after all those years you have managed to make it back in the air. I hope to one day follow in your footsteps!
I wish Matt would have let you fly it to the ground and just talked you through it. It looked like a good safe area to land and it would have been great experience for you.
@@shawnengstrom3906 I didn't even consider him not landing as it we less risky for him to handle it. He had the most experience and was the PIC. But, I recently was doing power off landings (in the repaired 150) to gain a better understanding of energy management and judgement of your landing spot.
@@jefferyblackman3694 I'm sure part 2 will have an update on whether or not I have finished. I can say I have flown since then and I was ok flying... mostly. I felt fine for the most part and was excited to get back in the plane. But when I started pointing the nose of the aircraft toward the ground, the fear/anxiety hit me. It took me a couple flights to get past that.
My glider flight instructor told me as I was young: "All the rules in general aviation were written with blood!" This impressed me so much.
That's simply not true.
The predecessor to the FAA mandated Aviation Medicals when there were zero incidences caused by pilots who had serious medical conditions prior to those regulations.
They just copied the Army-Air Force standards, which are for military service, and for combat pilots flying the most advanced technology high performance, difficult aircraft of that era.
They also regulate in excruciating detail every design detail of every general aviation aircraft ever made. Driving up the cost to a point almost nobody can afford. Killing the entire aviation industry in the process.
Was it necessary? There are 20,000+ "experimental" aircraft designed by shade tree enthusiasts, built by amateurs in garages, flight tested by low time mediocre unemployable pilots and their aircraft have a safety record comparable to the unobtanium $650,000-$2,000,000 "FAA Certified" factory built by professional union workers. And Experimental aircraft practically disintegrate in accidents, but are still somehow statistically safer than Certified Cessnas?
The CAB/CAA was intended to regulate airlines. But no airline hired 70-year old pilots or pilots with advanced diabetes or heart conditions in 1926, or 1938. Or 1958. Its a pointless waste of everyones time. They don't mandate physical exams for automobile drivers, even those people who also hurtle down the road in a 50 foot diesel motorhomes.
And CDL driver physical exams are a joke. You can be 450lbs cant catch your breath, breaking the seat of your semi-truck every time you sit down, eating three large pizzas with hypoglycemic induced comas and they grant you the license to drive an 80,000lb truck. As long as you don't admit that you pass out every other day if you haven't had some M&Ms, they don't care.
Cars crashing through crowds of people and buildings cause ten times more deaths and property damage than all the airplanes that have ever wrecked, even if you count the twin towers the death toll goes to automobiles which kill TEN TIMES September-11th numbers EVERY YEAR.
The reason they don't mandate medicals on car drivers is because car drivers are the overwhelming majority. And government doesn't want to make the mindless masses upset.
They regulate the minorities who went to the effort and expense to learn to fly. Because the mindless majority cant stand the fact there are smart and successful people meandering high is the sky above them free to go where they please and enjoy their own lives.
The best regulations are wisdom that surfaces from knowledge that represents data of multiple experiences - both bad (blood) and good (safe arrival).
We follow them because they work, because they keep us from repeating known errors, and because they teach us procedures that proved good.
We pass them to the future for progress, so future generations can improve upon existing knowledge instead of re-starting from zero.
Then, there are regulations written by politicians, lawyers, interested parties, bureaucrats, etc. Those tend to have short lives and often fail to make it to the future.
That’s exactly what I tell my students during HF and Continuation Trainings too!
Frank, that’s a common saying in aviation - all rules, FARs, SOPs, etc., etc. are written in other pilots’ blood.
I don’t normally comment on videos, but I would feel really ungrateful if I didn’t publicly thank these gentleman for all they did to help us out in this situation. As pilots we train over and over for this type of event to occur, but rarely give much thought to what comes after. At least I haven’t. I can’t thank Troy enough for being there to give us a hand. I guess we were in the wrong place at exactly the right time. He was landing that helicopter next to us before we had even opened the doors, and lent a helping hand throughout the rest of the day. He and the pilot he was flying with, Bryson, went so far above and beyond what could reasonably be asked of anyone helping another pilot. For example, Troy drove us back to our home airport in Provo after we landed in Spanish Fork and ran into Mike. While he was doing that, Bryson drove back out to the airplane and tied it down in the field for us because there was some weather coming in the next day. Their unbelievable generosity and kindness turned a very stressful situation into one where we could reasonably plan the next few steps of how we were going to repair and retrieve the airplane. It was a pleasure to spend an afternoon with Mike, his wife, and Josh wrenching on my airplane as well. They are such wonderful people, and I thoroughly enjoyed my time with all of them. Lastly, a huge thanks to an incredible mechanic Steve, who was willing to spend a couple of days tearing into a motor, in a field, in the middle of nowhere. Life is full of surprises, some of them nasty. But the people you meet along the way make the journey worthwhile, and sometimes a once in a lifetime experience. So to all those that offered your help and your time coming to our assistance, my heartfelt thanks. I will do my level best to pay that forward. -Matt
We are all glad we were able to help out and tell the story as well. Nice to focus on something good that happened in aviation and give back a little to the aviation family.
I experienced an actual engine out DURING MY FIRST CHECK-RIDE back in 1986. Trimmed for best glide, surveyed the terrain for a spot to safely put down, then began attempts to re-start. The engine finally fired up at roughly 50ft from the ground. Yep. Passed that one.
Hell yeah brother!
"Aviation in itself is NOT inherently dangerous, but it is unremittingly unforgiving of any negligence, incapacity, or neglect."
Training and common sense with the one thing that cannot be taught, situational awareness and a calm demeanor, as demonstrated here.
Mike, you’re an underrated ambassador for aviation. Thank you for all you do brother!
I've been in two GA aircraft that had engine failure. One I was a passenger and the other the pilot in command. The first was a Bonanza V-35 that suffered catastrophic engine failure. We made an airport and landed. The other that I was piloting was a Mooney M20B that had fuel contamination. I turned back to the home airport just as the engine stopped. We just made the runway. Beside me was a Military Helicopter pilot who did a great job of pointing out fields and alternate landing points while I went through the emergency procedures. It was such a relief when the wheels touched the runway.
Thank you Mike for the story.
I love happy endings. 👏
“Aviate, Navigate, Communicate”.
Give it your all until you’re on the ground and have come to a complete stop 👍
Thanks for sharing your story guys and thank you Mike for reminding us to always seek to complete the mission, even when its down to just survival 😉
I love the "I walked away and I'm looking forward to the next flight" story.
So far I've never had a mechanical problem. I've had a scary moment when the fellow pilot in the right seat of a C150 said "I've got the flaps" when I was doing a short field takeoff with pine trees at the end of the runway. He took them all out and we barely missed the treetops.
I hit a Cattle Egret on my first solo takeoff. Actually, it flew into the prop just as I rotated. It came in from the right side and "stuff" went everywhere when it hit. Blood and guts were on the window and the calm voice of my CFI came on the radio and said - fly the airplane like I taught you. Then "is there any vibration?" There wasn't but by then I was over the lake at the end of the (short) runway and turning crosswind. I flew a normal pattern, landed, taxied over to him and shut down. He washed the windscreen off and checked the aircraft out. It was fine. The prop was fine. The bird was not fine. He asked if I wanted to go fly and I said heck yeah. On about circuit #8 he came on the radio again and told me it was time to land and put the airplane up for the day. If air to air refueling was a thing I probably would have stayed up for hours lol Flying is my happy place.
That’s a great story (aside from the bird’s fate), but bird strikes are fairly common. They’ve been known to take out commercial planes, so it’s no joke when it happens.
"Get your nose down, keep your air speed up or we're going to die". Famous quote from an instructor in 1979. Never forgot that one.
Kinda grabs you by the ju ju don't it.
Glad to hear that everyone is okay and waiting on part 2 I would like see what failed and what held together in that engine!!
INDEED!!
As soon as you see "mike patey" show up in a notification, you drop what you're doing and watch the video. It's just what you do :) lol.
Any landing you can walk away from... can only be beat by a landing where the aircraft can fly again. Awesome guys!
Just when I was thinking they better tell me what happened to the engine there will be a part 2 pops up on the screen. Mike never disappoints 👍
Good old Operational Risk Management. That's something I employ in many areas in life, not just aviation. Awesome outcome - great job guys! Good luck on the check ride.
Yessir! Same here. My dad died because he didnt do that.
My closest skirmish to date was actually on the ground when a non-radio-equipped bi-plane under flag control crossed the runway during my takeoff seconds before V1. Luckily my instructor was quick enough on the pedals to help me avoid an on-ground collision. To this day, I have never forgotten that and I feel it made me more careful in the air.
Great story! Glad they're ok. As someone who has been in aviation my whole life, I've seen accidents happen, known airline captains who lost their lives in accidents, but you never think it will happen to you. IT CAN! My father always had one airplane or another growing up, I spent hundreds of hours in the right seat flying with him.
As my father got older, he decided that it was time to retire from being an aviator(There were many factors involved).
I got into hot air ballooning! I lived in The Balloon Capitol of The World, Albuquerque, NM. I had been a private pilot for about 3 years, with about 150 hours in my logbook, I was involved in the worst type of accident one could have in a hot air balloon, a powerline contact. To make a very long story short, both my passenger and I walked away uninjured. You fly the aircraft like youe life depends on it, BECAUSE IT DOES! Accidents happen, it's what you do in the critical moments that happen just before impact that save lives. My aircraft was damaged beyond repair, but we walked away! My advice, when you make the decision to become an aviator(of what ever type of aircraft) FIND THE BEST INSTRUCTOR YOU CAN FIND. All the emergency proceedures you learn set you up for "That Day".
Now with over 35 years of flying balloons, thankfully I've never come close to another accident and still have fun doing it. Stay safe everyone!
I went through 5 cfi`s on the way to my PPL. Looking back I wasn`t impressed with any of them. I did get to fly with a couple ATP`s, after getting my ticket, and got along well with them.
My first engine failure came in the late 1970's in a Lear jet 24 or 25 when we flamed out an engine at 47,000 feet.on a flight from Oregan to St. Louis. I was about 3 to 4 months into flying Lear jets as a very low time pilot.I happened to be flying with the chief pilot that day. After we descended to restart the engine around FL 250 it became apparent that we would need to land and get more fuel. Right after we restarted the engine I told the chief pilot to radios as I called the flight service station for weather and a place to land. We landed in Lincoln Nebraska with ice on the taxiways...runways were OK. The only way we could turn on the icey taxiways was with reverse thrust on one engine or the other...the runway itself was ice free. Uneventful flight after that. The chief pilot was so impressed that I got to become a co-captain after I passed my ATP written. Once I had 1,500 hours I went to take my written test with the FAA somewhere in the eastern USA. I had been flying the Lears for some time, so when I to take the written with the FAA the guy didn't believe my log book entries. The FAA called my chief pilot to verify my flight times. The Chief pilot verified my employment and then he transferred the FAA guy to our dispatcher to verify flight times. The FAA guy had our dispatcher verifying my flight times by asking the dispatcher what did he do on this day, what did he do on that day, skipping all over my log book because he thought I was pencil whipping my log book. I didn't know this at the time but our dispatcher informed me later the next day. I passed my ATP written and took my ATP flight test with an FAA inspector a short time latter. After that I flew as a co-captain for 6 months and then I flew with co-pilots. Much later on I retired flying the MD-11...great airplane!!!
I have a similar story. I got my Private in 1994. Like the student in your story, life got in the way. I flew for 3 years and then not again for 25 years. In 2018 I was transferred and the area I was transferred to has a airport community, houses with hangers on one side of the field and hangers on the other side, along with a very active EAA chapter. Last summer I finally saved up enough to get current. I started taking lessons in June. I expected it would take 5-10 hrs. Wrong. This is not like riding a bike. After 18 hours of instruction I was ready to have my instructor sign me off. Before he did I told him I wanted to do a cross country flight with him in class B airspace, just to make sure I was comfortable with talking to ATC. So we took off on a beautiful Saturday morning. We climbed to 2500 /1700 AGL. We had just established communication with ATC and the engine started running rough. We checked carb heat and the mags. Neither were the problem. My instructor K said, “I have the controls”. We turned around to head back to our home airport. ATC gave us information about other airports close and private fields and I was looking as K flew the plane. We were able to maintain altitude but not able to climb. When we got back to the airport we tried to slip it in but we were too high. So we had to circle around, decreasing our altitude but while we were circling we needed what little engine power we had. If the engine fail we would have ended up in a field next to the airport. I’m happy to say the engine continued to run. Once we were back on final I felt confident we would land safely on the grass strip. We did and we were able to taxi back to the FBO. It turned out that a valve stem bent so we lost a cyclinder on our 4 cylinder C172. I didn’t realize what an adrenaline rush this was. I went home, had lunch, mowed the lawn and then realized hoe exhausted I was. I slept the rest of the afternoon. I took my check ride the following weekend. In a different plane.
Now I am working on my instrument rating. Last weekend I took my first cross country solo flight in over 25 years. My niece had her high school graduation party. My brother lives 4.5 hours by car away from me but only 2 hours away in a C182. My wife, who never misses a party, wanted to come with me. But I told her I really wanted to do this on my own since it had been 25 year since the last time I navigated. Now I will say, things are a lot easier today. The C182 has the Garmin 430/530 suite, plus I have ForeFlight on my iPad. Navigating really wasn’t going to be a problem but you never know what you’re going to get so she was understanding and I went on my own. It was a beautiful clear morning. I took off at 9 am and landed at 11 am. My mom and brother met me at the airport. My brother had to get back to his house to finish setting up for the party but my mom was up for a sight seeing trip. So we went up, flew over her house and then over my brothers. During our flight, the altitude indicator and heading indicator went out. I didn’t say anything to mom. We just headed back to the airport. When we landed I asked the FBO if they had any mechanics who could look at the plane. It was a Saturday and all the mechanics were off for the weekend. There was a flight instructor there and we talked about what happened. He informed me that those instruments were only mandatory for IFR flights and that I could legally fly back without them. So I went to the party and 4 hours later I got in the plane and flew back. Most of my instrument training so far has been partial panel work so I wasn’t really concerned. The flight home was uneventful. I got to practice using the compass but really, the gps makes it very easy to navigate. When I landed I called my friend who owns the plane and told him about the wonderful flight I had but the attitude and heading indicators were out. He came out on Sunday and got the vacuum pump replaced and was able to do his business trip on Monday.
When I first started flying and during the entire 3 years that I flew from 1994-1997, I never had a mechanical failure. Now in the first year back I’ve had two. It does not deter me and I am committed to completing my instrument rating and getting into a partnership. Even with the risks, I love the freedom to travel that private flying offers. I want to thank you for sharing your aviation experience. You have been truly inspirational to me
I had an engine loose a cylinder on takeoff in New Braunfels, Texas about 20 years ago. I was about 100 ft when it happened and I was able to put it back on the ground before the end of the runway. Had I been further out I'd have been in the pasture with the cows. But training kicked in and thankful for the fact that I practice emergency procedure on a regular basis.
This is why we like the aviation community! Great story and cheers to everyone involved!
Great story!!! I’d almost forgotten about my experience back around 1960 in an Aeronca Champ. My next door neighbor was building a new home 50 miles out in the Illinois country-side near Granite City. I asked him he would like an overhead picture from the air, and he readily said “Yes!” It only takes about about 40 minutes to get there at normal power, and I descended to 500’ to take the pictures. At that point my little 4-banger engine started misfiring like crazy, like it would fire on certain cylinders then fire differently for a few seconds. So I selected the right mag to troubleshoot and was greeted by the immediate sound of silence!! BACK TO BOTH, AND THE SHAKING!! Now the 50 mile trip back was going to take a wee bit longer at 38-40 mph! I was able to maintain the 500’ altitude, but every second was spent looking for the next best landing spot! Thankful I was mostly over farming land as I had to be instantly prepared to decide my landing spot if the engine quit! I did make it back to my home FBO(1 hour & 20 minutes!), and their chief mechanic was right there when I shut it down. I told him the magneto was only half working and not too well at that. When they disassembled the mag it was in a state of internal self destruction, so my return flight was block of time filled with a miracle every second!
Thanks for sharing this positive story of doing things right with a great outcome. The stories are plentiful about the ones that don't end in a good outcome, it is important to hear about the ones that do.
I encourage all pilots to ensure to do thorough preflight checklists, and learn all of the intricate details of their craft(s).
My dad was a young bold pilot.
Now he stays under a cut granite block.
Boldness usually ends exactly this way.
As a pilot who has experienced an engine out and subsequent forest landing, (I don't know how or why I lived) please stay safe.
Always happy to see a notification from Mike 👍
Different is gooood. There are many more positive stories out there like this, that we never hear about. If these stories get shared, there will probably be less of the unfortunate stories to tell.
IN my opinion , this video is what makes Mike and who he is to the aviation community. Happy as is everyone is that these two guys landed safely . Mike and company & friends keep up all the good work you guys do every single day. I love this stuff and all your videos.
It's nice to hear a good emergency story for a chance.
Stories like this make me happy that great CFI's make great pilots
Great Interview Mr. Mike! A very experienced Calm Instructor........🙂
As a passionate motorcyclist I like to see the parallels and learn from them.
Whatever I do there is always a list of things I do right and things I do wrong; it might be body position, line choice, throttle control, etc (just so you get an Idea)
At every moment each of these things get summed up, and each aspect has a different value, as long as the value is positive you don't crash.
A safe rider can estimate the value of each aspect and add a safety buffer, a good rider can do that better as well as increase these values alltogether.
So a good rider might get away with a bigger mistake.
A moto GP rider misjudges the grip and locks up the front under braking at high speed, but because he has great body position, body control, reaction time, well trained instincts, etc, he gets away with it.
Someone else on the other hand might ride a straight road, with terrible body position, bad throttle control and all the wrong instincts and also has no issues in this situation because in sum its enough. If he is a safe rider, he knows these aspects if he were tho come across a more challenging situation.
It's a tool for me to analyse situations I had and might have and learn from my mistakes and those of others.
There are countless similarities between motorcycles and aircraft.
I've said: "Flying an airplane is similar to riding a motorcycle, and riding a motorcycle is closer to flying a helicopter than riding a bicycle."
The most fundamental, is that you should never experience lateral "G" loads for either. Said another way: Bank angle should be proportional to turn radius and speed. All cornering loads are felt as "downward" force into the seat. And the seat of your pants never attempts to "slide" laterally as it does in a car around a corner.
Been a few years since we last had our "Rotors over the rockies" gyroplane gathering at Nephi ...but I LOVED flying that area ...as plenty of nice open fields for any potential emergency landings! AWESOME outfield landing in that Cessna ...WELL DONE & GREAT to have this video accolade! (especially on the day I just heard of the loss of a friend in the WV Huey crash that took 6 lives!)
Sorry for your loss
A good news story for sure. Good landing no damage and no injuries, the best news yet.👍👍🇨🇦
Great video congratulations to all of you working as a team
great story ,have had couple problem myself, had good out comes its is real important to get out THANKS
A great episode of good news, you guys knock it out of the park when you feature happy outcomes like this
Trevor Jacobs would not have approved of this method. And pray tell, where were your parachutes? And no selfie stick? And you didn't have a salvage company remove the plane from the desert to hide the evidence? Man, this is a total departure from the TJ Method. Well, at least the FAA will look favorably on this incident. But you're not going to get all the TH-cam buzz and hype that the TJ Method would have provided.
LMAO
This is a great video, I had a micro burst down draft on final just before my first solo, I put in full power and was on the edge of the stall horn, but was off the path of the runway, my instructor took control just to get us over the runway and said if we are going to have a hard landing lets do it on pavement, I was given back control and milked it up till we were passed the down draft, and we went back around the pattern and with less flaps and more speed made a proper landing, and learned a lot from it. I am glad they are going to keep flying, it is so great.
GREAT Job for saving the plane...😁 Having trained in the great L.A. Basin I was always looking for a clear spot to ... ah...... crash.... not many open fields , seen a few fine emergency landings on the beaches in the sand ,.. just happy as a clam, I Never had an issue. ....... 42 years and no issues. THANK YOU MIKE.
I'll use the regular E-Mail way... then I know it is YOU.
Something i remember to this day was my first instructor….he simulated an engine out and said ‘what do you do’ i went through the whole scenario and he said ‘ wrong’ i thought ‘there goes my navy career’………but he said ‘FIRST THING YOU DO IS FLY THE PLANE,,,, GET ON TOP OF THE SITUATION THEN DO THE REST’ …. I eventually became a pilot but never forgot that one lesson!
Absolute perfect outcome to an imperfect situation! Well done guys!
Thank You Mike so very much for sharing this success story! Any and all information and lessons about aviation are beneficial, no matter what level of experience one may have!
Great end to what could have been z tragic story! Mike, when are we going to begin seeing new project videos? Miss your weekly visits!
As the boss at my first flying job told me, "Just cause your engine quits, it doesn't give you an excuse to wreck an airplane"
WEll Said!
A good story to share : made me feel good !!!
... and ...
it reaffirms : stay cool & fly the aircraft all the way down to the ground !!!
Great to hear a success story. Thanks to you all for sharing it with us. 🙂👍
Patey, you and these men are an inspiration!
One of my favorite mike parry videos
"The guide says there an art to flying", said Ford. "or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground...and miss." Douglas Adams
Live long and prosper
LLAP
I find it ironic that this particular video should come across my desk today. I have a friend who's associated with Marpat Aviation in Logan W. Virginia, and suffered a terrible loss on Wednesday. Boom number N98F went down with six wonderful souls on board.
Great story!! Glad it had an excellent outcome! These types of stories never seem to get picked up by corporate media these days. They're too preoccupied with looking for headlines it seems. Congratulations to the pilot / CFI on an EXCELLENT landing that everyone walked away from, and kudos to the student for wanting to get back in the saddle for his checkride! SWEEEET! Thanks for sharing, Mike - this was great!
Happy to learn from all experiences, especially the positive outcomes. Looking forward to more aviation, house, everything videos!
So wholesome! Not all incidents are bad stories. HUGE thanks for sharing!
Engine swap in the middle of the field would be fun to watch.
Great to see everyone is doing well and and no damage.
Mike, you're awesome. I would guarantee that every pilot in your area is grateful and appreciative of your leadership, wisdom, and presence in the field. They know you've got their back.
This is a scam, please report and block that individual. Scammers will continue to try and increase efforts as my channel grows. Thanks for calling it out. Call them out in the comments too so others know.
@@MikePatey Already done.
They did not panic, and therein is step one in surviving an engine failure. Great video, awaiting Pt. 2.
Thank you for sharing this...it was important to GA
Glad Matt and Charles are safe and happy to get back up again! Thanks for sharing Mike!
Such an encouraging video - thank you, Mike!
Different video but loved it. Can’t wait for part two!
25 ft... badass! :D
Thank you for showing us the positive examples (too)! :)
Never give up. Never surrender. And, be the best that you can be. Congratulations!
Great that you're celebrating the success! Maybe Blancolirio will cover this as well as a great example of successful emergency procedures 2/2 proper training. "You do what you drill."
I don't fly (bad motion sickness, nothing helps) but I learned a valuable lesson many years ago. Practice, practice, and then practice some more, until you're sick of it. Then it gets to the point when the SHTF instinct kicks in and you don't *think* about it, you just DO it! Since my Engineering background is in Forensic Failure Analysis (particularly engines) I'm looking forward to the "Necropsy"! ;)
I love those niche eng jobs. You guys know so much about such specific things, and it is awesome. Thanks for doing it!
So many talents...!!! Not the least of which is World Class Aviation Ambassador....!! Thanks again Mike. You ARE the man.
Miss you guys, always looking forward to future content!
This is why I love your channel. Positivity! Appreciate you Mike 👍👍
This is awesome! A fantastic job, guys!
great story and thanks for showing the positive outcome of doing the right things. That needs to be emphasized so folks focus on training, practice, and use those skills when the 'defecation hits the rotation and you have a change of underwear moment'. Kudos to Matt and Charles for their attitude and desire to get back in the air. Rock on!!
Mike, another different, but most useful video. Thank God these men survived and are able to share their experiences with us.
Thanks mike. Great point of view that I needed to hear about!
Fellas had Troy not been monitoring 121.50 he would have never known I'm assuming of course. I've actually had people get aggravated with me because I'm adamant about having guard in standby especially when I'm only flying VFR. Way to go guys and great hanger discussion Mike! Thanks for sharing this with us all.
We were tuned to the Nephi (U14) CTAF since we were about 10 miles south. We knew there was at least one aircraft in the circuit. All in all we there were 4 aircraft, the Heli, a carbon cub, a SkyWest plane flying over, and one other. Most aircraft tune in while passing by the airport due to the glider and skydiving activity.
@@charlesconklin Oh wow ok thanks for your reply. Now that I'm reading your comment I think you said that in the video. 😆 Anyway great job and awesome story.
Lost an engine (2 jugs on O-360-A1D) on my C model Mooney at 8,000ft scoring from Arkansas to C77 in Illinois however, if you lose an engine in my experience you want to do it in a Mooney as they will glide almost forever. I actually lost the engine over Mendota, IL and landed at KRFD because of setting the plane for best rate VY. This was in 1988 and I was only 18 at the time. This is something a person will never forget
So glad Mike is willing to share "things that go wrong" and own up to the mistakes
Great video Mike, Thank You!
This happened to my son on his first lesson as student pilot four years ago. Instructor took over was calm and landed plane in empty cornfield (it was fall in Iowa). I asked both of them if there was any panic and both told me there was not time to panic, they were both looking and thinking about what needed to be done. They were happy a small tire Cessna did not catch a rut or hole, but everything went smooth. The were a couple miles from airport and the next day trailered plane with wings on back to airport. The engine was a low time, broke a rod and cracked case oil everywhere up front.
Great outcome and post-event attitude.
Let me get this straight. All I have to do is crash my Cessna and I get a ride in Mike's Chopper and hang out with the group. Glad everything worked out. Scary situation.
That was the fun part. I was a fan of Mike's work before this. I wouldn't recommend it, though, as your results may vary.
@@charlesconklin no doubt. I'm glad he is promoting aviation and a good outcome mishap. He speaks of what he knows. If you can crash and impossible plane to crash and walkaway you are living right.
excellent gentlemen - good decisions = good outcomes kudos for keeping a clear head.
Yay! Good news!
Gotta plan for those engine outs. I have been flying with my dad in his J3 Cub since I was 9 years old (now 36). We always fly very low (I have some videos of this on my channel), when there are fields (like this) to land on if the engine fails. When flying over trees, we fly high. Places like these are prefect for an engine out - it cuts and you just got access to the worlds longest and widest runway!
As always, Great info! I agree we need to celebrate more of the positives in life!
Great job guys can't wait to see part 2
Great video! I grew up around airplanes. I call it my miss spent youth! I would not want to grow up any other way!
I believe that the montra "aviate, navigate, communicate, and mitigate" can be valuable crisis management tool when overall message (never give up) has been well seated in the individual prior to some event who outcome has the potential to adversely impact a person's life. I was recently involved in a traumatic event where i was able to minimize the negative effects that I experienced by first recognizing the severity of the event early in its onset, then verbale stating that i accepted this was indeed happening then repeating "Fly the plane to the point of impact" or keep "flying the plane" while i was taking what actions I could which lead up the point of "critical mass" lets say. So thanks for helping to imprint the importance of "never stop flying the plane" the plane of our lives...
your subjects to talk about are so interesting and informative. miss your you tubes
thanks and "get back to work"
Thanks for all you all caring, and sharing, God speed
Love this video, Mike, glad to see someone comes home safe.
Amazing Amazing story Mike ! On his check ride , No damage ! Thanks for doing the video.
What a story!! I love this video format! I can't wait for part 2!
Well done everybody! Thanks for sharing, Mike.
Totally awesome video. Love what you said about not being afraid to share what you did wrong because others can learn from it.
Landing a broken airplane never makes the news. But around the hangar, or the squadron, these discussions happen all the time! I love debriefing as a way to tell others what I did, and get their input on what I could have done. It makes us all better!
Hello from Minnesota! Great job and great story!! Thanks Mike for all you do for aviation!
I had 4 engines out in my 12 year flying career. 3 in a Gyrocopter over mountainous and forested areas and one in a LA4 seaplane (I had to land on the River Rhein in the narrow upper Rhein valley canyon). I am still alive due to the fact that I always keep an possible landing site in sight (never crashed). Single engine flying machines are per se not redundant. Therefore the PIC has always the obligation to keep a plan B in mind. I still do bush- and seaplane flying and enjoining it very much, but preparation and training is essential for my peace of mind.
Awesome story!! Glad those guys are safe! Love what you guys do!
nice wholesome story 😃 love these videos
Thank u for this vid. Keep them commit.
A job well done - thank goodness.
Awesome to see a safe off feild landing after an emergency 👌Seeing way to many crashes lately in general aviation ! Good job guys 😊