How James Survived a Real-Life Critical Engine Failure. Baron B-55 KECP Emercency Landing
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- Опубліковано 2 січ 2024
- James Stafford tells us about his unexpected engine out, the procedures he followed, and the execution of those procedures. Patriot Pilot Academy also had a 172 in the sky that night and picked up some of the radio comunication of the emergency as well.
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Wow. What an incredible experience. So happy you're safe!
We are too!
Thank you for sharing.
Thanks for watching!
Wow. Thank you for sharing your experience. This video serves as a learning for all the pilots out there. In this scenario, we saw how important it is to be familiarize with the aircraft that we're using especially the emergency procedures. Also, because of their situational awareness, they have executed the emergency procedures effectively and they have followed these 3: Aviate, Navigate and Communicate.
You're very welcome!
Shutting down the uncontrollable engine with the airport made seems like a no brainer to me. Good for you.
A similar video, folks flying with only one engine starved the mixture but that I think makes the situation more complicated. Don't need power if the airport is made.
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I really liked your explanations on what your process was and dealing with the problem. I want someone to explain if you left the engine running and just featured the prop during the landing process. Would that have been better or worse. Could it have hurt the engine. I don't know what mp & rpm it was stuck at
That is an interesting thought. As I understood the story from James, the engine was at about 1/2 throttle. All light twins I know of say you need to turn the engine off before you feather the engine. I'm not sure if it would work or damage the engine if the engine were half throttle when you try to feather the engine. Either way, the engine would not be producing thrust with a feathered propeller and you couldn't land with one engine at half throttle. So, I think he made the best possible decision, secure an operating engine. There were no injuries and no further damage to the plane. Nice work James!
He had to shut down the engine completely. As far as the prop goes, I'm think that is part of the checklist.