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01-27-2015, 09:12 AM | #1 |
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Pilot runs out of fuel, ditches plane in ocean
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Dramatic footage has surfaced of a pilot who was forced to ditch his plane Cirrus SR22 into the ocean after it ran out of fuel off the coast of Hawaii. www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZm_uNacqe0
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01-28-2015, 06:49 PM | #2 |
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Re: Pilot runs out of fuel, ditches plane in ocean
One might think that pulling the parachute in a dead stick would be less desireable than a water landing engine out...but the planes toast either way, so I am glad he deployed rather than risking flipping over. Saved by the chute
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02-27-2015, 09:11 AM | #3 |
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Re: Pilot runs out of fuel, ditches plane in ocean
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBCUQlF3MMU
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Re: Pilot runs out of fuel, ditches plane in ocean
Cirrus - designed to crash, so they installed chutes LOL jk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAWy9mjnrYM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0lWsqAwYwY
also an ultralight pilot pulled the chute over an Edmonton airport a couple weeks ago. But ultralights have had these chutes for decades now. Good idea too. hey here's a cool link to the Air Safety Institute videos. many fascinating case study documentaries of small aircraft crashes https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCq4...bzOsQsgxYKGd2A Last edited by bcsaltchucker; 02-28-2015 at 01:21 PM. |
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Re: Pilot runs out of fuel, ditches plane in ocean
Cool video, and some great links, thanks Scott! After video, I watched a skydiver sitting on the wing of an L-13 Blank glider, hanging out, enjoying the ride, through turns, what a blast that would be. I'll have to try that some day!
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Re: Pilot runs out of fuel, ditches plane in ocean
I am just glad that so many people that get into trouble decide to deploy the chute rather than taking their chances with an ocean ditching, or in the case of the fellow over Edmonton a deadstick approach into a decommissioned airport. The chute almost guarantees an upright survivable landing. Riding it down adds far more risk. Its a good technology.
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Re: Pilot runs out of fuel, ditches plane in ocean
For the most part, agree. I learned to fly gliders first, then power, and in gliders, every landing is a forced one! I'd certainly glide into a decommissioned runway over the chute. First time my power instructor tried to give me a practice forced landing, near Victoria, I went straight for a ridge, hit the lift, gained a couple of thousand feet, then asked him if he wanted me to land at Nanaimo Airport, or glide back to Victoria. Yup, I'm a bit of a smartass. Mountain flying though, man that chute is a great option. If you turned a corner, and got boxed into IFR, it's way better than slamming into the rocks nose first!
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so a little orographic lift around here can get a Cessna to gain significant altitude? But I just try to avoid winds off of ridges, scared of rotors. not mountain trained yet and never been in a glider.
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Re: Pilot runs out of fuel, ditches plane in ocean
Standby, need to look at a map! lol We used to do a lot of trg around Duncan. We were close to the Cowichan Bay Road, nice valley, hills on both sides, with a good ridge due West of Chemainus. Right day, good winds from about 150, voila, you're into serious slope soaring conditions. The Cowichan Valley, good for solid thermals there, check cloud base, yup, some towering cululus, use the ridge to gain some altitude, and track over to the nearest thermal, watch your VSI, when it pegs, and you feel the wind trying to drop a wing, turn hard into wind, then put aircraft into a rate 1 turn counter clockwise. Wait till you top about 8000 feet (from 1500 feet), then ask instructor where he'd like you to land. Expect nasty looks, and lots of mumbling about "damn glider guys". So, he changed his tactics, and advised the tower on a quiet day, that he'd be giving me a PFL in the circuit. They'd then clear me to land, any available runway. We took off on 09, right hand circuit, headed downwind, he pulled power. I called tower for PFL, and was cleared any runway. Now, in my mind, when I've got a runway directly underneath me, Runway 03, why the hell would I try to stretch it out downwind, for a tight base turn to 09? So, a spiral dive to get visual with 03, followed by a massive sideslip, dump 800 feet, and kick it straight just prior to touchdown. Instructor (Marcel Poland) had a death grip on the panel the whole time, looked a bit white too, but never uttered a single word, till we came to a full stop. "What the hell was that?" or something to that effect, I explained my logic, which although he could not find fault with, (again muttering bad words about glider pilots) was seemingly not what he wanted. I was supposed to determine best L/G ratio, and carry on to land at 09. So we went and did that a few times, till he got really bored, and excused himself from the aircraft, and told me to go fly by myself! Voila, Solo by annoying instructor! lol
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