did you ever actually had one? If so, did you manage to land back on the runway or was the plane OK after you put it in the bush? Beginners please spear me with your "crash landing simulation".
2007-07-25 01:00:19 · 5 answers · asked by Eagle Eye 2 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Aircraft
I've never had one but I'll share the experience of a friend of mine.
He was making a night flight out of Deer Valley Airport in Phoenix flying a Piper Arrow.
He was climbing through about 3,000 feet (1,500 AGL) and something broke in the fuel pump and clogged the fuel lines with debris (i.e. the standby fuel pump wasn't going to fix it).
By this time he was flying over downtown Phoenix at night and by some miracle was able to dodge the cars, power lines, and buildings and land on a city street (between buildings) without putting a scratch on the plane.
That this story had a happy seems so incredible that I wouldn't have believed it except I knew the guy and worked with him. Who would have thought you could make a forced landing in a congested downtown area and not even scratch the plane?
2007-07-25 02:05:37 · answer #1 · answered by Jim 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I had a sudden onset of a very rough running engine requiring immediate landing. With no viable options, I landed on the highway then immediately pushed the airplane off the highway into the shallow ditch beside it. Problem was identified as a foreign fluid which contaminated my fuel supply. I drained all the fuel out, and a kind motorist syphoned enough gas out of his vehicle for me to take off again and get the airplane home. The foreign fluid was never identified, but my entire fuel system ( that had been clean at inspection just two months prior) was so corroded that I almost didn't even get the core charge back fo my carburator (which had been overhauled at the aforementioned inspection) Cost of replacement parts was $2000, contaminate is suspected to be liquid fertilizer, some of which is extremely corrosive. No Idea who did it, but my fuel tanks now have locking gas caps on. Incidently, if you declare an emergency landing in Canada, you are not allowed to take off again until the Authorities gove you the OK...this I learned from this experience.
2007-07-25 11:56:34 · answer #2 · answered by al b 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I was flying a Cessna Aerobat when the plane's engine started to detonate. I was with an aerobatic instructor and he took over. We landed without problems.
We partially glided, coming in on limited power and after touchdown the engine stopped. There was a problem with the carburetor heat device, which was not working properly.
2007-07-25 08:13:20 · answer #3 · answered by kg 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
We had an engine fire warning right after takeoff. Continued our climb out and secured the engine. Returned to the airport without incident. Turned out to be a shorted engine fire detector loop. Felt kind of silly that I'd fired both extinguisher bottles but how was I to know? Other than that, in over sixteen thousand hours of flying including thirteen months in Vietnam, I've never lost an engine.
2007-07-25 16:40:54 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
I have had one in the CRJ. We were about 12000 ft over Oklahoma when one of our engine cowls came apart. We shut the engine down and landed in Tulsa. Other than missing pieces of the cowling and needing a new oil pressure sensor there was nothing wrong with the plane.
2007-07-25 11:48:46 · answer #5 · answered by IFlyGuy 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋