You can tell the controller began to panic once there was nothing he could do at the loss of the engine. Glad the pilot survived, cannot imagine how scary this was for him with no/low visibility to see your instruments.
That was intense. It’s rare to hear such palpable emotion on both sides of the comms but they both kept it together. I’m not sure what I would do if I knew the turbocharger was leaking has since I haven’t flown a turbocharged engine. I guess I have some questions for next time I fly with my CFI. Thanks for putting this together and I’m glad the pilot survived.
Ok, so the guy has zero visibility, smoke, and an engine about to die, and the atc is trying to set him up for a final approach from the rwy he left AND asking him to climb. I know I'm writing this out of the comfort of my couch, but I would not have accepted anything other than heading straight for the airport and trying to at whatever rwy I could make. In an emergency situation, I will be in charge and using atc to help me if I think they can, but I am deciding on where I'm going and how. Hope the pilot is ok.
Dude in the boat had to be just a terrified as the pilot. He was about 50’ from becoming fish food. I loved the pilots voice until he got distressed. He said, “I’m going to hit a building” and then was blessed with a well placed lake from God. His voice sounded just like a Game Warden too, which we saw as they were pulling the Game Warden aircraft from the lake. Incredible to survive an impact like that.🙏🏼
No, a literal nightmare would be a series of images that appeared in one's head while the individual was sleeping. You can check a dictionary, if you have one, for the definition of "nightmare." Should also check on the definition of "literal" while you're at it, again, assuming you are literate and have access to a dictionary. At any rate, what happened in this video did not occur while someone was sleeping. It actually occurred while the pilot was wide awake and flying an airplane. So it would not fit the definition of a nightmare. Hope this helps.
I would think that, at every major AP facility with repair facilities, there would be some kind of apparatus/repair hangar setup for planes to test at flight engine speeds so these kind of engine failure could happen on the ground... preferably also with a wind tunnel to test aeronautics. Seems like a quite a few small plane repair test crashes are happening. Maybe its just the algorithm giving me what I didnt know I wanted to see again.
In retrospect, without casting judgement upon any of the involved parties, I wonder if an immediate descent to the interstate would have been warranted? Anyone know how busy it would be at that time of day?
It was a weekday in central Austin, so it would have a been a matter of steady traffic flow (fast-moving, because: TX) or congested...likely not a strong option without having it staged by LEOs first. He put the plane in the best spot.
You can tell the controller began to panic once there was nothing he could do at the loss of the engine. Glad the pilot survived, cannot imagine how scary this was for him with no/low visibility to see your instruments.
Poor controller. There came a point where he literally could not offer any further assistance. Must be a terrible feeling.......
That was intense. It’s rare to hear such palpable emotion on both sides of the comms but they both kept it together.
I’m not sure what I would do if I knew the turbocharger was leaking has since I haven’t flown a turbocharged engine. I guess I have some questions for next time I fly with my CFI.
Thanks for putting this together and I’m glad the pilot survived.
The poor controller. You can hear it his voice. He did a great ATC job. ATC worse nightmare
Ok, so the guy has zero visibility, smoke, and an engine about to die, and the atc is trying to set him up for a final approach from the rwy he left AND asking him to climb. I know I'm writing this out of the comfort of my couch, but I would not have accepted anything other than heading straight for the airport and trying to at whatever rwy I could make. In an emergency situation, I will be in charge and using atc to help me if I think they can, but I am deciding on where I'm going and how. Hope the pilot is ok.
Agree 100%.
An inflight fire is a 'get down _now_' situation. At 4 miles, it's direct to the field, clear out traffic, and roll ARFF.
Couch no factor.
Go to 2:20 for First emergency call.
Pilot: I have zero engine. ATC: can you climb a little bit?
Dude in the boat had to be just a terrified as the pilot. He was about 50’ from becoming fish food. I loved the pilots voice until he got distressed. He said, “I’m going to hit a building” and then was blessed with a well placed lake from God. His voice sounded just like a Game Warden too, which we saw as they were pulling the Game Warden aircraft from the lake. Incredible to survive an impact like that.🙏🏼
This controller seemed behind the ball on pretty much everything. He doesnt listen well either.
This is a literal nightmare.
No, a literal nightmare would be a series of images that appeared in one's head while the individual was sleeping. You can check a dictionary, if you have one, for the definition of "nightmare." Should also check on the definition of "literal" while you're at it, again, assuming you are literate and have access to a dictionary. At any rate, what happened in this video did not occur while someone was sleeping. It actually occurred while the pilot was wide awake and flying an airplane. So it would not fit the definition of a nightmare. Hope this helps.
I would think that, at every major AP facility with repair facilities, there would be some kind of apparatus/repair hangar setup for planes to test at flight engine speeds so these kind of engine failure could happen on the ground... preferably also with a wind tunnel to test aeronautics.
Seems like a quite a few small plane repair test crashes are happening. Maybe its just the algorithm giving me what I didnt know I wanted to see again.
In retrospect, without casting judgement upon any of the involved parties, I wonder if an immediate descent to the interstate would have been warranted? Anyone know how busy it would be at that time of day?
It was a weekday in central Austin, so it would have a been a matter of steady traffic flow (fast-moving, because: TX) or congested...likely not a strong option without having it staged by LEOs first. He put the plane in the best spot.
Volare in scarsa visibilità , non informarsi delle condizioni meteo e crearsi un problema.
Was that Larry David?
Jinkies!