For all the people saying he put it down on the numbers and cut his margins too close -- simply not true. He carried plenty of extra speed across the threshold and if you notice he doesn't touch down until well beyond the 1000ft markers. I think he did a damn fine job.
Yes he had extra speed that is for sure, but I would rather have that speed all day, great job imo out of interest any idea how fast he would be going crossing the threshold?
Hey Kevin. I am retired with 28,000 hours. You are a pro. I am so impressed with how you managed everything from the plane to ATC, to your own emotions. Well done sir.
I was operating a Transit bus as you passed over Cornell Ave. (just south of the runway) I saw you as you just about landed. I remember looking up and seeing your prop not moving. Saying to my self, that is not right! You can't see my bus as the camera frame just missed me. You landed as smooth as any pilot who does under power! Massive Kudos, that is A+ flying! Edit, To those who say I did not see this or his Prop; simply wrong. I do not care if you disagree. I am tired of explaining that I did almost a year later. I drove under him at 45 MPH. It was silent and I could see the large prop stuck. It would be a weird coincidence if two planes had the same emergency that day at around the same time at Hillsboro Oregon airport. I am happy to support the algorithm, if it gives this great pilot more cash to get his plane back to working order. Focus on the pilot and not the comments, thank you.
@@l2kxboost riiight! Not only looked up while driving - at a random plane (while ironically and/or conveniently located beside the airport). And also somehow paid long enough attention to detail to be able to determine the plane was dead stick. However, lest we forget, the bus *just barely* missed being in frame as he flew over south of the runway.
@@rileynatalie Hey, if you don't think I saw it... then you are simply wrong. (Though you are entitled to your bad opinion) On that day and time I made note of, I was wondering if they had a class on non-powered landing, I assume that would be a bit dangerous. I assumed no they would not do that. Unless I saw a plane land with a dead stick exactly in the same position as this youtuber, I was there. I can tell you are not a native to Hillsboro Oregon as many planes land low and slow over this road. Saying I didn't see this, is like saying I didn't see traffic that day. I am a professional Bus operator, I look all over. 14 years of safe driving. The issue is not with me, It is with this great pilot! I can only imagine the issues they face when the have problems with the engine. You and I only pull over. They can fall to their death! Look, you can argue with me as much you want. Nothing will change the fact this pilot made his emergency landing look like a normal one! That is great flying! Period.
As a former ATC I have to say this whole video is a thing of beauty. Super professional job by all involved and that landing was something else. And then after all that you were asking for taxiway directions! Ten out of ten, sir, amazing stuff.
Diving to catch the needed speed at the end. Superb job by all involved. Pilot kept cool and collected and did everything right. I bet his knees turned to jelly after the successful full stop, though. :)
@@chrismc3744 when he was down, taxi-coasting, and calmly asking for directions from the tower re what they prefer he do, he proved there never was and never could be any "jelly in his knees"...... intelligent,, relaxed confidence through every second of that entire event.... just another day at the office...
There’s a video where the instructor shows a student how to pull out of spiral. Student let’s go of yoke. Pumps vertical stabilizer twice. Plane flys itself!
As mechanic I can appreciate the pics of the aftermath. As a non pilot, I can still appreciate the composure and professionalism during the landing of the plane. Fly first, get emotional after
Aside from your impeccable stick and rudder skills, some points I made to myself as a relatively low hour VFR pilot: - You suppressed your anxiety and did whatever needed to be done. There's time to panic on the ground. - You used the ATC almost like a copilot, and they were a great resource to have. - Asked for the winds - Asked for the longest runway - "We'll figure it out as we get closer in" - defer the important decisions until you have more information. This in turned set up your mindset to reject an initial idea and choose a different runway, in a way avoiding confirmation bias - "While I've got some time, what's the frequency going to be down there?" - Simply amazing. Far ahead of the airplane and the current situation you were in during the gliding phase. - "Looking at the smoke blowing down here, it looks like 31L is going to be a better bet for us" - Now that you have enough information, now is the time to make/change the runway choice. I'm not sure I would have had the mental capacity to make that runway switch. Kudos! - This is a good time to understand that ATC is working the phone to coordinate with the tower and get you whatever you need. - "Can you give me the field elevation" - Another great call. Use ATC as a resource to give you whatever information you need. Don't be shy, you're an emergency and they have nothing more important to do right now than help you out. - Switched to tower at an appropriate time. Tower now becomes a better resource for you than approach. Legalities aside, the tower can probably see you visually while approach cannot, so whatever the charts say, this was another great call, initiated by you. I'd probably wait to be handed over (!?) and not shown the initiative in an emergency. - "Cleared to land any runway" - This gives me chills. They are there for you, so do whatever you need to do to get down on the ground. I remember seeing a video where a guy with an emergency (INOP gear IIRC) offered to land on a taxiway so as not to inconvenience other traffic. Don't do this, they can divert and you need the longest, widest, most suitable surface to land on. - Having the presence of mind to offer to taxi off the runway, again kudos. You can hear the relief in the ATC's voice at this time. Although it wasn't his life on the line, I'm sure he was anxious to see you on the ground almost as much as you were. What I'm about to write is easy to say flying from the comfort of my reclining chair, but the only thing i'd do differently in my airplane would be aiming for the 1/3 point or maybe even 1/2 on the runway. It's a long one, a small airplane an in my case I'm equipped with a spoiler/airbrake so I could easily make the landing shorter if I'm about to overshoot - in your case you could add flaps as you had the electrical system going still. In any case, you dove down in the base to final turn to get the speed up so your energy state was good. This is not criticism but a humble chair flying opinion, I'd have screwed up many things before getting to this stage of the flight. And greasing the landing RIGHT on the centerline... just amazing. Another point to make is that you cruised at 9000 ft. For whatever reason, I always go lower, usually 2000 - 3000, which makes for great VFR flying and sightseeing, but dramatically decreases my options in case of an emergency. I do have a ballistic parachute on the airplane though so it kind of mitigates the risk, but still something to consider. Thank you for posting this so we can all learn from your experience and maybe it helps one of us. I hope we don't end up in your seat, but if we do, this is great training material. This video has changed me for the better.
When I did my PPL check ride the simulated engine failure test had me lose a couple marks because seeing the field was a extra long one and the approach required clearing high voltage wire's I came in high and would have landed half way down the field. The examiner was looking for me to land in the first third. In Canada it's like that.
There were like 3 seconds of elevated emotion and a single curse word -- followed by 9 minutes of calm, business-like professionalism. One of the calmest pilots I've heard with an engine out.
@@jimskeuh In airplanes, you use pitch for speed and power for altitude. It's a bit confusing if youve never done it yourself. But basically, if your engine is working, you pitch your plane at a certain angle and it will usually stay around that airspeed. In the plane I fly, 60kts is the approach speed. So ill pitch the plane for 60 knots, and if im coming in too low ill add power, which means ill stay at 60 knots, but my approach angle will be shallower so i can go farther. If youre too high, you decrease power, so you still go 60 knots but now your angle is steeper. When your engine goes out, you pitch for whats called best glide speed. Its different in every plane. Once you reach that speed, you find the pitch angle that keeps you there, and then have to figure out where you can land, and plan your descent so that youll reach your landing spot. You can see in the video the first thing he does is go towards the nearest airport, but hes still really high so he circles above it, until hes the right altitude. Once he gets there, its barely any different than a normal landing, except for the fact that if you come in too low, you're pretty screwed.
Truly an excellent example of how to properly deal with a real emergency. I hope you consider this to be one of your finest days. You did everything right. A. You continued to fly the airplane B. You were decisive C. You were flexible (when you saw that there was a better action, you changed to a different runway) D. You were calm throughout This is a textbook example of how to deal with an emergency. Congratulations on your successful outcome.
Unbelievable. You are the teacher I'd want for emergency management. Cool, calm, communicative, professional, and a greased landing! Bravo and thank God the airport was there!
I’m a former Air Force ATC and aircrew with 40 years of experience in aviation, I just want to say well done on everyone’s part but especially the pilot. Beautiful job.
That is easily one of the best landings I've ever seen. I literally couldn't tell when you touched down! Just a seamless transition from air to ground. And the fact it was done in an emergency is even more impressive!
My CFI really pushed Dead stick landing training, and then I did them on my own all the time because I actually enjoyed gliding rather than a powered landing. Which is why his landing is so smooth, he's eliminated the vibration of a running
The most difficult here was not the touch down, but the ability to be exactly on line at the right speed... , without any engine support. Anyway.: good job!
Dude, you legend! Seriously. I’ve got 30+ yrs of piloting experience and watching (and listening to you) deal with that emergency is awesome. Cool calm collected. I’m sure your heart was racing. But you executed what you’d been taught. You kept and open mind. You listened and changed your plan at an appropriate time. You even knew the exit you had available. I’m sure many other aviators will have already said well done! But well done!
Best glide configuration is already figured, set it up and according to altitude you know how far you can go, start looking for alternative landing sites on the way.
Dude!! That was the probably the most perfect engine-out landing I've ever seen. Calm, cool, professional and even pulled it off the runway. Nice job!!
Hands down one of the most professional and skilled flight videos I've ever seen on the internet. Someone should use this as training material, honestly. In absolute control the entire time. And then you completely greased the landing, right on the numbers dead center. I didn't realize until you touched down that I was holding my breath watching you go through that final turn. Great job man.
i though you must learn to land small planes with a engine failure in flight school, should not be a problem at all, still good job, glad he maked it so well. sorry bad english
Beautiful landing...No panic, no indecision, minute by minute calculation and course adjustment (love the runway change based on wind blown smoke) no doubt you a brilliant flyer. Well done!
ATC here, just want to add to the hundreds of other voices saying how incredibly well you handled this start to finish. I wish I could say I'll never have to work another emergency landing, but when it does inevitably happen I always hope the pilot/crew is as well trained, calm, and communicative as you were.
I was thinking the same thing about you. You kept calm and your tone didn't change under the pressure which seemed to give a confident and calming affect.
As an ex pilot, I can tell you that panic is not what you need during an engine failure. We practice dead stick landings all the time, the knack being to control and adjust your descent based on your current height, wind speed and the direction and distance to the runway. After watching the video I'm quite certain he knew he could make the runway 5-10 miles back. However, if your airframe is coming apart or you have a fire one needs to descend as quickly as possible and pick the best landing spot.
@@billfarley9167 Panic is almost never a good thing in the modern society. I guess it is an evolutionary trait for defensive purpose, being chased by a bear it could be beneficial to get panic in order to boost adrenaline I guess. Still though, I don't think you can fully train away panic in situations like this, it mostly comes down to experience and then some genetics I guess.
You'd actually be surprised the number of pilots in this predicament who behave similarly. They're trained to remain calm, objective and logical. It's quite surreal and impressive.
@@battheman777 When you have a deep understanding of a situation it aids greatly in remaining collected. You know the possible outcomes, you've gone through them repeatedly in your mind. Its not your "first time" so to speak. Whereas in the opposite scenario, you are flooded with all this new information at once and are having to process it for the first time.
As someone with a moderate fear of flying, this video helps calm my nerves. The way everyone acted so calm and professional and the fact that the bird touched down with ease does help calm my fears. Great flying and fantastic landing.
This INCREDIBLE video of a highly skilled pilot reminded me of my cousin, Jimmy, from the Seattle area. He was alone and had a severe stroke in mid-air while flying his small plane several years ago but miraculously, was able to land his plane safely. Sadly, he died shortly after in the hospital at the age of 77. He was not only a skilled pilot but also a skilled airplane mechanic. After his Air Force years, he was a pilot for Northwest Airlines for several decades. Rest in peace, Cousin Jimmy!
@@rhysmodica2892 Thank you for your reply. Yes, I cannot imagine what it took for him to land that plane safely after suffering his stroke in mid-air. It was nothing short of a miracle!
That's some fine aviating right there, all the way down to the greased in landing. You never stopped flying the plane. You didn't react, you analyzed and then took action. Your situational awareness was excellent, even paying attention to prevailing winds visually despite ATC's assurance that winds were calm. I also loved how you used ATC to the full, offloading even the task of looking up airfield elevation. That's what they are there for, and I've seen too many reports of pilots who clammed up and then crashed rather than looking at ATC as a copilot. This is what real aviation looks like. Well done sir.
ATC was one of the best I've heard in a while. Calm, not demanding, reminding him what resources he had in place and that he'd already paved the road in front of him with emergency notifications. People forget how important it is to keep someone in an emergency situation advised of what can be done.... when you're trying not to die, you don't always have the space to remember what was 20 steps down the road. Very good job by both. Classic example of the principle: If you're in a life and death situation, you can do two things. First, and most common, is to panic.... and all it means is you will die tired. Second is to try and remain calm, and fight all the way to the end.
As a pilot, I commend you on your handling of the emergency. As a person, I'm glad you made it back to the ground safely. Great job, brother. You and your CFI should be proud!
@@oscarhc8362 Absolutely. That's what I thought as well. Amazing job by the pilot - one would call you a cool sock in my country. Perfect mental and flying skills. And a perfect landing as well.
Well done my man...I have been a pilot for 18 years. I have had my share of emergencies, but never an engine loss. You stayed calm and were 100% in control. I Mean, even pulling off on alpha 5 as to not create a runway closure. Hats off to you sir. I would fly with you anytime. N989RS
As someone who has been flying professionally on XBOX for over 20 years I can say that was an outstanding job, and you didn’t land in the water which is negative points. Well done sir 👏🏻
That sigh at 7:48, when you had the runway made, really made this video for me. As a pilot I couldn't help but loudly applaud you for how well you administrated the altitude and energy in the pattern. Well done sir, I would fly with you any time. Greeting from Norway.
amazing way of dealing with the emergency, if my instructor had to show me an example of the perfect emergency landing it would probably be your video. good job man, we’re all proud of you
This is a perfect example of how to manage an emergency situation! You stayed calm and cool as a cucumber... You really made this look easy.... ATC did a great job as well!
As a pilot, this was absolutely impressive and genuine. Glad you're okay and like many others before me, bonus points for the landing AND vacating the runway. Blue skies!
Why cant all airplanes glide and land like that when they lose engine power? The commercial airliners cant i assume because of their weight and they fall too fast? But why are their countless crashes of the small planes like this one?
@@JamesMichael333 They can but their rate of descent is faster, and they can't turn as easily without loosing too much altitude. This plane was within range of a runway, sometimes they have no choice but make do with what they can find, a flat field, body of water, possibly a highway. And if there is nothing at least aim for a place without people...
@@JamesMichael333 Cactus 1529, the Sully Bus, they'll glide if ya do it right, just like this guy but yes, you're right, with the weight of the big birds, they just come down faster. I lost the engine in a Cessna 152, a smaller plane than this guy's plane, at 1100' which equates to about 1.75 miles of glide before you're on the ground. I put it down on a quiet side street without a scratch. It's just a matter of circumstance which will determine the outcome of a dead stick landing.
@@JamesMichael333 Every single fixed wing aeroplane has the ability to glide, the same physics and aerodynamics that allow it to take off and fly under power also allow it to glide. It’s extremely rare for multi engine aircraft to have to glide anyway as the probability of both engines failing is very low but it does happen. Unfortunately with big jets, you don’t get as much leeway when it comes to finding a landing spot, which is usually the part that causes fatalities. A 1500lbs Cessna or a piper clocking 65 knots is a lot easier to glide into a field than a 90,000lbs MRJT clocking 150 knots.
@@lewiscurrie4979 So assuming the wings are intact, why are there so many small airplane crashes and fatalities? Some of them dropping at really fast speeds. Also i wonder why some of the small planes have that parachute they can deploy from the rear.
...Except that he did land a little short. "Putting it down on the numbers" is *not* desirable no matter what they say in the war stories - and that's *with* an engine. Should have rather gone long than short, but what do I know.
Considering the circumstances, from a technical standpoint, that may go down as the best landing ever. Better than 99.9% of landings we see on aviation vlogs. Well done!
My god, this is textbook flying here. Even on the comms you were perfectly calm. Extremely impressive. You were even calm enough to realize they'd appreciate having the runaway unoccupied, which is really over the top.
@@riccello Right? I'm not Christian (anymore) but I have to think I'd be even more annoyed by those posts if I was. I guess that's probably what these bots are designed to accomplish, though.
I have never made an approach and landing that smooth WITH power in my 30 plus years as a private pilot. This video should be part of any private pilot ground school. Absolutely fantastic job. I believe Sully would be happy to fly with you
We all train for this, to actually execute so perfectly when the stakes are so high and there’s no second chance is fantastic to witness, you nailed it, right on the numbers on centreline, perfect energy management, perfect communication, calmly and thoughtfully. I hope we see the you and the 205 back in action one day soon.
@@murphyking79 I would say ultimately, yours; but your instructor should recommend training or ask if you’ve had it. I and my instructor practiced this multiple times. Power to idle at random times and the best glide and practice emergency to nearest airport (usually our own).
Very well done. Pilot for 32 years, one emergency landing. I'm impressed by how well you stayed calm, prioritized, then aviated, navigated, and communicated. And dead on the centerline at the end. Many people get sloppy once they make the runway, you flew the plane all the way to the stop. Much respect. PS: I think we were only getting audio from comms. Would have loved to have heard the running verbalization going on. I know I talk to myself in the cockpit during high stress operations.
@@mrdav1e someone told me a while ago they didn't get why people fly gliders, like it seemed pointless to him. Well, isn't that the usefulness? What'll you do when the engine quits?
What a masterclass! That is the most flawless landing I have ever seen, and that counts all of the ones that had their engines working. I would fly with this guy anyday.
That final turn really had me on edge. He was fully committed and traded the little bit of altitude he had left for the airspeed he needed. Fantastic job.
When the nose dipped as he set the flaps, I feared the worst. But man, that landing was smoother than the shallowest pothole I've ever driven over. Well done!
Well done! You handled everything like a pro! I experienced a total engine failure years ago after the mechanic who installed a new engine on this C-172 forgot to safety wire the oil plug and it fell out over the mountains of NH with three souls on board. I was able to land it on a golf course driving range without damaging the aircraft. Found out later the mechanic also forgot to safety wire the bolts securing the alternator to the engine and the bolts were on their way out and rubbing on the front cowling.
The navy taught us; if you talk calm you will be calm. Even if panic is nibbling at the edges of your mind keep your voice calm! This pilot was as cool as a cucumber. Great video.
Really, really nicely done! I've been flying for 44 years and I can tell you with certainty that you were way calmer than I would have been under similar circumstances.
I'm impressed at how cool this guy was. Luckily he was able to find a runway within gliding range, but there's no doubt he was a true professional in his handling of the emergency.
I’m really impressed with the competence and professionalism demonstrated here by everyone. I’m glad everything turned out as well as it did. Congratulations to all involved.
To the pilot of that aircraft, you sir are definitely a pilot. I love how calm your voice remains and how effectively you lined up to land on the numbers. When I was helping train pilots I always told them that panicking would get them killed. The only thing that saves pilots is remaining calm and following your procedures. It sounds like once you turned off the runway you got the adrenaline shakes and the whole event finally hit you but during the event your demeanor was exactly whatever young pilot should learn. Truly a phenomenal job.
That’s amazing, how you remain calmed and perfectly circle over the airport and even butter that landing shows the great pilot you are and the quality training you have received. From now on I’m gonna show this video to all my student pilots. Kudos!
I have had three engine out emergency landings in my career as a private pilot. My advice: As you fly, have in the back of your mind "If I lose the engine right here, which way do I turn and where do I go?" When the engine quits, make a gentle climbing turn towards your landing choice. The climb is to bleed off the speed to get to the best glide speed. make sure you know your best glide speed. Would not hurt to placard it. Have an idea of your glide ratio, so you can estimate how far you can go to find a good landing place. My plane would glide 10 miles for every 5,000 feet of altitude above the ground. The landing phase is tricky because it is quite different than any previous landing your have made. The engine out is different than the engine idle you used for practice. the plane sinks faster than you have practiced. So if you make a visual approach like normal, you can hit short. So set up to land 1/3 to 1/2 way down the runway. All you are risking is a low speed crash if you run out of runway. But, as you drop the gear and extend some flap on short final, the bottom will fall out. You come down much sooner than with idle power. If you don't plan on 1/3 to 1/2 you can have a high speed crash hitting short. My instructor said "High speed hitting short or low speed off the end - your choice." In my actual experiences my touch down was about where I normally land, although the approach was a little higher and faster than normal. Dropping the gear felt like huge speed brakes.
My dad and I always kept our eyes open for landing options. His instructor once cut his power with no warning and told him that his engine just quit. He calmly set up his landing. Never occurred to me to seamlessly climb to optimal glide speed while turning to safety. Thank you!
Great point at the end there. I felt like this pilot may have gone a little too far on his downwind leg with no engine power, esp. considering over 6000’ of RWY in front of him. Don’t get me wrong; it was a masterfully executed engine out landing but it got too close to comfort for me when he banked left to line up and lost so much altitude that his short approach ended up seemingly flat. Maybe, it was the camera angle or maybe, he just traded excess altitude for airspeed (he did appear to have a lot of float at the end) but he aimed for what seemed to be a normal landing, except with no engine power resulting in a very shallow approach.
@@Aker66 About 30 years. I was making 60 mile trip. One tank was empty, and other only partial. I used my calibrated dip-stick to see exactly how much fuel I had. Enough for the destination plus another 20 minutes. It was a clear day, so i took off. But, when I used the fuel checker (looking for water in the gas) the valve did not close properly and it was leaking. On the bottom of a Mooney wing, this was not easy to notice. I ran out of gas enroute. I saw the gas gauge dropping quickly and had changed course for an airport. When the engine quit I was at 6000 feet, about 8 miles away. No problem, made a final dive to the threshold, dropping the gear as I crossed the fence. Touched down at about 1/3 and coasted all the way to the fuel pumps. Second incident was frozen fuel line. Engine quit 2 minutes after take off. I did a 180 back thgovernor
AS a retired Controller who worked with general aviation, commercial and military aircraft for well over 20 years, this was a perfect example of how training, and coordination pay off. Brilliant work by the controllers at Approach Control (most calm and measured responses from the controller to the pilot) and the Tower complemented a very talented pilot who managed to get his bird safely on the ground after a most catastrophic engine failure.
Having only taken a plane off the ground once with a friend who was a CFI and never landed one I doubt I could do as smooth a landing as you did even with power.
As a retired astronaut with 19234 emergency landings and over 9000 sexual partners I can say I concur with everything you said except everything between the first and last word of your comment! Tell us all the last time if ever you've done anything cocks out for Harambe? Yet you call yourself a man! Buy a dress already!
Awesome job! This is what we train for and perfectly showcases what can happen when we do everything correctly. At no time did you stop flying the airplane. Excellent job remaining calm and communicating with ATC asking for their help when needed. Great job checking the wind for the optimal runway, and field elevation to put yourself in a key position to make a power off glide to the runway. Textbook! Thought you were going to float forever, but my favorite part is your humility in asking tower if they wanted you to try to make the taxi way to "get out of your way." I love it! I think it's part of every pilot's prayer, "Please don't let me be the one to shut down the airport!" This is definitely an homage to the truly good pilots out there.
@@fireblademan494 Might have been leaking oil and the pilot didn't notice. Running any engine without oil can cause catastrophic damage like seen here. Or it could have just as simply chucked a rod.
I consider myself a decent pilot but I can tell you right now there is no way I would have done anywhere near as well as you did in this emergency. The way you handled this is stunningly impressive. Just amazing. Well done sir!
10/10 great job to the pilot. I've had multiple engine failures over my carrier, and watching this video still gave me the chills. when I saw u turn on final I was a little worried u were low, but then I noticed how much extra speed you had. excellent work my man
terrible landing! should have had a parachute, jump out of that plane with a gopro and endangered the surrounding area with a plane out of control! 0/10 what a loser honestly
Wow. You handled your emergency like a real pro. I couldn't believe my eyes when you cleared the runway without a care in the world. You are an amazing pilot.
Kevin, Awesome video. Kudos to you. I am a CFI and I am teaching a ground school class at a college. I am adding this video to the must watch list for my class.
I did all of my primary training out of KHIO. We’ve all trained for this maneuver 100 times and to see it so perfectly executed is amazing to see! I loved hearing your verbal reassurances to yourself but your composure throughout was textbook. Thanks for sharing!
One thing they keep teaching me at my school is basically "as long as you still have both wings: you are okay." This experience really showed me that. You did amazing at keeping calm, and performing all the steps you needed to to get there and land safely. I hope I can be that good and confident at flying someday...
Huge respect for the keeping it together when you needed to. Nobody showed any sign of concern. I loved how ATC said "nice landing" as he rolled in. I'm fascinated with subcultures that put aside their emotions and focus on what needs to be done. That's what you see here.
I recently saw After Earth with Will Smith, and I absolutely loved the "take a knee thing". Their spaceship crashed on Earth which was full of deadly creatures, somewhere in the future. The dad had both legs broken and relied on his son to retrieve a transmitter from another piece of the ship to send an SOS pulse in space for the rescue team to come and save them. Whenever the son would lose it, the dad yelled at him: "TAKE A KNEE! Root yourself in this present moment, now. Sight, sound, smell. What do you feel?" That was awesome as that is the exact thing I do whenever I might be in danger. It is a deadly mistake to think about what MIGHT happen. About what HAPPENED. There's no future, no past, there's only HERE and NOW and you are living THIS moment and this is what you do now... Pretty helpful in life too... we get so worried with what MIGHT happen, that we constantly mess up our present...
If only those 'subcultures' could be pushed out into normal professions - might just hold the nation together. Agree; huge respect for these folks, mainly the pilot keeping it together.
@@Allan-et5ig Zoom out and you'll see there's no need to make this a political thing. I wasn't there, but I'd say we've been hard-wired since the hunter-gatherer days a couple hundred thousand years ago to admire people who can put their emotions aside and execute.
Be alert, keep calm, think clearly, act decisively. #6 standard WildLand firefighting order. It takes training and discipline. Risk management is learned. Remaining calm and objective in the face of danger is practiced. I fought WildLand fire for many years (retired) and experienced this phenomenon countless times. Now I am in finance. I use the same risk management principals and operating orders here. They are priceless and can be applied to most situations that have inherent risk.
Made me really nervous! That was steep for his speed. I congratulate him tho on not stalling, but holy crap that’s pretty steep and I could tell he was having to use elevator to pull back. Dangerous situation
It looked good, but seemed a bit steep of a bank for his slow speed. I believe he was well above Vs (I'm pretty sure he was clean/no flaps), but I could still hear my PPL instructor yelling at me in the 90s, on downwind to base to "reduce your damn bank angle! Do you want to fuc*ing die?!?!" A couple times he just slammed the yoke out of my hand & did it himself, then yelled at me!
As a pilot who’s career is as an air traffic controller who’s handled more than my fair share of emergencies, I’ve gotta commend you on your level of professionalism during such an intense situation. I say that because I handled a lost engine emergency with a famous aviator who was in tears cursing get me on the ground now.
As a pilot myself this is a very good example to handle emergency situations. Kuddos to the pilot! You did an awesome job and you pulled that off with a butter smooth landing.
Beautiful job. I had an engine failure back in the mid 80’s while earning my license. Was on a solo cross country flight headed back to Vincennes University when the engine went out on the Cessna 152 I was flying. I was over the Hoosier National Forest, found the only open field and put her down, turned out to be a cow pasture. You did a beautiful job, this will be one flight you’ll never forget, I’ve never forgotten mine.
@@alanhelton Yes it is. I was lucky, I had planed on flying back the night before, logging night flying, however, I blew a circuit breaker twice on two takeoff attempts. My instructor advised I stay overnight and fly back in the morning, that way if I lost my instruments I could dead reckon. God was with me, had I flowed at night I may not be here. I was lucky, the field I found was the only one within reach of the altitude I had. I have to say, Vincennes University flight training had us practice, practice, practice our emergency procedures, and after my emergency they used it as an example.
Beautiful, beautiful job. Looking for the smoke for wind direction, exactly the right orbit. I was afraid you were going to be short, but you nailed it. AND cleared the runway. That's why we train. I only hope that I can pull off such a perfect emergency landing if I'm ever in the same situation. Kudos.
Well done. I started flying 50+ yrs ago and I can say this was as good as it gets. I think having your gopro running throughout has made for a must watch training video for many years to come.
Not a pilot, I'm a cop. I know full well that having the ability to think through a problem, no matter how serious, is key! Hell of a job sir. What impressed me the most was your communication. You knew what information you needed, you requested it, recieved it, logged it in the memory bank, and executed. You seem like a hell of a pilot, and if i ever found myself sitting in a plane with an engine as fucked up as that one looked, i would want you on the controls my man.
Being a leo, I'm sure you have some split second decisions under your duty belt? I know I do, a fire/medic of 24 years. Thanks for your service brutha. I was surprised that we only got one "sigh" from the amazing pilot. You're in control of your own destiny in that situation, wow! Great job.
@Kman And thank YOU for your service brotha. Men and women in both our professions have their own unique level of crazy lol. There is a rivalry, but a ton of respect as well. Stay safe 🙏
@@stevescontriano860 - Sorry to hear about your condition Steve. Health problems are never to be taken light on. I hope and pray for your healing prosess to be fast and as easy as possible. Blessings from Norway
@Breakfast Television Was a sheriff's patrol deputy. Now I'm an investigator with the Distinct Attorney's Office. I work environmental crimes. Water pollution, illegal dumping, stuff like that. The sister agencies have come up with all kinds of nick names for our unit, Poopoo popo, crap cops, trash troopers lol. The one that stuck is Trash Pandas. Apparently its a nick name for Raccoons. They are semi nocturnal, sneaky, and pick through trash, so it kinds fits
First .. Wow, text book situational awareness and execution of emergency procedures. To read about engine out events and watching it in real time is a whole different experience. Your video should be used for training, not only students, but as an example for all of us on how to react to a catastrophic engine failure. Thank you for sharing this audio and visual video!
Straight up straight on. I'm hoping to start my training this year and I've jumped out of Cessna's many times. It was great to sit here and ride along while he setup and landed. I have to say I was anxious myself and I wasn't even in the plane. Absolutely incredible. He kept his cool, bled off air space and managed to put it on the pavement without issue. Now I can exhale.
It was wild to see how fast and low you were on short final in and out of your last turn. You feathered all your excess speed away with what could be called the perfect angle of attack. Absolutely marvelous.
That was some landing. Absolutely buttered the bread, and all with no engine. Total respect due.
Beautiful fast bank onto the runway with tons of energy to spare, but not too much! Like you say, buttering the runway, just beautiful!
For all the people saying he put it down on the numbers and cut his margins too close -- simply not true. He carried plenty of extra speed across the threshold and if you notice he doesn't touch down until well beyond the 1000ft markers. I think he did a damn fine job.
Yes he had extra speed that is for sure, but I would rather have that speed all day, great job imo out of interest any idea how fast he would be going crossing the threshold?
Exactly. Better to carry speed and land long, then to bleed off too much on your base and end up in the treeline
haters gonna hate.
@@brissiAU in that situation I'd take all the speed I can get brakes still work lol
Honestly, wouldn’t have done ANY better with a working engine lol.
Hey Kevin. I am retired with 28,000 hours. You are a pro. I am so impressed with how you managed everything from the plane to ATC, to your own emotions. Well done sir.
I have 67 hours in my log book, close to you. Still practicing touch and goes. That guy is awesome, the land was more than perfect.
Retired with 28000 hours. Gee.
2,500 total hours here, all military. I tip my hat to this excellent pilot.
Bravo/Zulu !!!
HN Nazario
Naval Hospital Portsmuth VA
"First and finest"@@sdcoinshooter
This entire video is a globe earth psyop. Curved cockpit window.
To the pilot, wow great job. You stayed calm and with no power you were able to line it up and make a perfect landing
I was operating a Transit bus as you passed over Cornell Ave. (just south of the runway) I saw you as you just about landed. I remember looking up and seeing your prop not moving. Saying to my self, that is not right! You can't see my bus as the camera frame just missed me. You landed as smooth as any pilot who does under power! Massive Kudos, that is A+ flying!
Edit, To those who say I did not see this or his Prop; simply wrong. I do not care if you disagree. I am tired of explaining that I did almost a year later. I drove under him at 45 MPH. It was silent and I could see the large prop stuck. It would be a weird coincidence if two planes had the same emergency that day at around the same time at Hillsboro Oregon airport. I am happy to support the algorithm, if it gives this great pilot more cash to get his plane back to working order. Focus on the pilot and not the comments, thank you.
That's wild! I wondered what it must have looked like on the road. Wish someone had an external video!
The bus driver was looking up, riiiight.....
@@l2kxboost riiight! Not only looked up while driving - at a random plane (while ironically and/or conveniently located beside the airport). And also somehow paid long enough attention to detail to be able to determine the plane was dead stick. However, lest we forget, the bus *just barely* missed being in frame as he flew over south of the runway.
It ain’t that deep bruh you ain’t a detective
@@rileynatalie Hey, if you don't think I saw it... then you are simply wrong. (Though you are entitled to your bad opinion) On that day and time I made note of, I was wondering if they had a class on non-powered landing, I assume that would be a bit dangerous. I assumed no they would not do that. Unless I saw a plane land with a dead stick exactly in the same position as this youtuber, I was there. I can tell you are not a native to Hillsboro Oregon as many planes land low and slow over this road. Saying I didn't see this, is like saying I didn't see traffic that day. I am a professional Bus operator, I look all over. 14 years of safe driving. The issue is not with me, It is with this great pilot! I can only imagine the issues they face when the have problems with the engine. You and I only pull over. They can fall to their death! Look, you can argue with me as much you want. Nothing will change the fact this pilot made his emergency landing look like a normal one! That is great flying! Period.
As a former ATC I have to say this whole video is a thing of beauty. Super professional job by all involved and that landing was something else. And then after all that you were asking for taxiway directions! Ten out of ten, sir, amazing stuff.
Diving to catch the needed speed at the end. Superb job by all involved. Pilot kept cool and collected and did everything right. I bet his knees turned to jelly after the successful full stop, though. :)
as a current ATCO, I agree word by word.
Very very nice!
@@chrismc3744 when he was down, taxi-coasting, and calmly asking for directions from the tower re what they prefer he do, he proved there never was and never could be any "jelly in his knees"...... intelligent,, relaxed confidence through every second of that entire event.... just another day at the office...
Not understanding why the plane didn't just nose dive? Very frustrating for me as I get terribly annoyed at things I don't understand.
In the end no drama, a picture perfect landing, amazing
How true...
🙂
From Brussels, with Love...
The drama comes when he gets the repair bill.
There’s a video where the instructor shows a student how to pull out of spiral. Student let’s go of yoke. Pumps vertical stabilizer twice. Plane flys itself!
You commenting every where now or something?
He rolled out at the right altitude, in the right direction and at the right speed.
"Normies" don't understand.
As mechanic I can appreciate the pics of the aftermath. As a non pilot, I can still appreciate the composure and professionalism during the landing of the plane. Fly first, get emotional after
This guy was calmer than me when we lost power at home the other day…
Great pilot!
He had a ton of alt, sure helps with the staying calm part haha. I’ve seen a 600ft engine loss before and it was a lot less calm!
😂🤣
he is calmer then me watching it happen on RUclips.
It is almost as if he was ready for it.
That's because you can afford not to be calm when your power goes out.
Can't afford to do that when you're trying to land a falling boat.
Aside from your impeccable stick and rudder skills, some points I made to myself as a relatively low hour VFR pilot:
- You suppressed your anxiety and did whatever needed to be done. There's time to panic on the ground.
- You used the ATC almost like a copilot, and they were a great resource to have.
- Asked for the winds
- Asked for the longest runway
- "We'll figure it out as we get closer in" - defer the important decisions until you have more information. This in turned set up your mindset to reject an initial idea and choose a different runway, in a way avoiding confirmation bias
- "While I've got some time, what's the frequency going to be down there?" - Simply amazing. Far ahead of the airplane and the current situation you were in during the gliding phase.
- "Looking at the smoke blowing down here, it looks like 31L is going to be a better bet for us" - Now that you have enough information, now is the time to make/change the runway choice. I'm not sure I would have had the mental capacity to make that runway switch. Kudos!
- This is a good time to understand that ATC is working the phone to coordinate with the tower and get you whatever you need.
- "Can you give me the field elevation" - Another great call. Use ATC as a resource to give you whatever information you need. Don't be shy, you're an emergency and they have nothing more important to do right now than help you out.
- Switched to tower at an appropriate time. Tower now becomes a better resource for you than approach. Legalities aside, the tower can probably see you visually while approach cannot, so whatever the charts say, this was another great call, initiated by you. I'd probably wait to be handed over (!?) and not shown the initiative in an emergency.
- "Cleared to land any runway" - This gives me chills. They are there for you, so do whatever you need to do to get down on the ground. I remember seeing a video where a guy with an emergency (INOP gear IIRC) offered to land on a taxiway so as not to inconvenience other traffic. Don't do this, they can divert and you need the longest, widest, most suitable surface to land on.
- Having the presence of mind to offer to taxi off the runway, again kudos. You can hear the relief in the ATC's voice at this time. Although it wasn't his life on the line, I'm sure he was anxious to see you on the ground almost as much as you were.
What I'm about to write is easy to say flying from the comfort of my reclining chair, but the only thing i'd do differently in my airplane would be aiming for the 1/3 point or maybe even 1/2 on the runway. It's a long one, a small airplane an in my case I'm equipped with a spoiler/airbrake so I could easily make the landing shorter if I'm about to overshoot - in your case you could add flaps as you had the electrical system going still. In any case, you dove down in the base to final turn to get the speed up so your energy state was good. This is not criticism but a humble chair flying opinion, I'd have screwed up many things before getting to this stage of the flight.
And greasing the landing RIGHT on the centerline... just amazing.
Another point to make is that you cruised at 9000 ft. For whatever reason, I always go lower, usually 2000 - 3000, which makes for great VFR flying and sightseeing, but dramatically decreases my options in case of an emergency. I do have a ballistic parachute on the airplane though so it kind of mitigates the risk, but still something to consider.
Thank you for posting this so we can all learn from your experience and maybe it helps one of us. I hope we don't end up in your seat, but if we do, this is great training material. This video has changed me for the better.
Wow what a post!
Wow🎉🎉🎉🎉
When I did my PPL check ride the simulated engine failure test had me lose a couple marks because seeing the field was a extra long one and the approach required clearing high voltage wire's I came in high and would have landed half way down the field. The examiner was looking for me to land in the first third. In Canada it's like that.
Adderall working?
ALL airplanes, no matter how large or small should be REQUIRED to have ballistic parachutes in enough numbers to float them safely to the ground
Amazing job man.
Thanks!
Congrats on getting a comment from flightchops on you very first video.. oh and nice landing by the way 🤣
Howdi
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That's what she said! 😃
No, seriously. Nice and smooth. Kudos 👌
There were like 3 seconds of elevated emotion and a single curse word -- followed by 9 minutes of calm, business-like professionalism. One of the calmest pilots I've heard with an engine out.
2 curse words.
was he on auto pilot to go down without engine? how did he manage to keep the speed up without it
Decending with the nose slightly down, and the airspeed will go up.
@@jimskeuh In airplanes, you use pitch for speed and power for altitude. It's a bit confusing if youve never done it yourself. But basically, if your engine is working, you pitch your plane at a certain angle and it will usually stay around that airspeed. In the plane I fly, 60kts is the approach speed. So ill pitch the plane for 60 knots, and if im coming in too low ill add power, which means ill stay at 60 knots, but my approach angle will be shallower so i can go farther. If youre too high, you decrease power, so you still go 60 knots but now your angle is steeper. When your engine goes out, you pitch for whats called best glide speed. Its different in every plane. Once you reach that speed, you find the pitch angle that keeps you there, and then have to figure out where you can land, and plan your descent so that youll reach your landing spot. You can see in the video the first thing he does is go towards the nearest airport, but hes still really high so he circles above it, until hes the right altitude. Once he gets there, its barely any different than a normal landing, except for the fact that if you come in too low, you're pretty screwed.
@@sassyassasin2712 Best explanation I've seen so far. Thanks for doing that!
Truly an excellent example of how to properly deal with a real emergency. I hope you consider this to be one of your finest days. You did everything right.
A. You continued to fly the airplane
B. You were decisive
C. You were flexible (when you saw that there was a better action, you changed to a different runway)
D. You were calm throughout
This is a textbook example of how to deal with an emergency.
Congratulations on your successful outcome.
This is an example of falling back on training. If you train well you are likely to do well when it counts.
He asked all the right questions and made all the right decisions. Very nicely done.
How would you not panic
E. You walked away.
This has to be the smoothest, most calm and professional emergency landing I've EVER seen. Almost like he didn't have a engine failure
I've heard one better
@Adrix 1001: 100% agree. I've never seen a smoother landing in my life. Not the slightest bump or shudder detected by the camera.
His plane just transformed into a glider is all
Cuz your are above the Rwy
It's going to be calm. The engine is dead. 😀
Unbelievable. You are the teacher I'd want for emergency management. Cool, calm, communicative, professional, and a greased landing! Bravo and thank God the airport was there!
I am not a pilot but that landing looked smooth as silk. My utmost respect sir for your skill and calm demeanor.
Simply amazing.
it was smooth
@@MrSylicious Very smooth
I’m a former Air Force ATC and aircrew with 40 years of experience in aviation, I just want to say well done on everyone’s part but especially the pilot. Beautiful job.
How common is an engine failure like this?
@@toddlanctot643 uncommon
@@toddlanctot643 I worked for 15 Years in a tower and i had a completly engine failure like twice a year. And never a accident.
Likewise, though I'd probably question the quality control department of the company who made the engine casting.
@GLOCKROCK2013 by never an accident do you mean pilot error or mechanic?
That is easily one of the best landings I've ever seen. I literally couldn't tell when you touched down! Just a seamless transition from air to ground. And the fact it was done in an emergency is even more impressive!
Amazing
My CFI really pushed Dead stick landing training, and then I did them on my own all the time because I actually enjoyed gliding rather than a powered landing. Which is why his landing is so smooth, he's eliminated the vibration of a running
Having a camera that adjusts for bumps helps a lot too.
Good judgment on the air speed, distance and glide to pull off that landing.
@@StupidTVclips what about carb ice on approach landing at low rpm ??.. not good.. esp if have to do last sec goaround.
The most difficult here was not the touch down, but the ability to be exactly on line at the right speed... , without any engine support. Anyway.: good job!
Dude, you legend! Seriously. I’ve got 30+ yrs of piloting experience and watching (and listening to you) deal with that emergency is awesome. Cool calm collected. I’m sure your heart was racing. But you executed what you’d been taught. You kept and open mind. You listened and changed your plan at an appropriate time. You even knew the exit you had available. I’m sure many other aviators will have already said well done! But well done!
stop bragging about yourself
Man, I'm just amazed how long you can stay in the air without power. Clearly you know your aircraft. Great job.
Glider pilot, play with the uplift of warm air. He was well orientated in his current surroundings, job well done Eh!👏👏🎬
Best glide configuration is already figured, set it up and according to altitude you know how far you can go, start looking for alternative landing sites on the way.
@@RoadToTheCup Glider, Glider
Ehm... It's science?
XD non the less great work & yes there is a lot of concentration Form the Pilot & a littlebit of Luke needed
It’s actually quite easy. All pilots train for emergencies like this. We can do this in our sleep.
Dude!! That was the probably the most perfect engine-out landing I've ever seen. Calm, cool, professional and even pulled it off the runway. Nice job!!
Agreed. VERY impressive!
What other choice did he have? I don't get when people are so impressed by people doing what needed to be done.
@@matrixist because its difficult. People are impressed by difficult things. mind blowing right?
@@matrixist Because there is lot who dont. JUst look on a snowey hyway.
@@matrixist Oh plenty of other choices, many ways to die with an engine out. Are you dumb?
Hands down one of the most professional and skilled flight videos I've ever seen on the internet. Someone should use this as training material, honestly. In absolute control the entire time. And then you completely greased the landing, right on the numbers dead center. I didn't realize until you touched down that I was holding my breath watching you go through that final turn. Great job man.
I wasn't nervous till he made that final turn.... falling out of the sky like a rock.
I would have thought aiming for the numbers would be less safe than coming down a bit further up, less room to accidently arrive too short!
Oh trust me my students will be mandated to watch this. I completely agree
@Welshwazza it’s not using RUclips teaching people how to fly by watching the video by a pro brought to us via RUclips
i though you must learn to land small planes with a engine failure in flight school, should not be a problem at all, still good job, glad he maked it so well.
sorry bad english
Beautiful landing...No panic, no indecision, minute by minute calculation and course adjustment (love the runway change based on wind blown smoke) no doubt you a brilliant flyer. Well done!
ATC here, just want to add to the hundreds of other voices saying how incredibly well you handled this start to finish. I wish I could say I'll never have to work another emergency landing, but when it does inevitably happen I always hope the pilot/crew is as well trained, calm, and communicative as you were.
I was thinking the same thing about you. You kept calm and your tone didn't change under the pressure which seemed to give a confident and calming affect.
DITTO!
@@XxKINGatLIFExX Everything seemed to happen fairly slowly, just a simple stopped engine reducing you to a glider.
**sigh**
@@notigor325 👍👍👍👍👍 5 UP
Amazed at how calm and professional this pilot was during this emergency. great landing
As an ex pilot, I can tell you that panic is not what you need during an engine failure. We practice dead stick landings all the time, the knack being to control and adjust your descent based on your current height, wind speed and the direction and distance to the runway. After watching the video I'm quite certain he knew he could make the runway 5-10 miles back. However, if your airframe is coming apart or you have a fire one needs to descend as quickly as possible and pick the best landing spot.
If the pilot had a stroke while the engine went Fubar.. now that's when you panic
@Jesus is LORD. . . this is not the place for that . church is .
stifle yourself .
@@billfarley9167 Panic is almost never a good thing in the modern society. I guess it is an evolutionary trait for defensive purpose, being chased by a bear it could be beneficial to get panic in order to boost adrenaline I guess. Still though, I don't think you can fully train away panic in situations like this, it mostly comes down to experience and then some genetics I guess.
If I was in a aircraft with a emergency I’d want this guy as my pilot, perfect job well done 👍🏼
He is so calm, that as pasager I would probobly not even notice he lost enginre :D
This was a master pice.
@itp5x5 lol what???
You'd actually be surprised the number of pilots in this predicament who behave similarly. They're trained to remain calm, objective and logical. It's quite surreal and impressive.
@@battheman777 When you have a deep understanding of a situation it aids greatly in remaining collected. You know the possible outcomes, you've gone through them repeatedly in your mind. Its not your "first time" so to speak. Whereas in the opposite scenario, you are flooded with all this new information at once and are having to process it for the first time.
I'd just take a nap lmao. 100% trust
As someone with a moderate fear of flying, this video helps calm my nerves. The way everyone acted so calm and professional and the fact that the bird touched down with ease does help calm my fears. Great flying and fantastic landing.
I’m a pilot and this guy made a very stressful and difficult situation look routine. Kudos and I’m glad you are safe
No one asked if you’re a pilot
@@andrewmilles3177 who hurt you
@@Alex-bl8uh your mom
@@andrewmilles3177 I always knew that she's strong
100 %
This INCREDIBLE video of a highly skilled pilot reminded me of my cousin, Jimmy, from the Seattle area. He was alone and had a severe stroke in mid-air while flying his small plane several years ago but miraculously, was able to land his plane safely. Sadly, he died shortly after in the hospital at the age of 77. He was not only a skilled pilot but also a skilled airplane mechanic. After his Air Force years, he was a pilot for Northwest Airlines for several decades. Rest in peace, Cousin Jimmy!
When I think of Seattle I always think of Flight 3. I must commend him for that. To be able to bring a plane back in that condition.
@@rhysmodica2892 Thank you for your reply. Yes, I cannot imagine what it took for him to land that plane safely after suffering his stroke in mid-air. It was nothing short of a miracle!
Wow. Thank you for sharing.
Rip Jimmy. What a great pilot.
@@dianalee3059 You are welcome. Thanks for your reply.
That's some fine aviating right there, all the way down to the greased in landing. You never stopped flying the plane. You didn't react, you analyzed and then took action. Your situational awareness was excellent, even paying attention to prevailing winds visually despite ATC's assurance that winds were calm. I also loved how you used ATC to the full, offloading even the task of looking up airfield elevation. That's what they are there for, and I've seen too many reports of pilots who clammed up and then crashed rather than looking at ATC as a copilot.
This is what real aviation looks like. Well done sir.
100% agree a clean and perfect job done... make the best decision and procedures with the available resources... congrats
Well said..
Didn’t even need a parachute
@@grandenauto3214 or a selfie stick 😂
Also, he didn't jump out like a dumb ass you tuber.
ATC was one of the best I've heard in a while. Calm, not demanding, reminding him what resources he had in place and that he'd already paved the road in front of him with emergency notifications. People forget how important it is to keep someone in an emergency situation advised of what can be done.... when you're trying not to die, you don't always have the space to remember what was 20 steps down the road.
Very good job by both. Classic example of the principle: If you're in a life and death situation, you can do two things. First, and most common, is to panic.... and all it means is you will die tired. Second is to try and remain calm, and fight all the way to the end.
Talk about catastrophic engine failure - your airmanship was utterly superb !!!
Your emergency landing was cleaner than my normal landings! Great job!
Yeah this dude just did a cleaner landing than I have ever, WITHOUT an engine 🙄
Don't worry brother it will improve after some practice 😅
@@bhattpratik1325 4 month update. Landings still suck by my excuses are top notch now
requesting for a 5 month update@@r4raced4doom2
Are you one of them there "KAAAAAABLAMO! landers?
As a pilot, I commend you on your handling of the emergency. As a person, I'm glad you made it back to the ground safely. Great job, brother. You and your CFI should be proud!
Someone send this video to 74gear
As a dog, I say ARF ARF ARF.
it reminds me why my instructor makes me practice this all the time. Hats off to you from England.
As a pianist I think I will never be a pilot.
@@oscarhc8362 Absolutely. That's what I thought as well. Amazing job by the pilot - one would call you a cool sock in my country. Perfect mental and flying skills. And a perfect landing as well.
Well done my man...I have been a pilot for 18 years. I have had my share of emergencies, but never an engine loss. You stayed calm and were 100% in control. I Mean, even pulling off on alpha 5 as to not create a runway closure. Hats off to you sir. I would fly with you anytime. N989RS
Just a fan of aviation, wow this Pilot is A-Team!
I think that’s what they call a ‘catastrophic’ engine failure.
And it was handled BEAUTIFULLY! Your CFI just had one of his proudest moments. ❤
Classic example of a very talented pilot who remained calm throughout the duration of an extreme emergency. I would fly with him anytime.
As someone who has been flying professionally on XBOX for over 20 years I can say that was an outstanding job, and you didn’t land in the water which is negative points. Well done sir 👏🏻
No hot air ballon in sight = 9999 point
tyfys 🫡
PC aviator here and I concur, a fantastic landing. The gaming community gives this guy a 10/10 and a plus 5 for stealth.
"flying professionally on XBOX for over 20 years "
WTF
@@unwoundbound1957 total agreement wtf
That sigh at 7:48, when you had the runway made, really made this video for me. As a pilot I couldn't help but loudly applaud you for how well you administrated the altitude and energy in the pattern. Well done sir, I would fly with you any time. Greeting from Norway.
When he was asked the question "How many souls are onboard?" you could hear in his voice it shook him down to the bone.
Yes but this doesn’t have to be. The engine designs gotta improve. This is not 1923…it’s 2023.
They are very reliable. What du you fly? Some sort of experimental?@@Simbor-rh1dj
stop watching the TOP GUN movie...!!
he was asked that question because he kept saying 'WE'..curious but.. hey.!!..maybe him & his airplane..@@bitronicc1887
amazing way of dealing with the emergency, if my instructor had to show me an example of the perfect emergency landing it would probably be your video. good job man, we’re all proud of you
This is a perfect example of how to manage an emergency situation! You stayed calm and cool as a cucumber...
You really made this look easy.... ATC did a great job as well!
As a pilot, this was absolutely impressive and genuine.
Glad you're okay and like many others before me, bonus points for the landing AND vacating the runway. Blue skies!
Why cant all airplanes glide and land like that when they lose engine power? The commercial airliners cant i assume because of their weight and they fall too fast? But why are their countless crashes of the small planes like this one?
@@JamesMichael333 They can but their rate of descent is faster, and they can't turn as easily without loosing too much altitude. This plane was within range of a runway, sometimes they have no choice but make do with what they can find, a flat field, body of water, possibly a highway. And if there is nothing at least aim for a place without people...
@@JamesMichael333 Cactus 1529, the Sully Bus, they'll glide if ya do it right, just like this guy but yes, you're right, with the weight of the big birds, they just come down faster. I lost the engine in a Cessna 152, a smaller plane than this guy's plane, at 1100' which equates to about 1.75 miles of glide before you're on the ground. I put it down on a quiet side street without a scratch. It's just a matter of circumstance which will determine the outcome of a dead stick landing.
@@JamesMichael333 Every single fixed wing aeroplane has the ability to glide, the same physics and aerodynamics that allow it to take off and fly under power also allow it to glide. It’s extremely rare for multi engine aircraft to have to glide anyway as the probability of both engines failing is very low but it does happen. Unfortunately with big jets, you don’t get as much leeway when it comes to finding a landing spot, which is usually the part that causes fatalities. A 1500lbs Cessna or a piper clocking 65 knots is a lot easier to glide into a field than a 90,000lbs MRJT clocking 150 knots.
@@lewiscurrie4979 So assuming the wings are intact, why are there so many small airplane crashes and fatalities? Some of them dropping at really fast speeds. Also i wonder why some of the small planes have that parachute they can deploy from the rear.
Wow, if this isn't a textbook way of how to handle an engine-out, I don't know what is. Great job!
Definitely seems like a level headed smart guy but realize he had an airport perfectly situated. That's actually why we got to see the video LOL
I call that a little worse than out - ooof those pictures at the end.
@@someotherdude ya don't need an airport to land, just somewhat flat/clear ground.
Ppl have emerg landed on highways many times
...Except that he did land a little short. "Putting it down on the numbers" is *not* desirable no matter what they say in the war stories - and that's *with* an engine. Should have rather gone long than short, but what do I know.
@@christopherbedford9897 obvi not much...
He didnt have enough alt. to put it down past the numbers.
Perfect use of altitude for maximising your gliding distance.
Not to mention the buttery smooth landing.
Bravo
Well done from beginning to safe landing! Live to fly another day!
There’s a C205 you may be interested in Jimmy 😁😉
# SAVE THE 205 ...No .. # KEEP THE 205 ALIVE
JImmmmyyyyyy! Whens the next vid? Can I get a #CLEARPROP?
Considering the circumstances, from a technical standpoint, that may go down as the best landing ever. Better than 99.9% of landings we see on aviation vlogs. Well done!
Danger gives you laser focus
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My god, this is textbook flying here. Even on the comms you were perfectly calm. Extremely impressive. You were even calm enough to realize they'd appreciate having the runaway unoccupied, which is really over the top.
@Jesus is LORD I am christian and even I am annoyed by posts like this. You give JC bad publicity. Stop!
Hours or days later he probably broke down
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@@riccello Right? I'm not Christian (anymore) but I have to think I'd be even more annoyed by those posts if I was. I guess that's probably what these bots are designed to accomplish, though.
@@sgvincent100 lol nice
I have never made an approach and landing that smooth WITH power in my 30 plus years as a private pilot. This video should be part of any private pilot ground school. Absolutely fantastic job. I believe Sully would be happy to fly with you
We all train for this, to actually execute so perfectly when the stakes are so high and there’s no second chance is fantastic to witness, you nailed it, right on the numbers on centreline, perfect energy management, perfect communication, calmly and thoughtfully. I hope we see the you and the 205 back in action one day soon.
Very impressive how he could decend and turn at the same time at just the right amount to put it on the numbers as you say.
I was NEVER trained for this! Is it my fault or flight instractors??!!
@@murphyking79 I would say ultimately, yours; but your instructor should recommend training or ask if you’ve had it. I and my instructor practiced this multiple times. Power to idle at random times and the best glide and practice emergency to nearest airport (usually our own).
@@murphyking79 That's what I was thinking too, we all train for this, haha, ya right!!!!
@@DerekGranquist yup,I agree with you 💯 %
Very well done. Pilot for 32 years, one emergency landing. I'm impressed by how well you stayed calm, prioritized, then aviated, navigated, and communicated. And dead on the centerline at the end. Many people get sloppy once they make the runway, you flew the plane all the way to the stop. Much respect.
PS: I think we were only getting audio from comms. Would have loved to have heard the running verbalization going on. I know I talk to myself in the cockpit during high stress operations.
Are/Were you commercial or private?
Yhat was absolutely awesome. Coming from a 'Helo Crewie' probably doesn't count for much but he's got some huge 'nads that bloke.
@@schoolofwonders Private. Plus about 500 hours as a police aviation observer.
I bet it wasn't RUclips compliant
He did say at one point “alright kev don’t fuck this up” I think he was just silent through the whole ordeal
As a long time sailplane pilot I know what it’s like to have one shot at the runway. Your poise was admirable, your landing stellar.
Yes, same here. I was wondering if he was also a sailplane pilot or had experience as such.
yes he'd make a great glider pilot!
@@mrdav1e someone told me a while ago they didn't get why people fly gliders, like it seemed pointless to him. Well, isn't that the usefulness? What'll you do when the engine quits?
@@benjaminhung6464 yes, all air force cadets start out flying gliders to learn the basics of flight, it's also awesome to thermal with birds.
Very well trained, very experienced, excellent nerve costume. A man as the world needs him. Thank you for letting us participate.
What a masterclass! That is the most flawless landing I have ever seen, and that counts all of the ones that had their engines working. I would fly with this guy anyday.
that landing was brilliant!
This ^^ that was amazing deadstick flying.
Outstanding , a butter soft landing under stress.
I'm lucky to get a landing that good with a mile long runup with a functional aircraft in a simulator. Can't imagine doing that deadstick.
That final turn really had me on edge. He was fully committed and traded the little bit of altitude he had left for the airspeed he needed. Fantastic job.
I was pushing myself through my chair in that final turn.
My asscheeks could've made diamonds out of coal if I was flying that final turn.
Exactly my thought! He traded altitude for airspeed at exactly the right moment. I wonder if he had any flaps dialed in?
@@locatingwizard9301 ghbugib
When the nose dipped as he set the flaps, I feared the worst. But man, that landing was smoother than the shallowest pothole I've ever driven over. Well done!
What a boss. Everyone involved in this did an outstanding job.
Well done! You handled everything like a pro! I experienced a total engine failure years ago after the mechanic who installed a new engine on this C-172 forgot to safety wire the oil plug and it fell out over the mountains of NH with three souls on board. I was able to land it on a golf course driving range without damaging the aircraft. Found out later the mechanic also forgot to safety wire the bolts securing the alternator to the engine and the bolts were on their way out and rubbing on the front cowling.
The navy taught us; if you talk calm you will be calm. Even if panic is nibbling at the edges of your mind keep your voice calm! This pilot was as cool as a cucumber. Great video.
100%. Even when you hands are shaking, just acknowledge it as a physiological response and then become the calm!
Really, really nicely done! I've been flying for 44 years and I can tell you with certainty that you were way calmer than I would have been under similar circumstances.
I'm impressed at how cool this guy was. Luckily he was able to find a runway within gliding range, but there's no doubt he was a true professional in his handling of the emergency.
After 40+ years of flying military and Part 121, I commend you on an outstanding and professional job. Good on ya young man.
I’m really impressed with the competence and professionalism demonstrated here by everyone. I’m glad everything turned out as well as it did. Congratulations to all involved.
To the pilot of that aircraft, you sir are definitely a pilot. I love how calm your voice remains and how effectively you lined up to land on the numbers. When I was helping train pilots I always told them that panicking would get them killed. The only thing that saves pilots is remaining calm and following your procedures. It sounds like once you turned off the runway you got the adrenaline shakes and the whole event finally hit you but during the event your demeanor was exactly whatever young pilot should learn.
Truly a phenomenal job.
right? he sounded so calm it was like he was more annoyed about the massive inconvenience rather than concerned about the emergency
The proffessionalism of everyone involved and the airmanship of the pilot. Wow 👏
All I can say is good job. Glad you are still with us (in one piece)!!
That’s amazing, how you remain calmed and perfectly circle over the airport and even butter that landing shows the great pilot you are and the quality training you have received. From now on I’m gonna show this video to all my student pilots. Kudos!
Wow, thank you!
@@cessnatwoohfive1989 Seriously, man.
The flawlessness of your execution here *cannot* be understated! 👌
That seemed life pushing it close on the landing. Was that intentional?
I have had three engine out emergency landings in my career as a private pilot. My advice: As you fly, have in the back of your mind "If I lose the engine right here, which way do I turn and where do I go?" When the engine quits, make a gentle climbing turn towards your landing choice. The climb is to bleed off the speed to get to the best glide speed. make sure you know your best glide speed. Would not hurt to placard it. Have an idea of your glide ratio, so you can estimate how far you can go to find a good landing place. My plane would glide 10 miles for every 5,000 feet of altitude above the ground. The landing phase is tricky because it is quite different than any previous landing your have made. The engine out is different than the engine idle you used for practice. the plane sinks faster than you have practiced. So if you make a visual approach like normal, you can hit short. So set up to land 1/3 to 1/2 way down the runway. All you are risking is a low speed crash if you run out of runway. But, as you drop the gear and extend some flap on short final, the bottom will fall out. You come down much sooner than with idle power. If you don't plan on 1/3 to 1/2 you can have a high speed crash hitting short. My instructor said "High speed hitting short or low speed off the end - your choice." In my actual experiences my touch down was about where I normally land, although the approach was a little higher and faster than normal. Dropping the gear felt like huge speed brakes.
How long have you been a private pilot? I wouldn’t want 3 engine failures whether my career was 3 years or 30 years, but just curious.
@@Aker66 going off his profile pic I would guess 30 years but that's assuming he started flying "young"
My dad and I always kept our eyes open for landing options. His instructor once cut his power with no warning and told him that his engine just quit. He calmly set up his landing.
Never occurred to me to seamlessly climb to optimal glide speed while turning to safety. Thank you!
Great point at the end there. I felt like this pilot may have gone a little too far on his downwind leg with no engine power, esp. considering over 6000’ of RWY in front of him. Don’t get me wrong; it was a masterfully executed engine out landing but it got too close to comfort for me when he banked left to line up and lost so much altitude that his short approach ended up seemingly flat. Maybe, it was the camera angle or maybe, he just traded excess altitude for airspeed (he did appear to have a lot of float at the end) but he aimed for what seemed to be a normal landing, except with no engine power resulting in a very shallow approach.
@@Aker66 About 30 years. I was making 60 mile trip. One tank was empty, and other only partial. I used my calibrated dip-stick to see exactly how much fuel I had. Enough for the destination plus another 20 minutes. It was a clear day, so i took off. But, when I used the fuel checker (looking for water in the gas) the valve did not close properly and it was leaking. On the bottom of a Mooney wing, this was not easy to notice. I ran out of gas enroute. I saw the gas gauge dropping quickly and had changed course for an airport. When the engine quit I was at 6000 feet, about 8 miles away. No problem, made a final dive to the threshold, dropping the gear as I crossed the fence. Touched down at about 1/3 and coasted all the way to the fuel pumps. Second incident was frozen fuel line. Engine quit 2 minutes after take off. I did a 180 back thgovernor
AS a retired Controller who worked with general aviation, commercial and military aircraft for well over 20 years, this was a perfect example of how training, and coordination pay off. Brilliant work by the controllers at Approach Control (most calm and measured responses from the controller to the pilot) and the Tower complemented a very talented pilot who managed to get his bird safely on the ground after a most catastrophic engine failure.
the coordination was stellar. Loved seeing everyone calmly do what they could
Having only taken a plane off the ground once with a friend who was a CFI and never landed one I doubt I could do as smooth a landing as you did even with power.
As a retired astronaut with 19234 emergency landings and over 9000 sexual partners I can say I concur with everything you said except everything between the first and last word of your comment! Tell us all the last time if ever you've done anything cocks out for Harambe? Yet you call yourself a man! Buy a dress already!
This was a phenomenal show of composure, professionalism, and skill. Well done, Sir!
Awesome job! This is what we train for and perfectly showcases what can happen when we do everything correctly. At no time did you stop flying the airplane. Excellent job remaining calm and communicating with ATC asking for their help when needed. Great job checking the wind for the optimal runway, and field elevation to put yourself in a key position to make a power off glide to the runway. Textbook! Thought you were going to float forever, but my favorite part is your humility in asking tower if they wanted you to try to make the taxi way to "get out of your way." I love it! I think it's part of every pilot's prayer, "Please don't let me be the one to shut down the airport!" This is definitely an homage to the truly good pilots out there.
I'm not a pilot nor do I know anything about aviation, but I do know that that was an amazing landing. Very well done!
He can be my pilot any time!
Same here, I read the other comments and coincidentally came to the same conclusion as everyone else.
As a non pilot I still know when I see a skilled aviator, excellent job.
Yes, a shout-out from all the RUclips desktop pilots, that was a capital landing.
lol
Yes I'm not a pilot but I did just watch Top Gun Maverick and I approve of this landing. Very well done.
Sir that is text book engine failure procedure. You could not have done a better job . my hats off to you ...
As a 40+ years time-served auto mechanic, I can confirm that engine is "broken!" :-) Nice bit of flying, glad it all worked out for you. :-)
Great flying. But why would an engine explode like that ?
@@fireblademan494 Might have been leaking oil and the pilot didn't notice. Running any engine without oil can cause catastrophic damage like seen here. Or it could have just as simply chucked a rod.
A little JB Weld and good for another few years.. lol
@@darrellsmith4204 Thats easy for YOU to say - you wouldn't have to do the test flight! LOL ;-)
Wheres the oil... that's my question. With the bore cracked like that there should be engine oil everywhere.
I consider myself a decent pilot but I can tell you right now there is no way I would have done anywhere near as well as you did in this emergency. The way you handled this is stunningly impressive. Just amazing. Well done sir!
10/10 great job to the pilot. I've had multiple engine failures over my carrier, and watching this video still gave me the chills. when I saw u turn on final I was a little worried u were low, but then I noticed how much extra speed you had. excellent work my man
I was thinking he was a little on the low side too! But he sure road it out. SUPERB FLYING UNDER PRESSURE!!!
It's is kind hard to see the glide slope on a computer as you have no depth perception on a computer screen. Nice landing
This man landed better than some of the commercial airliner flights I’ve been on and he did it with no power. Tremendous amount of respect
"And this is why I always fly with a parachute."
Nicely handled, good landning mate
terrible landing! should have had a parachute, jump out of that plane with a gopro and endangered the surrounding area with a plane out of control! 0/10 what a loser honestly
We were all thinking it… :D
Wow. You handled your emergency like a real pro. I couldn't believe my eyes when you cleared the runway without a care in the world. You are an amazing pilot.
Very impressive, a reminder that jumping out of the plane shouldn't be the first option.
Unless your name is Trevor, then it is always the first option and never forget your selfie camera and stick!
b b but what about the views? I'm aN InFluEnCeR
nah I fly with a parachute all the time, if this shit happens to me i’m bailing
Absolutely, he was lucky the door didn't open, so he too got sucked out!
@@leifvejby8023 don’t forget your fire extinguishers as you deplane.
Kevin,
Awesome video. Kudos to you. I am a CFI and I am teaching a ground school class at a college. I am adding this video to the must watch list for my class.
I did all of my primary training out of KHIO. We’ve all trained for this maneuver 100 times and to see it so perfectly executed is amazing to see! I loved hearing your verbal reassurances to yourself but your composure throughout was textbook. Thanks for sharing!
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Any chance you're Jim Gray's son? He was my flight instructor out of VUO.
@@PaulWagner1 I’m not, but your not the first person to ask me that! Small world.
One thing they keep teaching me at my school is basically "as long as you still have both wings: you are okay." This experience really showed me that. You did amazing at keeping calm, and performing all the steps you needed to to get there and land safely. I hope I can be that good and confident at flying someday...
well, altitude also helps :)
You also need speed, altitude, fairly good weather, self control and great pilot skills. Only all that besides your 2 wings. LOL
Is this sarcasm? You need a hell of a lot more than just wings.
@@meyeame8956You're taking his statement too literally...
@@bryanme5771 Fair point, just seems like flight school is the type of place to take things seriously / literally.
Huge respect for the keeping it together when you needed to. Nobody showed any sign of concern. I loved how ATC said "nice landing" as he rolled in. I'm fascinated with subcultures that put aside their emotions and focus on what needs to be done. That's what you see here.
I recently saw After Earth with Will Smith, and I absolutely loved the "take a knee thing". Their spaceship crashed on Earth which was full of deadly creatures, somewhere in the future. The dad had both legs broken and relied on his son to retrieve a transmitter from another piece of the ship to send an SOS pulse in space for the rescue team to come and save them. Whenever the son would lose it, the dad yelled at him: "TAKE A KNEE! Root yourself in this present moment, now. Sight, sound, smell. What do you feel?" That was awesome as that is the exact thing I do whenever I might be in danger. It is a deadly mistake to think about what MIGHT happen. About what HAPPENED. There's no future, no past, there's only HERE and NOW and you are living THIS moment and this is what you do now...
Pretty helpful in life too... we get so worried with what MIGHT happen, that we constantly mess up our present...
If only those 'subcultures' could be pushed out into normal professions - might just hold the nation together.
Agree; huge respect for these folks, mainly the pilot keeping it together.
@@Allan-et5ig Zoom out and you'll see there's no need to make this a political thing. I wasn't there, but I'd say we've been hard-wired since the hunter-gatherer days a couple hundred thousand years ago to admire people who can put their emotions aside and execute.
It like a doctor, can't be taken from emotions
Be alert, keep calm, think clearly, act decisively. #6 standard WildLand firefighting order. It takes training and discipline. Risk management is learned. Remaining calm and objective in the face of danger is practiced. I fought WildLand fire for many years (retired) and experienced this phenomenon countless times.
Now I am in finance. I use the same risk management principals and operating orders here. They are priceless and can be applied to most situations that have inherent risk.
Staying calm like he did is so important. Well done!
That turn from base to final was beautiful
I wonder, if any of the motorists on that highway noticed him coming in dead prop.
He's officially a glider pilot now, well done, glider pilots do the same thing sometimes, come in low with extra speed.
Made me really nervous! That was steep for his speed. I congratulate him tho on not stalling, but holy crap that’s pretty steep and I could tell he was having to use elevator to pull back. Dangerous situation
@@rob3910 haven’t gotten training on engine out situations yet but in my years of simming, I believe me made the right choice.
It looked good, but seemed a bit steep of a bank for his slow speed. I believe he was well above Vs (I'm pretty sure he was clean/no flaps), but I could still hear my PPL instructor yelling at me in the 90s, on downwind to base to "reduce your damn bank angle! Do you want to fuc*ing die?!?!" A couple times he just slammed the yoke out of my hand & did it himself, then yelled at me!
Dude has been lucky the engine stayed in the plane and kept his center of gravity ....
GREAT flying, calm reactions, well executed, respect
As a pilot who’s career is as an air traffic controller who’s handled more than my fair share of emergencies, I’ve gotta commend you on your level of professionalism during such an intense situation. I say that because I handled a lost engine emergency with a famous aviator who was in tears cursing get me on the ground now.
"Just get this thing on the ground!"
"Oh, that part'll happen pretty definitely..."
-- Serenity (2005)
@@My_Fair_Lady Yep, but Travolta does.
Everyone involved gets massive kudos. So professional and calm. Brilliant stuff. Those pics of the engine at the end are insane.
Brilliant landing, you stayed really calm, a lot calmer than I would have been. You are an amazing pilot.
As a pilot myself this is a very good example to handle emergency situations. Kuddos to the pilot! You did an awesome job and you pulled that off with a butter smooth landing.
Really great flying and staying calm. Its incredible how far a light aircraft will glide with a skilled pilot at the controls. I salute you Sir!
Your video was so engaging! Would it be alright if I include a snippet on my channel? I promise to credit you prominently.
Beautiful job. I had an engine failure back in the mid 80’s while earning my license. Was on a solo cross country flight headed back to Vincennes University when the engine went out on the Cessna 152 I was flying. I was over the Hoosier National Forest, found the only open field and put her down, turned out to be a cow pasture. You did a beautiful job, this will be one flight you’ll never forget, I’ve never forgotten mine.
Not a fun place to lose an engine. That’s rough terrain down there.
@@alanhelton Yes it is. I was lucky, I had planed on flying back the night before, logging night flying, however, I blew a circuit breaker twice on two takeoff attempts. My instructor advised I stay overnight and fly back in the morning, that way if I lost my instruments I could dead reckon. God was with me, had I flowed at night I may not be here. I was lucky, the field I found was the only one within reach of the altitude I had. I have to say, Vincennes University flight training had us practice, practice, practice our emergency procedures, and after my emergency they used it as an example.
Amazing how far that plane glided n he was very calm n focused!!! Practice payed off bigtime!!!
Beautiful, beautiful job. Looking for the smoke for wind direction, exactly the right orbit. I was afraid you were going to be short, but you nailed it. AND cleared the runway.
That's why we train. I only hope that I can pull off such a perfect emergency landing if I'm ever in the same situation. Kudos.
It was a sphincter clencher that one!
Well done. I started flying 50+ yrs ago and I can say this was as good as it gets. I think having your gopro running throughout has made for a must watch training video for many years to come.
Outstanding Sir. Nothing but respect and amazement from here. Calm, confident, competent.
Not a pilot, I'm a cop. I know full well that having the ability to think through a problem, no matter how serious, is key! Hell of a job sir. What impressed me the most was your communication. You knew what information you needed, you requested it, recieved it, logged it in the memory bank, and executed. You seem like a hell of a pilot, and if i ever found myself sitting in a plane with an engine as fucked up as that one looked, i would want you on the controls my man.
Being a leo, I'm sure you have some split second decisions under your duty belt? I know I do, a fire/medic of 24 years. Thanks for your service brutha. I was surprised that we only got one "sigh" from the amazing pilot. You're in control of your own destiny in that situation, wow! Great job.
@Kman And thank YOU for your service brotha. Men and women in both our professions have their own unique level of crazy lol. There is a rivalry, but a ton of respect as well. Stay safe 🙏
Nice landing. I’m a 63 year old man with a fractured spine in bed
@@stevescontriano860 - Sorry to hear about your condition Steve. Health problems are never to be taken light on. I hope and pray for your healing prosess to be fast and as easy as possible.
Blessings from Norway
@Breakfast Television Was a sheriff's patrol deputy. Now I'm an investigator with the Distinct Attorney's Office. I work environmental crimes. Water pollution, illegal dumping, stuff like that. The sister agencies have come up with all kinds of nick names for our unit, Poopoo popo, crap cops, trash troopers lol. The one that stuck is Trash Pandas. Apparently its a nick name for Raccoons. They are semi nocturnal, sneaky, and pick through trash, so it kinds fits
First .. Wow, text book situational awareness and execution of emergency procedures. To read about engine out events and watching it in real time is a whole different experience. Your video should be used for training, not only students, but as an example for all of us
on how to react to a catastrophic engine failure. Thank you for sharing this audio and visual video!
Straight up straight on. I'm hoping to start my training this year and I've jumped out of Cessna's many times. It was great to sit here and ride along while he setup and landed. I have to say I was anxious myself and I wasn't even in the plane. Absolutely incredible. He kept his cool, bled off air space and managed to put it on the pavement without issue. Now I can exhale.
It was wild to see how fast and low you were on short final in and out of your last turn. You feathered all your excess speed away with what could be called the perfect angle of attack. Absolutely marvelous.
Wow, that really was catastrophic looking at those pictures. Calm and professional handling of the situation. Safe on the ground is all that matters.