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The worst was an early morning flight I was operating from OMA-CVG, when on climb out and I was done hand flying, the A/P was quickly put on. The flight seemed normal all the way up to 10,000 feet, when flex thrust was switched to normal climb.
I reached into my flight bag and to my complete dismay, I could not find my copy of the USA Today. Frantically, I searched my side of the flight deck to no avail. Being a good, modern airline pilot, utilizing CRM, I included the captain in the search. Then, just as it seemed that all hope had expired, I caught a glimpse of the sports section smiling at me from below, in between the QRH and PPAS book. Memory items complete, I EMER deployed my USA Today and all was well in the world again.
I was a new MEI practicing engine shutdowns and airstarts with a student in a typical multi-engine trainer and the left engine refused to restart. No big deal, I had landed countless times before with simulated engine failure.
This is why the FAA and their designees will pink slip MEI candidates that shutdown verses simulating (ie throttle back) the engine failure below 3000 AGL...
Last edited by SmoothOnTop : 11-11-2008 at 08:47 PM.
This is why the FAA and their designees will pink slip MEI candidates that shutdown verses simulating (ie throttle back) the engine failure below 3000 AGL...
For clarification, we were NOT below 3000 ft when I shut the engine down. We were at 5500ft and 6 miles off shore over the Atlantic. All procedures were followed properly, but the engine simply wouldn't restart. We flew home single engine. It wasn't a big deal until the student ballooned and shoved the power in too much.
I once got caught up in a c-130s wake turbulence in the flare in a T-6, at about 20 ft above the runway the plane went instantly into a 45 degree bank, the most vivid memory is when I was staring at the grass thinking "this is it". Luckily I had enough airspeed that once I was clear of the wake, the plane righted itself and the power came on and I was able to climb out. I then spent the next 10 minutes circling to calm myself down, and when I was finally cleared to land, I was behind a 737, needless to say, I gave myself a long final, and landed WAY behind his touchdown point
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I'm thinking most of these stories will be started with "My student did ........" or "when I was a student pilot." Am I far off here?
I loved teaching, but man could they always throw you for a loop at the most critical times!
The only one I had that really scared me, was a little cherokee 140(with the 150hp engine). I was just out putting some time on it so they could get an oil change on it. One of the mags decided to start crapping out, and the other one was weak. I was about 2 seconds from calling the local APP control to let them know, but I made gliding distance from the airport and took her in. I've never felt an engine run that rough in the air before, and haven't since!
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In all of the emergencies; things breaking; things refusing to break; ASRS reports filed; ATC stating "call this number so the FAA can be there to help;" FAA guys shaking my hands "we're here to fry...er... help you;" Mechanics asking "isn't that plane on TV? We're all gonna be fried;" NTSB guys "we're here to fry you;" TSA guys "we're here to "secure" the premises;" Process Servers stating "you've been served by folks wishing to roast, toast, then deep fry you, on camera, of course;" and lawyers doing the roast and toast; the scariest has been when the student's check bounced.
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Back when I was at sierra in castle earlier this year, it was dusk turning into night.
While on the ILS 31 to KMER with a student under the hood, an Indian girl entered the left downwind for 31 with no radios or lights. She final gets through to tower to get a landing clearance on her cell phone while she’s turning base. At the same time I get a late handoff from norcal, and as soon as I switch to tower I’m told that there’s an aircraft danger close and I need to go around. As soon as tower says this the left strobe light reflects off of her window. AT THE SAME ALTITUDE! So I go around and as soon as she lands all her lights come on. And her radio works!
I’m not going to mention how close she was, because I never want to know the distance, but she was close!
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