P-40 inflight oil leak emergency at Stuart Airshow - Thom Richard
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- A faulty oil cap installation forced my aerobatic display of P-40 Warhawk "American Dream" at the 2018 Stuart, FL Airshow. It's a very simple mistake that anyone could have made. It's always a good idea to verify the security of the ap after someone adds oil... Anyway, we decided to turn it into a teaching moment.
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Recommendation: Load the six machine guns and attack the oil change place.
It’s not like a car, during an aircraft preflight you check your oil hence why it was loose.
This is why I personally change the oil in my cars and in my plane! Lol! Almost lost my Passat years ago when the oil pan plug came out on the highway because the mechanic forgot to tighten it. Last time anyone ever changed my oil.
It's not an oil leak, it's a rust prevention program.
That's what's great about Ford's never rusty undercarriage lol
a highyl expesive one
Self lubricating cockpit.
Rust on a plane? Maybe the undercarrriage
@@TheHonestPeanut That's hilarious!
There's a German "oldtimer-fan" watching this and thinking, "The problem is the oil cap design." Good video. I enjoyed it. Thanks.
Man you cranked that Canopy open fast. As an Oil fire is something to fear.
Very cool video. Even though we all started out watching this video already knowing that it was just a loose oil cap and there was no real damage and you weren't in serious danger from it, we could still sense the urgency in the situation as it unfolded. Makes you really contemplate how stressful it must have been for combat pilots returning home with unknown damage to their aircraft, who still had to fly it back to base from a long way out, often over the ocean or enemy-held territory and with no guarantee they wouldn't face another attack. Yet those guys willingly went up and did it, even knowing some of them wouldn't make it back home. It's important to keep their legacy alive forever.
Yep I'll never forget the story of the beat-to-hell B-17 being escorted out by a 109 pilot who had a heart
@@Lofi.z34 The Charlie Brown/Stigler incident.
Thank you for posting. Interesting to see things unfold in real time.
Glad you made it down ok, and thanks for making this a teachable moment.
Kudos to admitting to making the mistake of not checking the cap aggressively enough and then making this video! And a danged nice job getting it on the ground in one piece. IFEs (In-Flight Emergencies)….not a question of "if" but "when". Fly safe!
Thank God you saved yourself and that P-40. You're right about the oil cap. Had an oil change in my Peterbilt . Drove about an hour and things started to happen. Pulled the hood and oil was every where. The cap was on but not secured enough and the engine vibration made it come off. It was the cap on top of the valve cover that came off. Great video.
If that were me, the laundromat would be getting my pants and boxers
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@@OliverLMinecraftMachine beacause he shit him self
But he landed plane safe . pants destroyed
I'm 51, I have an old picture of me standing next to the landing gear of a P40 at Oshkosh and I'm not even up to the wing yet. Always my favorite Warbird even though it wasn't considered to be particularly great by most historians. Who cares? It did the job and looked really tough doing it!!! Beautiful plane and good job landing it in a stressful situation.
1967davethewave Agreed. Many historians are simply wrong. The P-40 was the fighter we had when the war broke out. It saved China! Served in every theatre and was in production through November of ‘44. It was the third most produced allied fighter. It was also the best dogfighter below 10,000’ we ever had.
Thank God nothing serious happened to that beautiful classic aircraft! I think the P-40 was and still is one of the best looking aircraft ever! Take good care of her and keep her flying!
Now i wanna go fly my p40 in IL2. good job bringing her down without an issue. Great pilot. Beautiful bird.
IL2 is the best ;-)
@@eklhaft4531 heck yeah
Lol bout to go fly my p-47
@@octane2099 i should have gotten battle of bodenplatte. I got tank crew which i dont regret at all but i wanna try that p47.
sparc try to get it theirs going to be releasing some more planes this month
Thom this is the second p40 video with you as pilot, l cannot possibly relate how impressed I am with your flying and technical abilities and your
Mistakes happen like happen unfortunately ! But this pilot handled it very well! Staying calm in these situations is key
I was working at that FBO on the day of this incident. After our management verified what happened, they pulled a cruel joke on the guys that were servicing the show planes and asked us, "Who put oil in the P-40? The cap wasn't put on!". Needless to say, we were confused as our stomachs turned trying to remember if we even handed out any oil. Luckily we hadn't done any oil and only fuel that day, so the tricky joke didn't have us discouraged for too long... Hahaha! Great job handling that emergency! Hope to see you guys again!
Fortunately, the leak was only from the cap ! The engine is safe, I guess it's the most important for that beast ! Greating from France !
Did your buddy's nickname you Slick? Nice landing
I bet it was Streak
Non-pilot speaking (obviously): I had to get to the end of the video to understand the "lookie there" part as it was not obvious to this non-flyer. At 2:13, you see on the floor of the cockpit a small river of oil flowing to the back. The head camera was panning back/forth/up/down so fast that I could not see what the fuss was about. Since the video starts out pointing out the cap OUTSIDE the cockpit, I assumed the issue was something visible on the wing. I suppose when you feel a warm something on your leg, it gives you a clue.
Interesting to see the various protocols when an emergency is declared. I love how cool-headed pilots are. It's why such individuals are pilots to begin with.
Same reason why I don't let Jiffy Lube and WalMart change the oil anymore in my SR-71 🎌✈️🍸💥🔥☠️
I'm only a casual aviation enthusiast but that shonky automotive type oil filler cap on a military aircraft really shocks me! I would have expected to see something like a Shaw cap, or a push to lock Monza type cap with a fail safe catch. I'll have to go check what Spits, BF109's and Fw 190's, etc used now!
@d c Non taken. Whilst WW2 miltary aircraft may not have been intrinsically safe, I would have thought that simple practical safety measures would have been taken to prevent needless accidental loss of aircraft and precious pilots.
Glad to see both of you pilot and P40 are on the ground. good lesson
I can only imagine how terrifying that experience would have been!! Well done for keeping your cool and getting that beautiful bird down with no injuries to you or the plane! 👍
Next time expend all ammo prior to short final. Great job. And very cool helmet and wing cams! Awesome war bird.
I want a P-40 but I want it with .50 Brownings and a full ammo load!!
External oil storage. It’s an advanced design element pioneered by British convertible manufacturers in the 1950s through 1980s. My MGB still features this.
The term: "external lubrication" comes to mind
DOH! The A-10 aircraft had a similar issue with engine oil caps not seating correctly. Had quite a few RTB with oil problems when I worked on them in Alaska.
You sure didn't want to mess around while flying up there. The safety margins are very slim compared to Nellis and Edwards. At least while flying out of Nellis and you need a new oil cap, you can buzz on over to AMARC and shag a couple three. It never hurts to have a spare!
I bet that's not the first time its happened in the p-40 --in its long history all over the world . Beautiful plane BTW !.
Yep. I bet that oil was nice and warm. Thanks for sharing!
The Curtiss P-40 is my favourite plane of all time.
Great lesson, thank you for sharing it. It’s funny, I was thinking to myself, “Here’s a good reason not to fly in shorts,” and then your graphic came on! 😄
so calm and collected, I would have been spamming ''oh shit oh fuck oh shit''
Gee I bet the guy who had checked/added the oil prior to the flight felt a little crestfallen after this episode, which could have turned into a very serious situation.
Great that it turned out well for all concerned and it turned into a lesson well learned. Well done.
I suppose after dead-sticking "Precious Metal" at Reno in 2014, and escaping death again two years later in "Hot Stuff," this is just another day at the office for Thom Richard!
Lol! Well, this was relatively routine, yes. Comparatively speaking.
One Of My Favorite Planes. Hope I Get To See One, One Day & So Glad It Wasn't Worse & Such A Good Landing Considering The Stress . . .
GOOD JOB !!! Best time for knees to wobble is 1/2 hour after an emergency or non-emergency. I was seeing sugar cane field clearance burning during during first cross country solo and thinking I may be smelling that and was still highly anxious from the first whiff until the last.
Thanks for posting Thom!
Thanks for sharing. Had something very similar happen once. Some ramp jockeys just can't be trusted!
Wow, happy you were able to get the plane down for a safe landing. Whew......
Good thing you didn't have a Zero on your six.
It would have turned his P-40 Hawk to a P-400 Airacobra
Zero? I'd be thinking BF 109.
Saden P-40s were mostly Pacific based fighters
Didn't know there were landing gear indicator rods just behind the leading edge. Learn something new every day.
Wow! Surprised it only took 4 guys 4 hours to clean up the mess... that oil must have gotten everywhere. You handled that very well; not a fun experience, but great to have as a memory. Laughed when you made the Tiger Destefani comment... I still remember watching him dead-stick Strega into Madera with oil all over the belly after blowing the engine. Sure glad that didn't happen to me during my rides with Fred Sebby in Tiger's old P-40, Miss Geno D (now The Jacky C).
So glad it wasn't anything more devastating tot the pilot or the warbird. Great job handling this emergency, and if you, the pilot ever need extra ballast in the area around the back seat, please let me know! My bucket list is extremely small, but still exists!
ken cohagen We offer training in this airplane. Come fly with us!
My jaw just hit the floor. Now all I need is money! Do you have a website that lists the costs of flying these or in these?also, where are you based?
I think my pants would have been worse if that had happened to me! Nice flying dude
I'm glad it wasn't worse. I was there when our friend Joe Tobul lost his life to a loose or broken oil line. In a Corsair it was probably burning in the cowling. So cleanup is a minor inconvenience be thankful.
Imagine ww2 pilots getting the oil tank shot and having all that hot oil running down their legs 😫
that's hot!
@palerider957 oil is pretty hard to ignite
@@Averagedude2024 Not when it touches the red glowing metal in the engine
@@muffy469 engine would die before it got that hot I'm pretty sure. Oil fires were pretty rare in ww2 planes
@@Averagedude2024 There is a very brief movie clip somewhere, taken from the ground in Normandy, after the D-Day landings, of a RAF Typhoon flying low overhead. It had been hit by ack-ack and its oil cooler was blazing.
This somehow reminds me that in my first flight on a civilian light aircraft years ago (in a Socata TB.9 Tampico), the fuel cover for the right wing tank went off during take off, and we had to immediately turn around and land back (with tail wind, by the way). Luckily nothing aside of the fright happened.
All i can think of is "please god don't let it catch fire!"
Man that thing sounds good and clean! Shes a runner for sure.
Remember the movie (pearl harbor) when Rafe was in the middle of dogfight over Dover against those ME_109s and called over radio: i got the oïl leak!!! then fire!!!! that was the worst moment for any pilot in WW2!!!!!
Awesome footage! Thanks for uploading!
That moment you just want down ....Can't even think about the guys that were over the pacific And this happen
for real tho... imagine the guys that were a 100 miles away from home watching the oil pour out of a bullet hole in the fuselage knowing well that they weren't going to make it back.
@@moefitzgerald4439 Few years back i remember a documentary on RAF burn victims Vets having to under go years of skin graphs to add a nose Eye loss new lips Spitfire Pilots sat just above and behind the center fuel tank Fuel lines ran into the cockpit They carried a pistol Which if you think about they flew at first over friendly land ..no need for a pistol Unless the pain was so unbearable you shot yourself in the head ...USN must of had it just as hard Even if they made the water landing and got a rubber dingy out Chances they were found in the middle of the pacific was slim to none And even then they could be found by the Japanese and shot or left alone ..As the Japanese code of honor looked down on anyone surrendering on ether side All said and done You need balls of steel to fly a aircraft knowing even with skill There are points of no return and a chance of a failure
the risk that comes with flying in a death machine @@moefitzgerald4439
Wouldn’t want to blow that engine up 😢
Mechanics are on a roll.
The American Dream is a good description of your work lol
'a problem' so calm...
My uncle flew one in Burma before Pearl Harbor. He was a captain at 19 years old.
Hope he made it thru the war OK. What planes did he fly as the war went on?
that's such a neat old plane, just dials, a stick and metal plates--
Saw an interview with WW2 fighter pilot who said after his flight school in AT-6 texan 600 hp duel control trainer. He was shipped overseas his first day they showed him what he was going to fly the P-40 Warhawk 1240 HP engine single seat fighter. An aircraft that he had never seen before had zero training on how to fly it. He got a one hour overview from his squadron commander that's how it was some pilots were killed just from taking off in P-51's and others aircraft had no idea how to transition from their trainers to these new aircraft they had never seen before.
War thunder be like *”CHECK YOUR OUL PRESSURE”*
wow. close call. well done sir.
what a gorgeous machine!
I met him at Boca. Nice guy , great pilot
worst case scenario is having over 100 degree oil at your feet... jesus
100C plus a bit more. Hot stuff.
Great job; great video. Loved the in-cockpit video of my favorite WWII era plane, the P-40.
I want to fly it. Please. Pretty please.
Warbird on!!
Elmore Gliding Club Come on over! That’s what we do, P-40 dual instruction. We’ll put you behind the controls.
Thank God you made it safely...I KNOW the Pucker Factor was HIGH! lol Vietnam Vet USAF 1968-69.
Put this on your pre-flight inspection check list.
that could have ended badly! Glad you could get it down safely! I love my sailplane! No engine, no oil, barely no electronics... not much that can go wrong!
Good work... Cool head and well dealt with..
What a mess there slick ! lolol .... Glad everything is ok.. beautiful airplane ive always liked the P40 from when i was a kid probably from the John Wayne movie Flying Tigers im guessing lol
that was stressful to watch lol even though you were in total control
* screams * " IVE GOT AN OIL LEAK.. I CANT... I CANT SEE... AAARRRRRGH " * splash *
that was close! Happy Landings!
Why was it so satisfying to watch him land like this?!
and there you have it.. difference between a pilot and a mechanic... mechanic shuts engine down , dead sticks it in.. pilot? flys the thing... hahaha the mechanic part was also worried about oil fire until pilot informed that oil leaks behind the firewall.. nice job sir..
Thats just horsepower leaking alittle. They still have air shows at Piper airport in Vero Beach? Love sitting on the roof at the house in the 90's watching tge show
nobody:
youtube:WANNA SEE A P40 TAHT HAS AN OIL LEAK???
It is marking territory! as my Citroen 2cv!
You think that's bad?
A guy once checked (we were supposed to) a 727 TWA headed from AUS to IAH and he didn't put on, securely, all 3 caps on the oil. They (jet) declared an emergency when they went in. Two of the motors were bone dry when they landed.
That was the last time they let us check the oil level on the jets (they also let us top'm up).
They landed and everything was fine...but, talk about some pissed off people. Jeasch.
That dumb ass ruined it for all of us who liked to check the oil on the jets.
Great save...those engines are pretty precious...so is that beauty aircraft...wow...my Dad served in the US AIRFORCE B52 SQUADRENS IN AFRICA...MASTER SGT BY ACT OF CONGRESS...SOLID
Tom is a great pilot!
Awesome, composed recovery
That engine sounds like pure sex
Thank you
This oil cap was designed when nearly every cap was designed the same way, as wear radiator caps and fuel tank caps all similar designs. The problem comes when people make mistakes. So design are changed to prevent people making mistakes. Raising cost. But people still find a way to make mistakes causing more problems causing more expensive designs that people will still make mistakes with. That's how it is and will always be.
Hey it's an emergency you can do a 'Harrison Ford' and touch down on the taxiway if you please. :)
Normal war thunder air RB match (cinematic graphics)
Why not replace that oil filler cap with a more modern design that cannot fail?
“Got a 20 mm cannon to my oil thank! Danr those jerrys, leader 1. Have to put it down. “ -me
THUMBS UP for keeping your cool, if it were me I'd have chewed a piece out of who did the oil change as soon as I taxied in....
Flyer should have cleaned the plane. Gotta proof check the plane before flight. Always check fuel and oil not by Gauges. Thank goodness you didn’t land elsewhere besides the airport. Hope you were able to learn from this mistake
I just literally thought that jean Claude van dame was the person in the video. The voice gave it away that it’s not though
When i have F-15s 800ft short of the threshold every single day and some times taking the tops off the MALS poles then trying to hide the broken bits in the duty truck i think a a P-40 is A OK landing a little shot.
Im sorry but knowing what this plane will do, at maintenance I absolutely 100% make sure everything is secure. This is not a car, this is an aircraft. Tolerances are very low. This could have been worse. As a mechanic, there is nothing else that makes me angrier, than someone doesnt do a prefect job. Whatever we do on a car, plane etc there are lifes depending on it. You cant afford to be "sure" about the condition of the vehicle, you absolutely 100% need to know if the condition is good or not.
WaifuRacer To err is human, which I believe was Alexander Pope?
It’s not the mistake that counts. Everyone makes mistakes. It’s what you do with the knowledge gained.
We can only strive for perfection, though we’ll never attain it.
In order to help others avoid this scenario, we decided, at the risk of being criticized, to share it.
If you make a mistake, which is inevitable, confess and do something about it. Something to live, and fly, by.
Germany: watch this *oil overheats and engine catches fire.
The poor soul that had to clean that mess up
A far better prospect than cleaning the runway of a burned down P-40!
One day, i have loose the coolant cap on my mini...
...FEAR!!!
Great Vid...............
Good Show! way to get that ship down and safe...
Wrenching mistakes can be VERY costly. Understand the bird at all times.
Hello. Thank you for this usefull video!!