I think this was a major wake up call for any pilots who think they're ready for a catastrophe... hope this NEVER happens to you! But be ready if it does.
As a decade-long career air traffic controller, this is exactly what we train for. We aren’t paid for what we do everyday. We are paid for what we can do that One Day. Great work to Rochester Approach and glad you made down safe.
As an Aerospace Metallurgist I would say a single blade failure. Could be an inclusion acted as a stress riser which led to the failure. Blade forge operations go through rigorous testing regime and there were failures in the very early days development but nowadays unheard of. Kudos to you Mike , kept calm came to a safe conclusion.
I know absolutely nothing about your field, But every time I see a video like this I am thoroughly impressed. You guys are hands down the best and most concise communicators and that's what makes you all so great. Keep doing what you do
Aside from Mike's skills in aviation, he's also got an incredible gift to express the true emotion and passion of everything he does. You could feel the seriousness and passion through every second of this video. Glad you're safe, and really appreciate you sharing with us all.
His post flight breakdown when he crashed "Drago" is painfully beautiful as well. Takes a big man to be as humbled as he was then and now with "turbulence"
@@thereissomecoolstuff I'm certain towards the end of the video he said he declared an emergency plus they held traffic off the runways so he could circle down below the clouds and make use of any runway he needed, I can't imagine atc doing all that without a declared emergency
As flight engineer in the Air Force for 20 years. I went to far to many funerals for heros in their 20's and 30's. I flew on the UH-1N which also uses the PT6 although the 1969 version. So many emergencies throughout my career and one of the things FE's are taught is pilots are allowed to panic FE's are not. It took years to understand that and it simply means we needed to be the calm cool crew member to calm the pilots nerves in that moment. I later had a pilot tell me he was freaking out but my calm tone immediatly set him at ease. He didnt realize on the inside I was freaking out, and that was during a rescue. I have also been doing functional check flights in the left seat with pilots and smoked an engine. Thankfully not our fault but still sucks, it was an issue from depot years earlier. If you want some help on the safety side I would love to help, I was a safety professional in aviation, munitions, and ground safety. I am now retired in southern Idaho right around the corner from you.
Awesome story. In 12 years I had one engine failure in a single. The biggest thing that literally made me tear up was how many aircraft assisted my situation. An A330, Dash-8, Beech 1900, PC-12 a C130 and 2 helicopters were all involved in some way in assisting find me. It was absolutely amazing. 10 minutes after my forced landing in a remote location the Dash-8 and PC-12 had flown over my location to relay with SAR where I was and talk to me. When someone is in trouble, the aviation community steps up fast if they can.
The fact that the engine did not rip itself off the firewall speaks volumes of the quality of Mike’s engineering and building skills not to mention his piloting skills getting it back on the ground through IMC conditions. Wow!!!!
Amazing, Mike, and as an Air Traffic Controller, I always trained my personnel to always remember , that when a pilot declares an emergency, be calm, cool, and collective, cause you’re not in that airplane, so someone has to be on point, and ensuring all the appropriate people are contacted, and SAR, is initiated , trucks on the field ! Practice, and practical application is a must, until it becomes muscle memory, and as we say, safe, orderly, and expeditious !
As a recent air crash survivor I am very happy you had a positive outcome. I lost my engine at 8,500ft during a climb in a little Cessna 150 unfortunately the ground was at 7,000 and I was over a forested area. Controlling the crash into 60ft Pine trees I survived with the aircraft coming to rest inverted and while substantially injured I recovered fully to fly professionally again within four months. The insurance company said they had never seen anyone survive a crash of this magnitude. We have never spoke Mike but you said a few things using the same words I use and it kind of floored me. The biggest and best point you made, and I said this long before my accident and now say it to every pilot I can. The airplane will whisper to you that something is not right, sometimes long long before anything ever happens the trick is will you listen to it? Too often we try to rationalize by saying "oh this must be the new normal".....wrong! That was my case. I firmly believe a catastrophic engine failure without any prior warning is very rare. Your incident is certainly one of the outliers. I appreciate your comments on turbo props, I fly both Garrett and PT-6, and who knows how these engines have been abused by incompetent pilots. Fly safe Mike and thank you very much for making this video, it may save a life.
Fly professionally within 4 months? After that "controlled crash"? ROFLMAO. The insurance company never heard of anybody managing to turn "engine loss" into an "inverted" crash into a "forest" with only 1500 feet to "fall".
You are an amazing man. Thank you for sharing the experience and especially approaching them with calmness and a clear logical thought process. Good luck with all your future endeavours
Mike, I’m a long time watcher, and would like to welcome you to our very exclusive and small club. A PT6 catastrophic failure with a split containment ring. Mine was a PT6A-34. Fortunately, I had two of them. When the fire was out (yes fire, thank heavens I had extinguishing), I was able to look out and see through the engine cover (which had an new 10 inch hole in it) straight into the compressor section, of which half was missing. The engine lining and containment ring, made for just this purpose failed at its only job, and had split and curled or peeled back, similar to yours, leaving a 6 inch hole in the engine. I was told by P&W Canada that I should buy a lottery ticket, as this was one of the most rare events they had ever seen. I will admit to being grateful for having the two engines as I was 250 NM from land over the Arctic Ocean in the summer, and knew the other would get me to land. A pretty funny part to the story was before we landed, we received a relayed message from Transport Canada asking us to send them an oil sample on landing. In was must have been my attempt to regain my composure, I sent the message back that if TC wanted an oil sample, they were going to have to get a boat as all my oil was either burned, or sitting 200 miles out it the middle of the ocean, because I don’t have any.😅 In the end, the newly hot sectioned engine had an improperly installed oil seal bearing (at the rebuild shop), and this was not in anyway an actually P&W problem, just my problem. NORAD (Canada and the USA) had been running PT6-20s in the 60s and 70s and 80s running generators on the DEW line in Northern Canada. Because they weren’t used for aviation, regular limit observance weren’t used, and I was told many of them were running continuously and only shut down once a year for maintenance. That means running 9000 hours a years. The most sobering moment for me was when maintenance asked me to come and look at something. There, embedded in the acrylic side cockpit window was a single blade that went through the first of two panes, about 3 inches from my temple. That brought it really home for how badly this could have gone for me and my family. I endeavoured since then to always stay as far away from “the line” as I can. Trouble finds you even when you’re not looking. I now fly B787 Dreamliners, and to this day have a slightly elevated confidence in my abilities to survive that day, and a commitment to my passengers and crew that if ever there could be something done to save the day, I’d make sure I knew how to do it. I’m glad your OK, and I believe you when you say you’re going to make sure to learn whatever lessons this can teach you.
As someone who makes his living flying behind a 1700HP PT6, this video’s a vivid reminder that yes, even PT6’s can and do occasionally quit. Glad you got her down safe!
It's pretty surprising to see, all the PT-6's throughout the years I've flown or been around, this is the first catastrophic failure I've seen with no apparent reason. Plenty of Garrett engines disintegrating (the cause was found to be a shady overhaul shop), no PT-6's though. They have a great track record, but I still scout out a few spots to put her in at every field I work just in case. No altitude to speak of for the most part, and it's not like we're punching holes through the sky with a plane that has "tractor" in its name LOL
Metal fatigue and one of the blades let go. I had this experience 10 times in 27T hrs of flight. Lost two engines on the B727 the same trip. As you said, someone abused the three engines. Previous crew left the fuel heat on for take off…. The engines overheated and they returned to the Airport… booked of the flight and the called us… no one reported the overheat condition… we departed to the high Arctic… as we returned from our destination one of the engines gave us the warning indicating high oil temperature. Shut down the troubled engine… 30 minutes later the next engined indicated high oil t… the third was running hotter then normal.. 200 miles to the next Airport. We thought if the next one failed we can restart the first one we shut down… finally on final approach on one engine and higher than normal oil temp. We started the first one again and operated it in the idle position… successfully landing on two crippled engines. So, to all pilots… if you f#$& up be honest and report the full story… In this case we had half the plane with passengers the other half was freight plus 6 crew member. Never respected the three pilots that returned to the Airport without reporting the details….
You have a whole fleet of angels watching over you Mike. P&W is definitely gonna want to go over that engine in detail. Not a typical PT6 failure at all.
Mike I join the chorus of fans and fellow aviators who are glad you are safe and Turbulence will live to fly another day. Your professionalism, your full disclosure, transparency and honest emotion in sharing this with us confirms that you are everything we believe you to be. A pilots pilot who loves aviation and wants to share it with all who care to listen. Thanks!!!! CobraPilot45
Hats off to that ATC controller, he understood and provided everything you needed. It’s great the plane stayed together and after that its good you had the time to plan and fly to an A/P and plan the approach. Would be great to know your TAS when she let go.
Oh man, i'm glad you're ok. Planes can be fixed, you're unique. Shame it happened, but that's how things go sometimes. You can plan for the worst, but the worst can end up surprising you when you least expect. Hope Turbulence is going to be easy to fix, i know it's not gonna be cheap, but you have the knowhow, you built that plane. Stay safe Mike, you represent so much for grassroots aviation and more than anything else, for your family, first and foremost. edit: and your friend was on board. Woof, what a situation. I know from experience that for someone like you, having someone else's life depend on your actions weighs down on you like the weight of the world. My uncle was like that, and he'd be down for days whenever something like that happened. It's never easy. Again, happy you're both ok.
Hearing the words “how many souls on board” made a giant lump in my throat, hard to swallow. Certainly caused a momentary pause of how real this is and then, back to work. I so wanted to be alone right when he said that. In the end, it was nice to have my friend josh there. he was calm and confident we would get down safe. Comforting friend for sure.
@@MikePatey Aye. Shattering words for sure. Good thing that Josh knew to help you in the best way. Well, i'm glad you both got out. You were both kissed by an angel and got back on the ground safe. Everyone involved in this was excellent and an example of what aviation is all about.
I had a PT6A explode on me at night over the English Channel in a US Navy Super King Air back in the 90’s. I had just joined the squadron after being. P3 driver and had gone through transition training which involved multiple simulated engine failures. I was left seat so I ran through the checklist, turned around and started descending back to base. Plenty of power on the good engine and uneventful ILS into Mildenhall. The PIC pretty much froze the whole way through. I reckon he had the disadvantage of flying in this plane without any incident for years and so had become de-conditioned to the possibility of a fireball coming out the PT6 as it disintegrated. Good job on handling the no-power situation!
Thank God you are both safe! You're a skilled pilot and an amazing builder/ engineer. So glad you're safe. Mike Patey; as far as I'm concerned, You are a national Treasure!
Hey Mike…..I have over 10,000 hours behind a PT-6 and I’ve never had one problem flying behind that engine. I can’t imagine what you went through and what caused the explosion. I always was very careful on startup so as to not hot start the engine. You, my friend are a great aviator and I’m so happy things turned out well for you. You did everything right. Glad you’re ok buddy!
FAA just issued an emergency AD for PT blades coming apart in these engines... wonder if this is related? Perhaps P&W replaced the blades when they serviced it and you got some of the bad ones. AD was issued Feb 16.
I appreciate you sharing shortly after the incident because it captured your raw state; your emotions were still on your sleeve. My basic impression is that you had good equipment and you know your equipment well. This should and will be a case study for the flying community. Thanks again for keeping us, the viewer, close to the action.
"Souls on board" .. my heart is in my throat ... Mike, you are the most safety oriented person I know, even when pushing boundaries of design and performance, safety is forefront in all you do .. so glad that you and your friend are safe .. I hope you take the needed time to heal and absorb all this .. Josh , thank you for calmness and professionalism , and Mike, we love you
Sounds like your turbine had stress fractures that couldn’t hold on any longer and it finally failed. 31,000 RPM’s found the fault. Glad you are ok. Textbook emergency planning, conservation of battery life, glide, approach, communication, and landing. BRAVO! 👍🏻
Catastrophic engine failure at that altitude was properly better than some intermittent engine failure. When it exploded, it eliminated any need to consider restart procedures, and allowed you to focus in quickly on getting the plane on the ground safely. I've seen several incidents where intermittent engine problems caused people to come up short, second guess life saving decisions, etc. While definitely not a good thing whatsoever, it was good that it was no questioning or second guessing what you needed to do. Land the plane safely. That was the goal from the get go, and you absolutely nailed it. 👏 👏
Wow! Glad you're safe! YES! A video on starting these engines would be great!! Yes, I see video's of folks starting these with parameters all over the place from each other. Once again, glad you're safe!! EDIT: I, and I'm sure many others would love to see a tear down and analysis of findings....Thanks for sharing your knowledge.
Mike, first and absolutely foremost I am thankful that you and Josh made it through this ordeal. I've met you at OSH (like so many others have) and beyond your mind boggling knowledge, work ethic, and passion, you remain one of the nicest, most humble people I've met. I'd also like to say it's amazing you were composed enough and had the desire to put together this video immediately after the incident. I agree with many others who have commented here; this video will indeed help the aviation community in many ways and you are commended for putting it out there in such a complete, concise, descriptive manner to make the necessary points in your usual professional way. Not a video you would have chosen to have to make for certain but one that has great importance and will make an impact to many. So thank you for that. So happy you are here to continue the passion. Peace brother.
I sounds like maybe a PT2 blade was bad when the engine was made, maybe an imperceptible flaw in a blade that finally made itself known. Would love to hear what P&W finds when they do the autopsy of the engine. Please make a video for that. I'm glad you are safe and sound, although, I knew you were okay, because I watched you videos out of order. You have built a stunning airplane. May you have nothing but clear skies and a tailwind where and whenever you fly.
Given that we were watching a mini series on the evolution of Turbulence, this was absolutely shocking. And when I heard the intro, my heart was in my mouth. So glad your skills and a blend of good fortune in terms of the airframe and flight controls remaining worthy, resulted in such a relief. And I never realized was a crazy touch down speed Turbulence had! Great shot of you touching down too. And good to see Turbulence in better shape after a mishap at 30,000 than Draco at 50 odd. So grateful for the outcome and happy for you, your friend and your loved ones Mike :)
Like many thousands of fans, I learned of this while I was at OSH and didn't see this until now. I was instantly glad to hear that you guys were ok (altitude is definitely everyone's friend!) and on top of the way you handled the emergency. I'm also so impressed with the way you put this video together. You gave us all the details we all wanted to know in a concise package, as well as sharing your heartfelt descriptions of what it was like to go through it. More great lessons for us all to share. Thanks, Mike. Glad you made it. Love ya, brother.
What an incredible professional pilot!! Blown away how well you handled it, but guess it should be no surprise with how you carry yourself. Gliding from 20k + through a cloud deck dead stick is something I would never like to experience. You are an inspiration and we could certainly all learn something from your training and dedication.
Nobody wants to see one of their own struggle or die in the aviation community. So happy for this very positive outcome Mike. Practice makes perfect and you did a fine job given the circumstances. Loved that you had time at altitude to digest what you needed to do. Praise God, hug your family and friends!
You sounded so calm Mike, even if your heart was pitter-pattering like crazy - so well handled and hats off to ATC for helping without swamping - great teamwork. Hope you are enjoying a beer now!
Mike, this video is a great contribution to the entire aviation community. Thank you for that and all you have shared over the years. By including all those details and capturing the experience while it was still fresh is truly invaluable. Having made that "two souls" call myself, I can say it puts things in perspective even when you dedicate yourself to staying on top of safety and maintaining proficiency as you clearly do.
Thanks for this video, Mike. Pilots everywhere can learn from this about training, flight prep., emergency procedures, regular startup, flight and maintenance procedures, etc. Definitely an eye-opener! I never actually flew much (700 hrs), but when you talked about ATC asking "how many souls on board?" Man, that hit hard. I can only imagine what you felt right then. Very happy everything turned out like it did, and that Garmin system is unbelievable!!
As a 63 year old machinal/electrical/avionics engineer, this video was an interesting and emotional watch. So glad you and your co-pilot are safe. Get back to work!
So sorry to hear of your catastrophic engine failure...Awesome to hear of the wonderful ending of a safe landing. God bless to you and all who helped make this story have a happy ending.
Hey Mike glad that the outcome was positive for you and your friend. You putting your ordeal on RUclips shows just how real life is, regardless of who you are, how well prepared you are, bad things happen indiscriminately and posting the reality of this incident will help save a pilots life one day and potentially any passengers. The more we share our bad experiences as well as the good, provides invaluable food for thought and awareness which IMO is the best outcome anyone could ask for. Enjoy Oshkosh, thank you for all you do for the world of aviation. The aviation family thanks you.
Hey Mike. Might seem silly to you, not knowing me, but I can say I'm grateful you're still kicking. Between Turbulence and Draco, I'm really glad you're still around, as you've been a great inspiration to me to show me what a man can do in this life. Keep building cool things and keep inspiring us to build things are worth building. Still rocking my "back to work scrappy" sticker on my laptop and wishing you the best.
I have had over 35 years in the PT6 and PW120,123,150A, and have never had a catastrophic failure. As Mike has said, they really are reliable. This is an outlier in terms of failures from my experience and you did a fantastic job Mike. Well done Sir!
I feel bad that Mike’s beautifully engineered Turbulence was damaged, but luckily for the aviation community he will undoubtably make it better than ever, and increase our knowledge 👍
Mike...object lesson on how to handle an emergency...Bloody good effort...huge respect...aviator legend. Primarily I am glad you are safe an no injuries resulted. This was a brilliant lesson on how to get through nan emergency. Bloody good job mate. You are an inspiration. We can all learn from you. Big BRAVO ZULU to you (Look it up, British Royal naval well done Call). What a guy WOW.
I'm glad everything worked out for you. If you haven't had an emergency while flying, you're not flying enough. I've been there. lost the engine over water. Yeah, and when I started seeing smok in the cockpit, that was a little scary Glided into marathon airport thank God, everything turned out good . I had my wife in the airplane That's what worry me the most.
Don't lose your way, Michael. Keep doing things as you always have. I met you years ago, before RUclips, and was humbled by your gift of insight and knowledge. That is one of the reasons that your videos that have veered off of the aviation path have never stopped me from watching. I am so happy that you guys are safe and Turbulence will fly again. I have also had inflight emergencies where ATC has gotten involved and I agree that a calming voice can not be beat, ever. Those guys don't get enough credit for what they do. Again, my friend, glad everything ended well. I can't wait to hear what Pratt has to say about the PT-6.
Wow, Mike - Jumping into the group of folks here who are glad you're OK. Very well done all the way down, and we appreciate your candidness and look forward to some analysis on this event. Small point early in the video after you made it to the ground: You thanked ATC, and others on freq offered congrats and a 'good job'. Speaks to the family of aviators out there who were listening. We're all lucky to play this game, and super happy you made it through this one.
Mike I commend you for such a perfectly handled critical emergency situation. My father gained nearly 30k hours as a captain for a major airline. As a pilot myself knowing the procedures required in this failure on top of the complex airframe as another variable you did absolutely phenomenal. Pat yourself on the back you deserve it my friend. You are one of the few that were born to fly it is who you are. Again great work im thankful you are safe and have shared this learing experience with us. Every pilot new to experienced can learn from this and from you. Happy flying, Kenny
As the safety manager of a commercial IFR single engine turbine operation here in Australia, this video is a great resource. Thanks for being so open Mike, I’ll be taking a really keen interest in seeing how this engine failed.
@billvandorn5332 seeing that a turbine engine has neither journals nor a crank, I would be quite certain that is not the case. I would guess turbine blade failure.
Glad you are safe. As a former military aviator in South Africa that experienced hydraulic failure in a Harvard (T6-Texan) and needed to do a hot re-light after a Impala Mk1 (Aermacchi MB-326) engine flamed out due to icing, I know how scary it can be but luckily our training saved us.
I flew sky divers for 18 years and always stayed within gliding distance of the airport. It was still frightening when I lost the engine and had to make it back to the airport without it.(6 times for various reasons) This story is nothing short of an amazing demonstration of calm professional pilotage on your part. I now as BushCat Darrell fly just Light Sport and also have a few RUclips videos of my adventures, just like you I always give credit to the folks at (Syracuse) approach control for their unwavering professional calm tone of voice providing us with the help we need to stay safe. I shook your hand at Sun N Fun and I am sure you don't remember me, but I remember you, and can't begin to tell you how glad I am you were able to make it down safely. Blue Skies my friend.
@@tyyamnitz8408 hauling Skydivers is hard on cylinders....had 4 of them fail in 18 years. Then, i freely admit my fault, I only carried enough gas to get up and back so a couple times on the way down the limited supply sloshed forward of the pickup in the tank and the engine quit. Once i leveled up the remaining fuel got me back to the gas pumps. But it was exciting at the time just the same to hear the engine quit. Hope that clears it up.
This one really was one of the best educational video's about emergency management I ever saw. Your intro was such a "real life" experience, it hit hard. Well done and I'm happy you guys made it without a scratch.
Wowsers…. My eyes welled up, when after you thanked ATC for the calm voices, there were several transmissions of others on frequency, “Glad you’re safe”, “Nice job MM”, “Good job”. These are probably complete strangers, yet they care. Aviation is indeed a community. Glad you and your best bud are safe. Glad you prepare and practice often. Glad you’re a safe aviator.
So glad you all are still here with us. One minor guess as to why it happened. If the engine ever had a minor prop strike, Even though there is no physical connection, it is possible to have the turbine blade strike the can. This causes the damage to the tips of the blades.
So glad you guys are safe. You’ve given more to the aviation community than most men and women could dream to, and you have so much more life to live. Keep flying and keep being you. God bless. ❤
Mike did such a great job of showing how long and terrifying that silent glide down was, my heart was pounding by the 2:00 glide mark. Glad your alive, please keep doing as such, your a important person.
Riviting Mike. I had the same thing happen back in '94 and landed in a lake...luckily on floats and ended just as well. Impressed by your professionalism and calm demeanor. Good job!
"But Mike, the prop and spinner are fine!" Man, you are the chosen one to provide real-world examples of aviation and other engineering feats. I am very glad that you and Josh survived this, and I bet Josh is very glad it was with YOU that he experienced this event. Cheers from Texas.
It's your calm demeanor while teaching about your experience that WILL save another pilot one day. Glad your ok Mike... You had an extra set of wings with you on that flight.
Currently in a 141 program and am so grateful for EP training. I brief my EP checklist every morning so I’m always prepared and able to safely make it on the ground back to my wife and baby. Mike your example of wise ADM and careful maintenance is vital to keeping GA alive. Thank you for all you do and know how relieved we are to watch this video instead of reading a heartbreaking accident report. God bless you and your family.
Dear brother Patey, I sure appreciate you and have enjoyed listening to your videos. After hearing this video, my heart was moved. I really pray for you. I thank Jesus Christ that there was no fire. I thank God that you landed your rocket safely and that both you and your co-pilot we're not hurt. I pray that you and your family and friends are all ready to meet the Lord when your time comes and I pray that it doesn't come prematurely. May God bless you brother please stay safe. Thank you.
Mike, you've been one of my personal inspirations ever since I discovered you several years ago, ever since I heard about you and the Flying Cowboys. You are the epitome of professionalism and proficiency. And cool-headedness! What a story! Thank God for your safety during this emergency.
I think some of this video should, and will be used in future flight training. From GA to commercial. A must have video that was made right after the incident. Super good Mike!
Thank god you are still with us Mike. You have too much to teach us, please stay safe and hug your family as much as you can mate. Much respect for you and what you do bro.
Glad you and your friend are safe. Your story and content is super valuable as it hits home on how crucial this is. I have my final stage check for my PPL tomorrow and have practiced my engine failures and emergency descent procedures over and over until it feels natural. Lucky for me it’s not real and I hope never have to do this. You managed this like a pro, great job and thanks for posting this.
Checkride passed! I have spent 3 days thinking about your engine out and getting turbulence on the ground. It has helped me tremendously with my thought process of engine out procedures and emergent issues. You kinda had the trifecta with engine out, loss of systems, and smoke in the cockpit and thank goodness you didn’t have a loss of control and all your control surfaces remained intact. I know you said you may switch some content to safety and I would love to see any of that content, perhaps have Pratt & Whitney would like to partner with you regarding that!
Well done, Mike - and well told. I was right there with you all the way down and could certainly relate to what you were feeling. I've been flying for 57 years and - primarily because I mostly fly VERY old antiques/test fly newly-restored "classics," & ferry-fly taildraggers to maintenance facilities - I've been through Twenty-One in-flight engine failures during my life. As a result, I treat EVERY circuit/pattern as a chance to practice Emergency Landings. I always come in high, chop the power turning base, then "nibble off" the altitude in slips - ALWAYS making sure I'm higher than I need to be right down to the "button." And - like you - I play the "If the engine quits now, where will I go" game all the time I'm in the air. So, when (not IF) an engine quits, I already know where I'm going and how I will get down. Two engine failures that stand out for me are: * 8,000' over the ocean, half-way from P.E.I. to Nova Scotia (16 miles) in Canada's oldest flying airplane {a 1929 Gipsy Moth}), the old Gipsy 1 engine started coming apart - then stopped. I had JUST enough altitude to glide to the N.S. coast and landed {UPHILL} on the first field past the beach! * A PERFECT example of what you're talking about occurred when a friend asked me to check out the Fleet Canuck he'd bought. It had JUST had a brand-new 0-200 installed and - TWO fresh annuals (one by the seller's AME and one by his OWN AME). BOTH said the plane was running PERFECTLY. After my OWN careful checks, I took off and had just turned downwind when the 0-200's front right rockers started coming apart and the engine quit. No biggy. I had enough height to land on the main runway (slip-nibbling all the way down), BUT... What NOBODY could believe was that this had happened to a BRAND-NEW, freshly-annualed {twice} Continental 0-200. So - YOU'RE RIGHT. For most Pilots, engine failures ARE rare, but they CAN happen to ANYONE flying ANYTHING. The answer - as you stated - is to Practice, Practice, Practice Emergency Landings whenever you can. Sincere kudos for handling your situation so well AND for sharing the details with your fellow Pilots so we can ALL benefit from your experience. All the best & cheers, Glenn Norman
Mike, I am so grateful that you are ok. You are doing so much good out there. Well done on that dead stick descent and approach through IMC. You stayed professional throughout. A true aviator. Proud of you.
So glad you both got her on the ground and your safe. My dad always taught his students don't panic stay cool. You fly the airplane don't let the airplane fly you. He passed at 94 years with over 35,000 hours. Needless to say he put a few back down with out an engine. Listening to you and ATC, that's about as cool and calm as it gets.
Glad you are home safe, Mike. Just from watching your channel for, well...since before Draco, I know that you will spend a lot of time pondering this, (you have already started the deep dive) and that you, and many other pilots and those involved in aviation will benefit from what ever lessons you are able to share with others once the investigation you are doing yourself is done, and Turbulence is back where she belongs, up in the sky. You are a great asset to the people who share your passion for machines of all kinds. I am certain your redoubled focus on safety will be a good thing in the long term.
Essentially you’re a test pilot in the planes you fly that’s why there designated EXPERIMENTAL. I’d expect it to happen again if we’re in your shoes. Glad you’re okay!
When people who are out as an icon of flying, share these emergency events. It’s huge for the community to remember it’s not just fun it’s a serious skill. Glad your ok guys.
Thank god you're safe Mike. Thank you for taking educating us so seriously. You conveyed the seriousness of this situation perfectly while also giving us the information needed. You're awesome
What an experience. On an Aegis Cruiser we have four (4) LM-2500 Gas Turbine Engines at about 25,000SHP ea. We lost 2B on the way back to Norfolk coming home from Puerto Rico in the middle of the Sargossa Sea in the Bermuda Triangle. I was sitting in my console in CIC and felt it, heard it (muffled boom), and later the engineers had a pan of small pieced on the Mess Decks so you could go pick up your piece of 2B. We had the same experience in maintenance and operations with no warning. She just blew. Since we had three more turbine with two on the other shaft we had no problems getting home (NOB Norfolk). Great job on the safety brief. Keep going Mike!
Holy crap man, glad you kept a cool head and brought her down gently! What a story, glad you’re still with us! You are one of my inspirational figures to become a professional pilot, so glad y’all are ok…. Wow
Dude. 13:48 sent legitimate CHILLS through me and sank my stomach! Awesome to hear you're shifting your focus even more to safety. A lot of people punch holes in that lucky-to-be-alive card until it's confetti. Glad you're okay, man. Stay awesome and stay safe.
Mike... I'm an old Utah boy and I've always been in love with aviation but never had the cash to seriously explore, so I have been living vicariously through your adventures for years. This one was different though. Yes, I knew you were safe, but I couldn't help thinking "What if?" I've had moments in my life that were touch and go, and I often look back and realize just how lucky I am to be alive! Now you don't know me, so I'm surprised at just how emotional I became watching these videos. So Glad you trained and practiced all these years. God Bless Again! Love you brother!
Glad you’re alright, man. That’s one hell of a failure to be able to walk away from. Also glad the big man upstairs gave you some great problem solving skills
Through all the thoughts and emotions going through your mind, the second your engine failed, it was your professionalism, experience and knowledge of doing the correct procedures is what saved you and your co pilot. Kudos Mike, your an unbelievable guy, I’m glad your safe and the co pilot, I know you will dig deep into the engine to find the failed part and be sure to safety everything. Save travels brother. Back to work 💪🏻
Not a nice emergency to have to contend with. The main 1:23 thing is that you mastered the situation your skill and professionalism clearly helped you. Well done.
So happy to have you and your friend still with us Mike as lucky as you are not to have had a fire. I feel that your luck in life is born of being a great human being to everyone. Thank you again in the midst of everything milling around Scrappy last year at Osh for autographing the old black and white picture on the cowl of my grandpa's Aeronca. It's in a featured spot of my living room with an old wooden prop from one of his aircraft. Every little kind thing that you have done is a grace you deserve returned.
Turbine engines don't always "whisper little things". I know. I've been on board two separate C-130s that had catastrophic engine failures. There were no indications prior to failure, and THAT is more the way things happen in turbine powered aircraft. This is what happens when the engine rotates at 10K-30K rpm. 38 year A&P, here, with almost all my experience on heavy turbine-powered aircraft. I am very glad you made it to an airfield, and I'm also glad you were up so high, enabling you to get to a runway. Good job, Mike.
Mike , so glad you and your friend are safe. You are such an inspirational person , pilot , engineer and aviation enthusiast . Prayers for your continued safety . Ontario Canada .
Thank God your still here talking to us. It might be time to consider safety stuff. I'm thinking about what experienced pilots don't do as "right" as they should. You tell us that your engines will typically "talk" to you. That's an interesting subject to explore. I've found the same phenomena in car engines ( I'd driven back and forth across the US for about 12 years-now retired). When it was time for something new, I called it before it could hurt me. When you know, you know.
You’re a beast brother. Glad you’re ok.
I hope to see you at EAA with that MODCUB too!
Exactly.
Declaring a Emergency and his voice is as claim as a home build video.
Would love to see you at osh
Thanks brother, looking forward to getting together soon
I think this was a major wake up call for any pilots who think they're ready for a catastrophe... hope this NEVER happens to you! But be ready if it does.
As a decade-long career air traffic controller, this is exactly what we train for. We aren’t paid for what we do everyday. We are paid for what we can do that One Day. Great work to Rochester Approach and glad you made down safe.
You guys are awesome!
I always pick up flight following
And I love the professionalism and safety!
As an Aerospace Metallurgist I would say a single blade failure. Could be an inclusion acted as a stress riser which led to the failure. Blade forge operations go through rigorous testing regime and there were failures in the very early days development but nowadays unheard of. Kudos to you Mike , kept calm came to a safe conclusion.
Thank you for all you do!
I know absolutely nothing about your field, But every time I see a video like this I am thoroughly impressed. You guys are hands down the best and most concise communicators and that's what makes you all so great. Keep doing what you do
It was nice seeing this, especially after what has been going on with some of the west coast controllers.
We're glad you landed safely and appreciate the kind words for our team members.🚒🛩📻
and we appreciate you for bringing him back
Heck yeah, kudo's ATC. You're the best.!
Great job to the Rochester ATC!
Nice work guys!
💯👌👏
Aside from Mike's skills in aviation, he's also got an incredible gift to express the true emotion and passion of everything he does. You could feel the seriousness and passion through every second of this video. Glad you're safe, and really appreciate you sharing with us all.
His post flight breakdown when he crashed "Drago" is painfully beautiful as well. Takes a big man to be as humbled as he was then and now with "turbulence"
🤗🤗🤗
Did he officially declare an Emergency.. Dan Gryder hypes AQP for emergencies. Glad we have both Brothers intact.
Gives a meaning for Turbulence!
@@thereissomecoolstuff I'm certain towards the end of the video he said he declared an emergency plus they held traffic off the runways so he could circle down below the clouds and make use of any runway he needed, I can't imagine atc doing all that without a declared emergency
As flight engineer in the Air Force for 20 years. I went to far to many funerals for heros in their 20's and 30's. I flew on the UH-1N which also uses the PT6 although the 1969 version. So many emergencies throughout my career and one of the things FE's are taught is pilots are allowed to panic FE's are not. It took years to understand that and it simply means we needed to be the calm cool crew member to calm the pilots nerves in that moment. I later had a pilot tell me he was freaking out but my calm tone immediatly set him at ease. He didnt realize on the inside I was freaking out, and that was during a rescue. I have also been doing functional check flights in the left seat with pilots and smoked an engine. Thankfully not our fault but still sucks, it was an issue from depot years earlier. If you want some help on the safety side I would love to help, I was a safety professional in aviation, munitions, and ground safety. I am now retired in southern Idaho right around the corner from you.
You can spend 20 more but you never gonna understand... nothing else
Awesome story. In 12 years I had one engine failure in a single. The biggest thing that literally made me tear up was how many aircraft assisted my situation. An A330, Dash-8, Beech 1900, PC-12 a C130 and 2 helicopters were all involved in some way in assisting find me. It was absolutely amazing. 10 minutes after my forced landing in a remote location the Dash-8 and PC-12 had flown over my location to relay with SAR where I was and talk to me. When someone is in trouble, the aviation community steps up fast if they can.
The fact that the engine did not rip itself off the firewall speaks volumes of the quality of Mike’s engineering and building skills not to mention his piloting skills getting it back on the ground through IMC conditions. Wow!!!!
So Right, the shockloads from that kind of a failure must be pretty brutal .. I'm Very Very curious to hear what the "autopsy shop" has to say.
Amazing, Mike, and as an Air Traffic Controller, I always trained my personnel to always remember , that when a pilot declares an emergency, be calm, cool, and collective, cause you’re not in that airplane, so someone has to be on point, and ensuring all the appropriate people are contacted, and SAR, is initiated , trucks on the field ! Practice, and practical application is a must, until it becomes muscle memory, and as we say, safe, orderly, and expeditious !
calm, cool and "collective"?? That's like saying; calm, cool, and elevator.
the word for having ones "ducks in a row" is ----> c o l l e c T E D
@@manifold1476your are really going to be an ass hat for a typo that was probably from autocorrect?
As a recent air crash survivor I am very happy you had a positive outcome. I lost my engine at 8,500ft during a climb in a little Cessna 150 unfortunately the ground was at 7,000 and I was over a forested area. Controlling the crash into 60ft Pine trees I survived with the aircraft coming to rest inverted and while substantially injured I recovered fully to fly professionally again within four months. The insurance company said they had never seen anyone survive a crash of this magnitude.
We have never spoke Mike but you said a few things using the same words I use and it kind of floored me. The biggest and best point you made, and I said this long before my accident and now say it to every pilot I can. The airplane will whisper to you that something is not right, sometimes long long before anything ever happens the trick is will you listen to it? Too often we try to rationalize by saying "oh this must be the new normal".....wrong! That was my case. I firmly believe a catastrophic engine failure without any prior warning is very rare. Your incident is certainly one of the outliers. I appreciate your comments on turbo props, I fly both Garrett and PT-6, and who knows how these engines have been abused by incompetent pilots. Fly safe Mike and thank you very much for making this video, it may save a life.
Fly professionally within 4 months? After that "controlled crash"? ROFLMAO. The insurance company never heard of anybody managing to turn "engine loss" into an "inverted" crash into a "forest" with only 1500 feet to "fall".
You are an amazing man.
Thank you for sharing the experience and especially approaching them with calmness and a clear logical thought process.
Good luck with all your future endeavours
I'll never fly a 150/152 again. two failures in 3 years. in 2000 hours nothing else failed on me.
@@enginerdy ... same way a Corolla never gets it's oil changed...cheap will be cheap.
What made your crash so crazy? If it’s a big insurer I would imagine they deal with Cessnas ending up in trees a lot
Mike, I’m a long time watcher, and would like to welcome you to our very exclusive and small club. A PT6 catastrophic failure with a split containment ring.
Mine was a PT6A-34. Fortunately, I had two of them. When the fire was out (yes fire, thank heavens I had extinguishing), I was able to look out and see through the engine cover (which had an new 10 inch hole in it) straight into the compressor section, of which half was missing. The engine lining and containment ring, made for just this purpose failed at its only job, and had split and curled or peeled back, similar to yours, leaving a 6 inch hole in the engine. I was told by P&W Canada that I should buy a lottery ticket, as this was one of the most rare events they had ever seen.
I will admit to being grateful for having the two engines as I was 250 NM from land over the Arctic Ocean in the summer, and knew the other would get me to land. A pretty funny part to the story was before we landed, we received a relayed message from Transport Canada asking us to send them an oil sample on landing. In was must have been my attempt to regain my composure, I sent the message back that if TC wanted an oil sample, they were going to have to get a boat as all my oil was either burned, or sitting 200 miles out it the middle of the ocean, because I don’t have any.😅
In the end, the newly hot sectioned engine had an improperly installed oil seal bearing (at the rebuild shop), and this was not in anyway an actually P&W problem, just my problem. NORAD (Canada and the USA) had been running PT6-20s in the 60s and 70s and 80s running generators on the DEW line in Northern Canada. Because they weren’t used for aviation, regular limit observance weren’t used, and I was told many of them were running continuously and only shut down once a year for maintenance. That means running 9000 hours a years.
The most sobering moment for me was when maintenance asked me to come and look at something. There, embedded in the acrylic side cockpit window was a single blade that went through the first of two panes, about 3 inches from my temple. That brought it really home for how badly this could have gone for me and my family. I endeavoured since then to always stay as far away from “the line” as I can. Trouble finds you even when you’re not looking.
I now fly B787 Dreamliners, and to this day have a slightly elevated confidence in my abilities to survive that day, and a commitment to my passengers and crew that if ever there could be something done to save the day, I’d make sure I knew how to do it.
I’m glad your OK, and I believe you when you say you’re going to make sure to learn whatever lessons this can teach you.
How about getting an entire aircraft Parachute !
How about some kind of fire Suppression System too !
Thank you for posting this, I hope Mike read it, great read.
As someone who makes his living flying behind a 1700HP PT6, this video’s a vivid reminder that yes, even PT6’s can and do occasionally quit. Glad you got her down safe!
1700 HP? Which bird is that?
@@lanceweaver5228 Air tractor, probably
You have an exciting life/job. I make my living behind a high hp computer, it’s far more boring than you could imagine.
It's pretty surprising to see, all the PT-6's throughout the years I've flown or been around, this is the first catastrophic failure I've seen with no apparent reason. Plenty of Garrett engines disintegrating (the cause was found to be a shady overhaul shop), no PT-6's though. They have a great track record, but I still scout out a few spots to put her in at every field I work just in case. No altitude to speak of for the most part, and it's not like we're punching holes through the sky with a plane that has "tractor" in its name LOL
Wow! I’m so glad you both are safe.
Luckily, he made it to the airport - and didn't need your expertise😉
Greetings from Germany!!
Metal fatigue and one of the blades let go. I had this experience 10 times in 27T hrs of flight. Lost two engines on the B727 the same trip. As you said, someone abused the three engines. Previous crew left the fuel heat on for take off…. The engines overheated and they returned to the Airport… booked of the flight and the called us… no one reported the overheat condition… we departed to the high Arctic… as we returned from our destination one of the engines gave us the warning indicating high oil temperature. Shut down the troubled engine… 30 minutes later the next engined indicated high oil t… the third was running hotter then normal.. 200 miles to the next Airport. We thought if the next one failed we can restart the first one we shut down… finally on final approach on one engine and higher than normal oil temp. We started the first one again and operated it in the idle position… successfully landing on two crippled engines. So, to all pilots… if you f#$& up be honest and report the full story… In this case we had half the plane with passengers the other half was freight plus 6 crew member. Never respected the three pilots that returned to the Airport without reporting the details….
@@meissert Is there any chance to find out by inspecting the engine?
I'm a car guy and know little about this.
You have a whole fleet of angels watching over you Mike. P&W is definitely gonna want to go over that engine in detail. Not a typical PT6 failure at all.
Mike I join the chorus of fans and fellow aviators who are glad you are safe and Turbulence will live to fly another day. Your professionalism, your full disclosure, transparency and honest emotion in sharing this with us confirms that you are everything we believe you to be. A pilots pilot who loves aviation and wants to share it with all who care to listen. Thanks!!!!
CobraPilot45
The fact you made it safely to the ground, is testimony to solid engineering and calm management.
Hats off to that ATC controller, he understood and provided everything you needed. It’s great the plane stayed together and after that its good you had the time to plan and fly to an A/P and plan the approach. Would be great to know your TAS when she let go.
Oh man, i'm glad you're ok. Planes can be fixed, you're unique. Shame it happened, but that's how things go sometimes. You can plan for the worst, but the worst can end up surprising you when you least expect. Hope Turbulence is going to be easy to fix, i know it's not gonna be cheap, but you have the knowhow, you built that plane. Stay safe Mike, you represent so much for grassroots aviation and more than anything else, for your family, first and foremost.
edit: and your friend was on board. Woof, what a situation. I know from experience that for someone like you, having someone else's life depend on your actions weighs down on you like the weight of the world. My uncle was like that, and he'd be down for days whenever something like that happened. It's never easy. Again, happy you're both ok.
Hearing the words “how many souls on board” made a giant lump in my throat, hard to swallow. Certainly caused a momentary pause of how real this is and then, back to work. I so wanted to be alone right when he said that. In the end, it was nice to have my friend josh there. he was calm and confident we would get down safe. Comforting friend for sure.
@@MikePatey Aye. Shattering words for sure. Good thing that Josh knew to help you in the best way. Well, i'm glad you both got out. You were both kissed by an angel and got back on the ground safe. Everyone involved in this was excellent and an example of what aviation is all about.
I had a PT6A explode on me at night over the English Channel in a US Navy Super King Air back in the 90’s. I had just joined the squadron after being. P3 driver and had gone through transition training which involved multiple simulated engine failures. I was left seat so I ran through the checklist, turned around and started descending back to base. Plenty of power on the good engine and uneventful ILS into Mildenhall. The PIC pretty much froze the whole way through. I reckon he had the disadvantage of flying in this plane without any incident for years and so had become de-conditioned to the possibility of a fireball coming out the PT6 as it disintegrated. Good job on handling the no-power situation!
Thank God you are both safe! You're a skilled pilot and an amazing builder/ engineer. So glad you're safe. Mike Patey; as far as I'm concerned, You are a national Treasure!
Mate and internationally loved too all the way down nz we love him too
@@Bullshit1011and north in Canada
Hey Mike…..I have over 10,000 hours behind a PT-6 and I’ve never had one problem flying behind that engine. I can’t imagine what you went through and what caused the explosion. I always was very careful on startup so as to not hot start the engine. You, my friend are a great aviator and I’m so happy things turned out well for you. You did everything right. Glad you’re ok buddy!
FAA just issued an emergency AD for PT blades coming apart in these engines... wonder if this is related? Perhaps P&W replaced the blades when they serviced it and you got some of the bad ones.
AD was issued Feb 16.
I appreciate you sharing shortly after the incident because it captured your raw state; your emotions were still on your sleeve. My basic impression is that you had good equipment and you know your equipment well. This should and will be a case study for the flying community. Thanks again for keeping us, the viewer, close to the action.
"Souls on board" .. my heart is in my throat ... Mike, you are the most safety oriented person I know, even when pushing boundaries of design and performance, safety is forefront in all you do .. so glad that you and your friend are safe .. I hope you take the needed time to heal and absorb all this .. Josh , thank you for calmness and professionalism , and Mike, we love you
YOLO
Sounds like your turbine had stress fractures that couldn’t hold on any longer and it finally failed. 31,000 RPM’s found the fault. Glad you are ok. Textbook emergency planning, conservation of battery life, glide, approach, communication, and landing. BRAVO! 👍🏻
Catastrophic engine failure at that altitude was properly better than some intermittent engine failure. When it exploded, it eliminated any need to consider restart procedures, and allowed you to focus in quickly on getting the plane on the ground safely. I've seen several incidents where intermittent engine problems caused people to come up short, second guess life saving decisions, etc. While definitely not a good thing whatsoever, it was good that it was no questioning or second guessing what you needed to do. Land the plane safely. That was the goal from the get go, and you absolutely nailed it. 👏 👏
Wow! Glad you're safe! YES! A video on starting these engines would be great!! Yes, I see video's of folks starting these with parameters all over the place from each other. Once again, glad you're safe!! EDIT: I, and I'm sure many others would love to see a tear down and analysis of findings....Thanks for sharing your knowledge.
I am fairly sure Pratt and Whitney will want to find out what happened along with everyone else.
@@jginmt I said that, captain redundant. Thank you for your affirmation.
Always use your checklist.
My initial guess? A rotor disc let go. Consistent with the shrapnel, instant lockup of the engine, and explosive-like event.
Mike, first and absolutely foremost I am thankful that you and Josh made it through this ordeal. I've met you at OSH (like so many others have) and beyond your mind boggling knowledge, work ethic, and passion, you remain one of the nicest, most humble people I've met.
I'd also like to say it's amazing you were composed enough and had the desire to put together this video immediately after the incident. I agree with many others who have commented here; this video will indeed help the aviation community in many ways and you are commended for putting it out there in such a complete, concise, descriptive manner to make the necessary points in your usual professional way. Not a video you would have chosen to have to make for certain but one that has great importance and will make an impact to many. So thank you for that.
So happy you are here to continue the passion. Peace brother.
I’m so relieved that you are still here with us and able to take the time after such a stressful event to update your viewers and fans.
Glad you made it out of that Mike. Good to see your still with us.
I sounds like maybe a PT2 blade was bad when the engine was made, maybe an imperceptible flaw in a blade that finally made itself known. Would love to hear what P&W finds when they do the autopsy of the engine. Please make a video for that. I'm glad you are safe and sound, although, I knew you were okay, because I watched you videos out of order. You have built a stunning airplane. May you have nothing but clear skies and a tailwind where and whenever you fly.
Aviation fans fly on your wings! We're glad you all have come through this event safe and sound.
Given that we were watching a mini series on the evolution of Turbulence, this was absolutely shocking. And when I heard the intro, my heart was in my mouth. So glad your skills and a blend of good fortune in terms of the airframe and flight controls remaining worthy, resulted in such a relief. And I never realized was a crazy touch down speed Turbulence had! Great shot of you touching down too. And good to see Turbulence in better shape after a mishap at 30,000 than Draco at 50 odd. So grateful for the outcome and happy for you, your friend and your loved ones Mike :)
Like many thousands of fans, I learned of this while I was at OSH and didn't see this until now. I was instantly glad to hear that you guys were ok (altitude is definitely everyone's friend!) and on top of the way you handled the emergency. I'm also so impressed with the way you put this video together. You gave us all the details we all wanted to know in a concise package, as well as sharing your heartfelt descriptions of what it was like to go through it. More great lessons for us all to share. Thanks, Mike. Glad you made it. Love ya, brother.
What an incredible professional pilot!! Blown away how well you handled it, but guess it should be no surprise with how you carry yourself. Gliding from 20k + through a cloud deck dead stick is something I would never like to experience. You are an inspiration and we could certainly all learn something from your training and dedication.
Nobody wants to see one of their own struggle or die in the aviation community. So happy for this very positive outcome Mike. Practice makes perfect and you did a fine job given the circumstances. Loved that you had time at altitude to digest what you needed to do. Praise God, hug your family and friends!
So glad you’re both okay, you are so calm in the worst possible situation: a true professional and a consummate AVIATOR!
You sounded so calm Mike, even if your heart was pitter-pattering like crazy - so well handled and hats off to ATC for helping without swamping - great teamwork. Hope you are enjoying a beer now!
Mike, this video is a great contribution to the entire aviation community. Thank you for that and all you have shared over the years. By including all those details and capturing the experience while it was still fresh is truly invaluable. Having made that "two souls" call myself, I can say it puts things in perspective even when you dedicate yourself to staying on top of safety and maintaining proficiency as you clearly do.
Thanks for this video, Mike. Pilots everywhere can learn from this about training, flight prep., emergency procedures, regular startup, flight and maintenance procedures, etc. Definitely an eye-opener! I never actually flew much (700 hrs), but when you talked about ATC asking "how many souls on board?" Man, that hit hard. I can only imagine what you felt right then. Very happy everything turned out like it did, and that Garmin system is unbelievable!!
As a 63 year old machinal/electrical/avionics engineer, this video was an interesting and emotional watch. So glad you and your co-pilot are safe. Get back to work!
So glad to hear you’re safe.
So sorry to hear of your catastrophic engine failure...Awesome to hear of the wonderful ending of a safe landing. God bless to you and all who helped make this story have a happy ending.
Hey Mike glad that the outcome was positive for you and your friend. You putting your ordeal on RUclips shows just how real life is, regardless of who you are, how well prepared you are, bad things happen indiscriminately and posting the reality of this incident will help save a pilots life one day and potentially any passengers. The more we share our bad experiences as well as the good, provides invaluable food for thought and awareness which IMO is the best outcome anyone could ask for. Enjoy Oshkosh, thank you for all you do for the world of aviation. The aviation family thanks you.
Hey Mike. Might seem silly to you, not knowing me, but I can say I'm grateful you're still kicking. Between Turbulence and Draco, I'm really glad you're still around, as you've been a great inspiration to me to show me what a man can do in this life.
Keep building cool things and keep inspiring us to build things are worth building.
Still rocking my "back to work scrappy" sticker on my laptop and wishing you the best.
I have had over 35 years in the PT6 and PW120,123,150A, and have never had a catastrophic failure. As Mike has said, they really are reliable. This is an outlier in terms of failures from my experience and you did a fantastic job Mike. Well done Sir!
I feel bad that Mike’s beautifully engineered Turbulence was damaged, but luckily for the aviation community he will undoubtably make it better than ever, and increase our knowledge 👍
Wouldn't be surprised if the new motor is stronger too ....
@@fredbugden6935 I was thinking the same thing
Watch him put a Rolls-Royce T1000 in the next one. "Guys, you'll never believe where I fit the fuel. Back to work!"
@@kevintoews5656 It sure would be hard to see out the canopy, but if anybody could do it would be Mike 😆
Mike...object lesson on how to handle an emergency...Bloody good effort...huge respect...aviator legend. Primarily I am glad you are safe an no injuries resulted. This was a brilliant lesson on how to get through nan emergency. Bloody good job mate. You are an inspiration. We can all learn from you. Big BRAVO ZULU to you (Look it up, British Royal naval well done Call). What a guy WOW.
I'm glad everything worked out for you. If you haven't had an emergency while flying, you're not flying enough. I've been there.
lost the engine over water. Yeah, and when I started seeing smok in the cockpit, that was a little scary Glided into marathon airport thank God, everything turned out good . I had my wife in the airplane That's what worry me the most.
Don't lose your way, Michael. Keep doing things as you always have. I met you years ago, before RUclips, and was humbled by your gift of insight and knowledge. That is one of the reasons that your videos that have veered off of the aviation path have never stopped me from watching. I am so happy that you guys are safe and Turbulence will fly again. I have also had inflight emergencies where ATC has gotten involved and I agree that a calming voice can not be beat, ever. Those guys don't get enough credit for what they do. Again, my friend, glad everything ended well. I can't wait to hear what Pratt has to say about the PT-6.
Wow, Mike - Jumping into the group of folks here who are glad you're OK. Very well done all the way down, and we appreciate your candidness and look forward to some analysis on this event. Small point early in the video after you made it to the ground: You thanked ATC, and others on freq offered congrats and a 'good job'. Speaks to the family of aviators out there who were listening. We're all lucky to play this game, and super happy you made it through this one.
Mike I commend you for such a perfectly handled critical emergency situation. My father gained nearly 30k hours as a captain for a major airline. As a pilot myself knowing the procedures required in this failure on top of the complex airframe as another variable you did absolutely phenomenal. Pat yourself on the back you deserve it my friend. You are one of the few that were born to fly it is who you are.
Again great work im thankful you are safe and have shared this learing experience with us. Every pilot new to experienced can learn from this and from you.
Happy flying,
Kenny
Your calm and professionalism made this look much easier than it was. Rule #1, Fly the airplane was always your priority. Glad your safe.
As the safety manager of a commercial IFR single engine turbine operation here in Australia, this video is a great resource. Thanks for being so open Mike, I’ll be taking a really keen interest in seeing how this engine failed.
I was wondering about a forensic analysis on that motor. If I were to guess it'd be one of the journals for the crank
@billvandorn5332 seeing that a turbine engine has neither journals nor a crank, I would be quite certain that is not the case. I would guess turbine blade failure.
@thebigmacd 😂
Glad you are safe. As a former military aviator in South Africa that experienced hydraulic failure in a Harvard (T6-Texan) and needed to do a hot re-light after a Impala Mk1 (Aermacchi MB-326) engine flamed out due to icing, I know how scary it can be but luckily our training saved us.
I flew sky divers for 18 years and always stayed within gliding distance of the airport. It was still frightening when I lost the engine and had to make it back to the airport without it.(6 times for various reasons) This story is nothing short of an amazing demonstration of calm professional pilotage on your part. I now as BushCat Darrell fly just Light Sport and also have a few RUclips videos of my adventures, just like you I always give credit to the folks at (Syracuse) approach control for their unwavering professional calm tone of voice providing us with the help we need to stay safe. I shook your hand at Sun N Fun and I am sure you don't remember me, but I remember you, and can't begin to tell you how glad I am you were able to make it down safely. Blue Skies my friend.
Good planning. You should ALWAYS be within gliding distance of a reasonable place.. good bad or grassy.
You’ve had 6 engine failures?
@@tyyamnitz8408 hauling Skydivers is hard on cylinders....had 4 of them fail in 18 years. Then, i freely admit my fault, I only carried enough gas to get up and back so a couple times on the way down the limited supply sloshed forward of the pickup in the tank and the engine quit. Once i leveled up the remaining fuel got me back to the gas pumps. But it was exciting at the time just the same to hear the engine quit. Hope that clears it up.
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This one really was one of the best educational video's about emergency management I ever saw. Your intro was such a "real life" experience, it hit hard. Well done and I'm happy you guys made it without a scratch.
Wowsers…. My eyes welled up, when after you thanked ATC for the calm voices, there were several transmissions of others on frequency, “Glad you’re safe”, “Nice job MM”, “Good job”. These are probably complete strangers, yet they care. Aviation is indeed a community. Glad you and your best bud are safe. Glad you prepare and practice often. Glad you’re a safe aviator.
So glad you all are still here with us. One minor guess as to why it happened. If the engine ever had a minor prop strike, Even though there is no physical connection, it is possible to have the turbine blade strike the can. This causes the damage to the tips of the blades.
So glad you guys are safe. You’ve given more to the aviation community than most men and women could dream to, and you have so much more life to live. Keep flying and keep being you. God bless. ❤
Gald you are alright sir. I don't know if your a praying man but I am really happy to see you safe!
Blessings in Him,
Dave
Mike did such a great job of showing how long and terrifying that silent glide down was, my heart was pounding by the 2:00 glide mark. Glad your alive, please keep doing as such, your a important person.
As always, Mike, great respect for your skill and for your humility.
Riviting Mike. I had the same thing happen back in '94 and landed in a lake...luckily on floats and ended just as well. Impressed by your professionalism and calm demeanor. Good job!
"But Mike, the prop and spinner are fine!" Man, you are the chosen one to provide real-world examples of aviation and other engineering feats. I am very glad that you and Josh survived this, and I bet Josh is very glad it was with YOU that he experienced this event. Cheers from Texas.
It's your calm demeanor while teaching about your experience that WILL save another pilot one day. Glad your ok Mike... You had an extra set of wings with you on that flight.
You did what every pilot should do in an emergency. That is to stay calm and fly the plane. Good job Mike 👍
Currently in a 141 program and am so grateful for EP training. I brief my EP checklist every morning so I’m always prepared and able to safely make it on the ground back to my wife and baby.
Mike your example of wise ADM and careful maintenance is vital to keeping GA alive.
Thank you for all you do and know how relieved we are to watch this video instead of reading a heartbreaking accident report. God bless you and your family.
Dear brother Patey,
I sure appreciate you and have enjoyed listening to your videos. After hearing this video, my heart was moved. I really pray for you. I thank Jesus Christ that there was no fire. I thank God that you landed your rocket safely and that both you and your co-pilot we're not hurt. I pray that you and your family and friends are all ready to meet the Lord when your time comes and I pray that it doesn't come prematurely. May God bless you brother please stay safe. Thank you.
Mike, you've been one of my personal inspirations ever since I discovered you several years ago, ever since I heard about you and the Flying Cowboys. You are the epitome of professionalism and proficiency. And cool-headedness! What a story! Thank God for your safety during this emergency.
I think some of this video should, and will be used in future flight training. From GA to commercial. A must have video that was made right after the incident. Super good Mike!
Thank god you are still with us Mike.
You have too much to teach us, please stay safe and hug your family as much as you can mate. Much respect for you and what you do bro.
Glad you and your friend are safe. Your story and content is super valuable as it hits home on how crucial this is. I have my final stage check for my PPL tomorrow and have practiced my engine failures and emergency descent procedures over and over until it feels natural. Lucky for me it’s not real and I hope never have to do this. You managed this like a pro, great job and thanks for posting this.
Congratulations on your checkride tomorrow my friend. Go get ‘em
Checkride passed! I have spent 3 days thinking about your engine out and getting turbulence on the ground. It has helped me tremendously with my thought process of engine out procedures and emergent issues. You kinda had the trifecta with engine out, loss of systems, and smoke in the cockpit and thank goodness you didn’t have a loss of control and all your control surfaces remained intact. I know you said you may switch some content to safety and I would love to see any of that content, perhaps have Pratt & Whitney would like to partner with you regarding that!
Well done, Mike - and well told.
I was right there with you all the way down and could certainly relate to what you were feeling.
I've been flying for 57 years and - primarily because I mostly fly VERY old antiques/test fly newly-restored "classics," & ferry-fly taildraggers to maintenance facilities - I've been through Twenty-One in-flight engine failures during my life.
As a result, I treat EVERY circuit/pattern as a chance to practice Emergency Landings.
I always come in high, chop the power turning base, then "nibble off" the altitude in slips - ALWAYS making sure I'm higher than I need to be right down to the "button."
And - like you - I play the "If the engine quits now, where will I go" game all the time I'm in the air.
So, when (not IF) an engine quits, I already know where I'm going and how I will get down.
Two engine failures that stand out for me are:
* 8,000' over the ocean, half-way from P.E.I. to Nova Scotia (16 miles) in Canada's oldest flying airplane {a 1929 Gipsy Moth}), the old Gipsy 1 engine started coming apart - then stopped. I had JUST enough altitude to glide to the N.S. coast and landed {UPHILL} on the first field past the beach!
* A PERFECT example of what you're talking about occurred when a friend asked me to check out the Fleet Canuck he'd bought. It had JUST had a brand-new 0-200 installed and - TWO fresh annuals (one by the seller's AME and one by his OWN AME).
BOTH said the plane was running PERFECTLY.
After my OWN careful checks, I took off and had just turned downwind when the 0-200's front right rockers started coming apart and the engine quit. No biggy. I had enough height to land on the main runway (slip-nibbling all the way down), BUT...
What NOBODY could believe was that this had happened to a BRAND-NEW, freshly-annualed {twice} Continental 0-200.
So - YOU'RE RIGHT.
For most Pilots, engine failures ARE rare, but they CAN happen to ANYONE flying ANYTHING.
The answer - as you stated - is to Practice, Practice, Practice Emergency Landings whenever you can.
Sincere kudos for handling your situation so well AND for sharing the details with your fellow Pilots so we can ALL benefit from your experience.
All the best & cheers,
Glenn Norman
Mike, I am so grateful that you are ok. You are doing so much good out there. Well done on that dead stick descent and approach through IMC. You stayed professional throughout. A true aviator. Proud of you.
So glad you both got her on the ground and your safe. My dad always taught his students don't panic stay cool. You fly the airplane don't let the airplane fly you. He passed at 94 years with over 35,000 hours. Needless to say he put a few back down with out an engine. Listening to you and ATC, that's about as cool and calm as it gets.
Mike, I started flying in 1975. You are one of the most safety-conscience, and humble pilots. Blue Skies, Sir.
Glad you are home safe, Mike. Just from watching your channel for, well...since before Draco, I know that you will spend a lot of time pondering this, (you have already started the deep dive) and that you, and many other pilots and those involved in aviation will benefit from what ever lessons you are able to share with others once the investigation you are doing yourself is done, and Turbulence is back where she belongs, up in the sky. You are a great asset to the people who share your passion for machines of all kinds.
I am certain your redoubled focus on safety will be a good thing in the long term.
Not a pilot but the calmness of traffic control for the win. Love all those around you.
Essentially you’re a test pilot in the planes you fly that’s why there designated EXPERIMENTAL. I’d expect it to happen again if we’re in your shoes. Glad you’re okay!
When people who are out as an icon of flying, share these emergency events. It’s huge for the community to remember it’s not just fun it’s a serious skill. Glad your ok guys.
Thank god you're safe Mike. Thank you for taking educating us so seriously. You conveyed the seriousness of this situation perfectly while also giving us the information needed. You're awesome
What an experience. On an Aegis Cruiser we have four (4) LM-2500 Gas Turbine Engines at about 25,000SHP ea. We lost 2B on the way back to Norfolk coming home from Puerto Rico in the middle of the Sargossa Sea in the Bermuda Triangle. I was sitting in my console in CIC and felt it, heard it (muffled boom), and later the engineers had a pan of small pieced on the Mess Decks so you could go pick up your piece of 2B. We had the same experience in maintenance and operations with no warning. She just blew. Since we had three more turbine with two on the other shaft we had no problems getting home (NOB Norfolk).
Great job on the safety brief. Keep going Mike!
Holy crap man, glad you kept a cool head and brought her down gently! What a story, glad you’re still with us! You are one of my inspirational figures to become a professional pilot, so glad y’all are ok…. Wow
I got something in my eye just as you were thanking ATC for their professionalism. What a coincidence. Well put together video too. 👏🏼
Dude. 13:48 sent legitimate CHILLS through me and sank my stomach! Awesome to hear you're shifting your focus even more to safety. A lot of people punch holes in that lucky-to-be-alive card until it's confetti. Glad you're okay, man. Stay awesome and stay safe.
It’s great blessing you boys are on the ground safe. Goosebump worthy for sure.
thank God you’re safe Mike.
God bless you.🙏🏼
Mike... I'm an old Utah boy and I've always been in love with aviation but never had the cash to seriously explore, so I have been living vicariously through your adventures for years. This one was different though. Yes, I knew you were safe, but I couldn't help thinking "What if?" I've had moments in my life that were touch and go, and I often look back and realize just how lucky I am to be alive! Now you don't know me, so I'm surprised at just how emotional I became watching these videos. So Glad you trained and practiced all these years. God Bless Again! Love you brother!
Glad you’re alright, man. That’s one hell of a failure to be able to walk away from. Also glad the big man upstairs gave you some great problem solving skills
We're all glad you're safe. Thanks for sharing your experience.
Through all the thoughts and emotions going through your mind, the second your engine failed, it was your professionalism, experience and knowledge of doing the correct procedures is what saved you and your co pilot. Kudos Mike, your an unbelievable guy, I’m glad your safe and the co pilot, I know you will dig deep into the engine to find the failed part and be sure to safety everything. Save travels brother. Back to work 💪🏻
Not a nice emergency to have to contend with.
The main 1:23 thing is that you mastered the situation your skill and professionalism clearly helped you. Well done.
Once again, your humility is contagious. We're so glad you're okay.
What a story for years to come! You built it strong and it brought you home. All those well thought details paid off. I'm very glad for you.
I am so glad YOU are giving this report. You flew the plane. Your voice was incredibly controlled. This tops the honesty of all your videos. WOW!
So happy to have you and your friend still with us Mike as lucky as you are not to have had a fire. I feel that your luck in life is born of being a great human being to everyone. Thank you again in the midst of everything milling around Scrappy last year at Osh for autographing the old black and white picture on the cowl of my grandpa's Aeronca. It's in a featured spot of my living room with an old wooden prop from one of his aircraft. Every little kind thing that you have done is a grace you deserve returned.
Turbine engines don't always "whisper little things". I know. I've been on board two separate C-130s that had catastrophic engine failures. There were no indications prior to failure, and THAT is more the way things happen in turbine powered aircraft. This is what happens when the engine rotates at 10K-30K rpm. 38 year A&P, here, with almost all my experience on heavy turbine-powered aircraft. I am very glad you made it to an airfield, and I'm also glad you were up so high, enabling you to get to a runway. Good job, Mike.
Mike , so glad you and your friend are safe. You are such an inspirational person , pilot , engineer and aviation enthusiast . Prayers for your continued safety . Ontario Canada .
Thank God your still here talking to us. It might be time to consider safety stuff. I'm thinking about what experienced pilots don't do as "right" as they should. You tell us that your engines will typically "talk" to you. That's an interesting subject to explore. I've found the same phenomena in car engines ( I'd driven back and forth across the US for about 12 years-now retired). When it was time for something new, I called it before it could hurt me. When you know, you know.
Great to see you today
So glad y’all are safe and we’re all so grateful for your knowledge, wisdom, and love for aviation. Godspeed to you and yours, Mike!