Cockpit Footage TBM Avenger Emergency Landing Arsenal Of Democracy VE Day Flyover
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- Опубліковано 18 тра 2015
- Use Pause for lessons learned.
This is the Emergency Landing at DCA, Reagan National, of the Military Aviation Museum TBM Avenger during the 70th anniversary of VE Day, Arsenal of Democracy flyover. A 1500psi pinhole hydraulic leak vaporized in the cockpit, appeared like smoke, and prompted a decision to abort the flyover and land at Reagan DCA airport.
The video is broken into two parts. The first is real time, the second breaks down my thoughts at the time and draws lessons learned for other pilots to learn from. The biggest lesson was how the leak presented itself in a vapor form. It moved and acted like smoke, combined with fluid heat on the legs of my passenger, it was mistaken for fire. The only differentiating feature from smoke from a fire is the smell. An electrical fire and engine fire have very distinct smells, this had the smell of hydraulic fluid. Hopefully this will help someone else recognize the difference in the future.
We were off the runway quickly and caused no delays for traffic at Reagan, fixed and flown out later that afternoon. Thank you to all who helped! American Airlines and Signature Aviation Mechanics found and fixed the problem in record time. The emergency was flown exactly as briefed for that segment of flight. To have a malfunction for that 2 mile segment when I had flown a thousand miles in the last few days and the last few years without any incidents at all is statistically impossible.
This event, especially on this day, gave a somber reminder to all those who didn't have a runway conveniently aligned. To those who were hundreds of miles away from the nearest carrier, in enemy waters. To those who made the ultimate sacrifice. We remember.
A nickel on the grass.
Keep em' Flying!
Museum Links
www.militaryaviationmuseum.org
www.fighterfactory.com
Arsenal Of Democracy Link
ww2flyover.org
Perspective this Memorial Day.
4June1942
6 brand new TBF Avengers made their combat debut during the Battle of Midway. It was a fierce battle. 5 of 6 planes were lost and the 6th suffered one casualty with the other gunner and pilot injured. Now imagine that 20 year old pilot tending to his injuries, and the crewman in the back, also wounded, trying to save the life of their friend while bringing their crippled aircraft several hundred miles home. Imagine bullets ripping through the fuselage and battle damage causing similar emergencies and chaos in their wounded bird. Imagine the thoughts of the brave men who flew the next missions in the Avenger, knowing the fate of their brothers before, and the courage it took to step for that next sortie.
150 aircraft were lost and 307 men gave their lives for our flag from 4-7JUN1942 during a single battle. Several crewmen were shot down, captured, tortured and then thrown off of ships with kerosene cans tied to their feet and left to drown. Imagine half your office coworkers, all friends of yours, gone in a day.
This emergency was easy. We, The Fortunate Few, are caretakers of this living history lest we never forget.
We remember. - Авто та транспорт
You (almost calmly) got the plane down safely in under 2 minutes, got everyone out safely, and saved the plane. While doing a low altitude fly-over of a major metropolitan area with smoke in the cockpit, with no injuries to anyone in the plane or on the ground, and the only damage to the plane was fixed in under an hour.
Damn good flying.
Good job to that pilot. I had a electrical fire when I first started flying and had to emergency land at Boca Raton. Smoke in the cockpit, all the lights started flashing in the cockpit, radio communications stopped working, ended up being a fire behind Comm 1. I had to cut the battery power and land at night without talking to ATC and no electrical power to the airplane. Glad I remembered my light gun signals from the tower. What I learned from it was to buy a bigger flashlight.
+steveo1kinevo
You DEFINITELY need to tell that story on your next VLOG.
always carry a handheld radio in your flight bag ;)
Or cell phone! In 1943
If you could just go ahead and blog it......
I want to fly warbirds and always have, but I cant go military because I have to be corrected to 20/20, and I worry that will prevent me from getting the Warbird exposure I want. Also, people tell me in crazy because stuff like this is more likely...
Awesome video. Pause the text screens to read - great stuff. The biggest take away for me is the end note: "No original thought was needed" because the thorough pre flight briefings had covered all the options. good stuff.
That was freaking scary, wasn't it? Even though the actual problem turned out to be (relatively) benign, the symptoms were insanely scary.
The enumeration of "lessons learned" is pure *****
Super cool presentation... so glad there was no fire and all were well!
***** I try to be a cautious pilot.
***** don't worry i only take chance i know will kill me, and no one else, even in a car. AND EVEN THEN I'M STILL ALIVE FROM THE ONES I SHOULD BE DEAD From.. at this point i'm more annoyed.
***** Amen to that, I was a biker and driver for years before becoming a pilot, and flying had a profound effect on the way I approach driving and riding.
I found myself asking "What if..." a lot more and part of my mind is constantly planning for dealing with potential threats as they arise. It might sound slightly boy scout like (yes, I was..) but if, as the poster says, no original thought is required, the time saved can mean the difference between life and death.
I definitely feel riding made me a better driver and pilot, and flying made me a better rider and driver.
Thru the TBM grapevine, I learned early of this incident, and wondered how a hydraulic leak might be construed as"fire". The helmet-cam video shows this concisely. It also shows proper decision making and excellent pilot skills - great job! Yet another "I learned about flying from that" lesson which will always stay with me. Very glad everything turned out ok.
Excellent job reacting to the emergency. Reminds me of a NATOPS Safety briefing we received (circa mid 1980's).
A T-2 Buckeye jet trainer on a level flight cross country leg. Student Pilot front seat, Instructor Pilot in back.
Instructor Pilot in back seat was bored, and started to fiddle with the emergency gear under his seat. Accidentally inflated his one man life raft. Raft began to inflate and pushed on stick, causing the Student Pilot to feel the forward pressure on his flight control and estimated there was a "hydraulic failure".
Instructor Pilot, using his survival knife stabbed the raft, causing it to deflate. Unfortunately survival rafts contain talcum powder inside them for storage purposes, and this talcum powder blew as a cloud into the cockpit. Student Pilot, on oxygen, saw what he perceived to be "white smoke", and estimated there was now a FIRE in connection to the "hydraulic failure".
The Student Pilot, relying on his emergency procedures pulls the "E Handles" to cut fuel and dump fire retardant into both of the engines. As the Instructor Pilot finally got his errant survival raft under control he looked up to see both engines shutting down and warning lights across his panel illuminating.
At some point, one of the Pilot initiated Command Eject and within seconds both Pilots hit the silk. At some point after the Buckeye was a smoking crater in the countryside and the Pilots were limping to the nearest farmhouse, they figured out the sequence of events that caused them to needlessly throw away a $41 Million primary jet trainer.
NATOPS determined the primary cause of the accident to be "Lack of Communication in Aircrew".
One of my favorite Navy Stories.
That is just weird. In India, the instructor pilot wud end up grounded for may be a year or so till his court of enquiry is completed and his career wud b irretrievably ruined for doing something that stupid.
Wow - I hope the student pilot didn't suffer any negative effects on his piloting career. Sounds like he reacted exactly as he was trained to. Damned instructed needs to suffer though.
@@Vkj007 Well india isnt a world superpower so your punishments are irrelevant. Shit happens, you don't end a highly trained pilots career for one mistake. Hence why the USA is the #1 superpower
@@Vkj007 Your country also cannot even mantain any standard of sanitary food and water, the fuck makes you think the military standards matter? Deal with you citizens bathing in their own shit water then your air force might matter
@@nmnmnm35 Ur manners show ur upbringing. Secondly..whose president is going to attend a public event for Indian PM soon..Urs..
Moreover, I had commented only on what SOPs are followed in most places. Dont come here and flaunt ur resonant empty skull.
I'm sitting here applauding your excellent performance, and you're picking out everything you failed to do perfectly.
With an attitude like that, it's no surprise you did so well. Satisfaction is for slackers.
Great video!
Now imagine having to do that in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.
Happened to a whole squadron of TBMs once in the Bermuda Triangle...
I'm so glad that it was only a fluid leak and not a fire. The pilot did an awesome job getting the Aircraft down quickly and safely, and putting the safety of the other occupants ahead of his own. You sir are a hero! Your actions honored those who served in that great conflict. Thank you so much for sharing and may your continued travels be much much less eventful!
I've watched this so many times, but it never gets old - the knowledge presented here is priceless, especially crewing a TBM. People ask me what to expect or what to look for, and I use this as an example of simply saying "anything" - or in ground training, learning "everything" that you can about these things. I'm sure you had quite a mess to clean up, but you made warbirds that much safer with the video so thanks! I think I've talked to most of you all about this in person at the air shows at this point. It's still cool to see Doris Mae out the window on the run in! It's kinda funny - not that pin-holes can be detected, but every time I check that line I think of this flight/video!
Thank you for taking the time to share this with us all.
I've often told folks who are afraid of flying to listen to cockpit voice recorders or read the transcripts to appreciate how well-trained and disciplined the folks are who safely get them from one airport to another.
Well done and thank you, again!
Heros. Had them 70 years ago, have them today.
STUNNING video. Especially the time and effort to cut pause and explain/educate. thank you so much.
Great Video ... I initially thought it was a condensation of some sort but of course that didn't fit ... then hearing fire, I was really concerned .... Bravo and fly safe.
God bless you sir, and and a heartfelt "Thank You For Your Service!" And I repeat that for all of the brave folks who have served their nation in its many times of need. God bless you all!
Great job I had a hydraulic misting incident in a C-5. Highly explosive had to land on Guam
Great video, thanks for posting that, it tells you more about what happened than anything else could have. Note the tone of the pilot. All business until he’s rolling on the active slowly enough for the passengers to get out. And once the urgency gets into his voice, it’s only focused on the passengers. I don’t know Josh Wilson, but that’s exactly the type of jock you want flying a plane like that.
Look at it this way, you are still here to learn from your mistakes and that what matters, and so will a lot of other pilots learn from this and the fact you let us all see them may save someones life. So thank you.
Thanks for posting this, I was wondering what happened to you after made the landing. Those old birds are a national treasure and I'm glad it was an easy fix. Stay safe up there and thanks for giving everyone the chance to see flying history.
I was flying with my confident-above-his-abilities father in law from Falcon Field in Mesa, AZ to Rocky Point, Mexico in an STOL Mahl, the most difficult airplane I ever flew and the airframe I was taught to fly, in; when an oil leak filled the wind shield and we clearly had to return to Falcon or seize and crash. My expert senior flying companion flipped out screaming about some SOB that did this or that check, paying little attention to our situation. Seeing this gave me flashbacks, great job
Outstanding job handling the emergency! Hope to see you flying somewhere soon!
As a professional flight simulator pilot I applaud this excellent flying.
Really enjoy getting your take on the events and the changes you have noticed in wake of this!! Thanks for Sharing!!
Having watched the entire presentation on C-Span, it's incredible to me to know this all happened offscreen.
You handled that really well.
Great Job. From "yell" of "are we on fire" the pilot did not hesitate to begin an emergency landing. The pilot was in gangsta mode getting the plane ready for an impromptu landing. Buy this guy a beer.
Excellent video, very impressed you did not use this to be a show off, more impressed you thanked all involved, most impressed that you used it to find ways to improve in the future.
This is how you do a video! One playthrough with just the raw video, then again with subtitles and blocks of info that can be paused and read. Excellent job.
I appreciated the break down, it really highlights all that can happen in such a short time span and the decisions that need to be made.
The handling of the emergency was spot on with the info you had at the time. However, your ability and willingness to acknowledge all of your mistakes and accept the responsibility of such actions is what makes this a truly GREAT educational video. Thanks
Thanks for this. My great uncle flew TBF/TBM from Bunker Hill and Essex with torpedo squadron 4 in the Pacific during WWII. Seeing this helps bring his stories alive in a way. My greatest dream is taking a flight in an Avenger someday. Good work. I'm very glad you and your crew had a good outcome and, as a good pilot should, lessons were learned. Thanks for capturing and sharing this "teaching moment".
True professional and excellent debrief including self critique, issue to resolve, and action plan. You sir are a tribute to the skies.
Thank You for what you do. I love these aircraft and love to see them flying. It's a hard job on you guys to keep them operational. In a situation like this you did just what you had to. Thanks
I flew in a A-26 and the same thing happened at Courtesy Aircraft in KRFD. So happy you got down so quickly & safely. Great flying
While I am not a pilot I really appreciate and respect your AAR. You break down of lessons learned is what any professional would/should take away from adverse conditions. Any danger you walk away from is a learning exercise my SGTs used to say.
Thanks for the debrief, you did a great job, thanks for taking us along.
Your formation flying skills were my first clue that you are a skilled pilot. Your rapid response to the smoke, instantaneous decision making, and incredibly smooth landing are above and beyond. An outstanding video, and a high bar for all those that see it and fly.
Very well handled and insightful video, nicely done
Wonderful video and narrative Sir. I've always been curious how your emergency turned out or for that matter what the emergency was. Sharing your experience and the lessons learned is a meaningful part of what you men do. We all really appreciate, and extremely envious, of what you and all the other Warbirds pilots do to keep history alive. Also, thanks so much for giving credit to the men who flew these planes into harm way.
Your observations are very important for all pilots to deal with unexpected situations. Well done.
Excellent roll up. This is a great lesson for all flyers. Keep those treasures flying!
I saw you fly away from the formation that day and thought something was amiss but didn't hear of anything until seeing this. Glad to hear all ended well. Thanks for taking part in a great flying event.
Wow. That was impressive. Nice work under pressure, GreasySideUp. You made us all proud in the way you handled the crisis, the way you managed and cared for your passengers, and your amazing candor in critiquing your own performance that day. I'd say you were a little hard on yourself. But nonetheless, I learned valuable lessons from your comments. Thank you!
great job getting her on the ground safe. great emergency procedures. glad to see the crew and plane are safe. hope to to see you guys in Geneseo again this year at the airshow cant say thanks enough for you guys who fly them and Jerry yagen who owns them. keep em flying!
I was standing in the park at the end of the runway at Reagan Airport when this happened. I recognized immediately what was going on and was thankful that this had a happy ending. Although it must have been disheartening to the pilot, he certainly must be proud of how he handled the emergency........ AWESOME JOB !!!!!
OUTSTANDING. Thanks for the replay with Lessons. Awesome!
Skill and absolute confidence , great job , Never Forget , Courage ! Thanks .
Great job - emergency coped with, lessons learned and taken on-board, no-one injured. It doesn't GET any better than that.
Great video and lessons learned. I have found several more videos showing the departure from formation from the ground and another from the crew in one of the formation planes. This is just great stuff.
Excellent procedures followed and as is always positive lessons have been taken from this. All round a good outcome for all concerned!
Gotta love how fluid the communication throughout the whole incident was.
It gives me chills every time i watch this
Amazing video, thanks for sharing and thanks for your service! What a privilege to be able to participate in flights like this, honoring the men and women of that amazing generation.
You made the right choice for the circumstances. Had it been an actual fire, the outcome may have been very very different. Bravo Zulu for thinking fast, ensuring your crew was safe, and getting that turkey on the ground as fast as you did.
I was on the ground watching this event and very distinctly remember seeing an Avenger trailing white smoke pull away from the formation. Glad he got to the ground safe.
Thanks for sharing this video. I was watching with great interest from the park below.
I was at the flyover, and am so glad you posted this. Glad to hear that everyone is safe!
Mad props to this pilot. I wouldn't be so calm. I would be freaking the f out if that happen to me! Glad everyone was safe.
Thank you so much for sharing this video and hope this becomes a lesson for all of us vintage aircraft pilots. Outstanding job and maybe you were beating yourself up a little to much, you did a great job and FLEW THE AIRPLANE instead of loosing it in an emergency. NICE JOB!
Excellent Job. Excellent Video. Excellent handling of a bad situation. My applause to all involved.
We great airmanship and decision making. Although you make some excellent recommendations upon Monday morning quarterbacking, the execution of the contengency plan was very well done. No injuries and no aircraft damage! Well done!
A good job getting that plane down and to remain calm. I also paused the text bits in the video to read them properly and I must say that's a great story and how true about those who sacrificed their lives for us. Thumb's up to all you pilot's who still fly these old birds to keep the memory's going
Thank you. Having just attended a WWII air show only a week after Bill Gordon was lost in P47 Jackys Revenge it was sobering and welcome to watch and read your cool professionalism.
Excellent example of using the aviate-navigate-communicate principle. Great job by the pilot!
I was there at the 17th St side of the WWII Memorial and saw the aircraft break toward Virginia, I thought it was part of a Missing Man Formation. Great job putting it down safely and glad it was a relatively minor malfunction.
good job on handling the emergency! i am glad that all was well afterwards.
Nice work and smooth job.
Excellent call and excellent flying.
I was standing at the base of the Washington Monument, and while scary, seeing the full belly of that TBM when he pealed off for 19 at DCA was truly the best part of the flyover. On my way to D.C., I rolled past the Culpeper Airport to see, much to my amazement, more of my favorite aircraft in one place than I have ever before witnessed. i am TRULY GRATEFUL for each and every person that made the flyover possible. It was a great day, and a glorious reason to take a Friday off work.
Very well handled, the possibility of an inflight fire scares the crap out of me. When you got to lesson 6 I found myself thinking "just bail", but the thought process at that point (once the initial crisis was over), had probably moved on to shock. Very well dealt with.
Well done! Interestingly I can relate to the last shots of the interior of the rear compartment. I was on the restoration team of our (New Zealand) Air Force Museum's TBF-1 Avenger which was brought back to taxi status. One day during an engine run the hydraulic accumulator seals blew and this was the mess we ended up with as well!
Better safe than sorry. I wasn't there, but I watched the live feed and saw you guys veer off. I figured there was a problem of some sort. Glad to see it wasn't serious!
Saw this as it happened from a rooftop in SW DC during the flyover. Good job by the aviator to get the old bird safely down on the deck.
thank you for posting this video along with you thoughts,
Fantastic, thank you for sharing!
Excellent handling of the aircraft under pressure. That said, I was most-struck by the video of the aftermath. I had no idea just how much space there was inside of an Avenger!
Great flying and quick decision making by the pilot. What a god!
flight schools should have the students watch your video, It really shows exactly how scary smoke, or vapor in the cockpit can be. More importantly, it shows how to be prepared for a emergency and how important that is to get on the ground alive and well.
Outstanding job captain, and great message at the end; I couldn't agree with you more, god bless America and the brave men and women who made the ultimate sacrifice defending our freedoms will never be forgotten!
Great video and perfect execution on the landing. From looking at the video, yes that's a fire, Thankfully it wasn't and the craft was saved along with crew.
Terrific video showing some safe and solid decision making by the pilot. My first concern was his lack of flying gloves, as he later mentioned on his debrief. Well done!
2:01 I'm somewhere down in those ball fields! It's neat to see the rest of what happened compared to what I could see from the ground. Glad you and the plane were perfectly fine with just a scare!
I plan to use this video as a metaphor with my NetOps team.
The way this after-action is structured is a lesson unto itself.
Great video of a great job. Thanks, for flying it and then for posting it.
FYI I was streaming LiveATC as I watched from the West Front of the Capitol, had noticed the TBM break off before hearing the calls - suspect the stream was a bit slower than reality. Very interesting to see the in-cockpit perspective, extremely valuable as a fellow pilot to get the lessons learned and see the process of introspection to convert experience to future good judgement.
THANKS!
Thanks for sharing this experience. It shows that all that preparation and briefing time is never ever wasted. I guess it always helps to have a major airport in easy reach too :-)
I was in the crowd on the Mall, with streaming audio from DCA tower on my phone, I heard you declare an emergency and go land. Glad everyone was ok and the aircraft will fly again!
Wow! Such a good lesson! Much respect!
Spot on with Hyd Fluid, I had a line break on the 5k system on the V-22 and it looked like heavy smoke. You could tell by the scent that it was Hyd Fluid. Bravo Zulu overall!
Amazing work sir! Landed like a butterfly with sore feet :-)
BRAVO ZULU boys! Well done on getting a beautiful old lady down on the deck. Glad for you guys and her that it wasn'tt that bad and you happened to be flying past Reagan ?National. Well Donr Fellas!
Excellent work and video. Thanks for sharing your experience.
Under the circumstances that was handled perfectly. I really appreciate this being shared.
Im in absolute awe.
True professional. Very well done and very well planned. Proper preflight planning prevents poor performance.
This is one of my favourite WW2 Planes. Love it!!
Good call Greasy, and thank you very much for posting with your thoughts and reflections. I think all pilots can benefit from your video, and enjoy the event too!
I do agree a Noxme suit would be cheap protection in the very unlikely event of fire, but at the very least use gloves at all times, as your hands are most likely to get burned.
Thanks again for sharing!
Great work Sir. As a pilot, I salute you.
Glad you landed ok.
Cheers from France 👍
Great job by all involved especially the pilot Josh Wilson, tower controller and God for the altitude and aircraft positioning relative to airport. All worked together to save a grand old aircraft that kept us from bowing to an Emperor! Over & Back - Wild Bill Callahan - Amazon.
Thanks for sharing. Nice comments on lessons learned and gratitude to veterans.
Oh darn I was expecting to see it land on the strip of grass or between the Lincoln and Washington monument. Wow exciting glad everything turned out OK
Very good video, with a number of lessons shared. Serves as a good reminder for fellow pilots.
I think one lesson more should have been added: Stop as far to the left or right on the runway as possible, to allow for other aircrafts with emergencies.
Well done. Great landing.