The Piper Meridian Departing High River AB in Light Snow with Dick Rochfort
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- Опубліковано 18 жов 2024
- Dick Rochfort is a Master Certified Flight Instructor providing excellent training, pre-purchase consulting, aircraft relocation and expert witness services to owners, pilots and instructors of the Piper PA46 aircraft. He holds ATP, Commercial and Gold Seal Flight Instructor Certificates with SEL, SES, MEL, CFII, MEI, and CE-525S ratings. He has been a full-time flight instructor working exclusively in PA46 aircraft (all variants) since 1992 and has over 10,000 hours in Make/Model.
could you do a video on high altitude turbine engine failure and inflight emergency procedures?
Hi Jack, Dick Rochfort here. Turbo prop engines have a restart envelope and an emergency procedure for accomplishing the restart in the air. This is good information to be sure, it is also true that if a PT6 engine fails in flight, it is not likely to restart. I consider restart drills to be risky beyond helpful. The statistics prove me out on this point. Meantime between failure statistics show the PT6 to be 100 times more reliable than its piston cousin.
Fatalities resulting from engine stoppage are certainly tragic, however they are only about 1 1/2% of the general aviation fatalities each year. The vast majority of engine stoppages, resulting in serious accidents are the result of fuel starvation. This is usually not the engine’s fault. Another large piece of the causal factors is improper maintenance; which the FAA defines as getting an annual inspection within 12 months of the last one. I think this is a low bar but it is an important part of the safety net. The remaining 25% is pilot error. Now in the time it took you to read this paragraph we have expended the budget for time in a training program to be dedicated to engine stoppage. In the spirit of full disclosure: lower the nose and trim for best glide. Look for a place to land. Switch tanks, fuel pumps on, select alternate air, ignition to manual. This is anecdotal advice. Each aircraft is different. Read the POH. Now for the rest of the story.. About 80% of general aviation fatalities are pilot error..
Fly Safely - Train Often .. DR
@@RWRPilotTraining thank you! I really like your videos. As a former 421 pilot, I envy your experience and training!
Thank you. Fly Safely - Train Often .. DR
How do you know where to taxi, when there is snow on the taxiways?
Hi, Thank you for that question. You are right it is not always abundantly obvious. I use clues like existing signage, staying in the center of evenly plowed areas and now we even have geosynchronous taxi diagrams! I remember one snow covered night I asked the controller to send out a “follow me”” truck which worked very well. Fly Safely - Train Often .. DR