I really like the post on,
Whats the funniest thing you have ever heard over the radio??

Any emergency, scary, interesting flying stories? I love the stories that have been submitted thus far I just love "Seconds from disaster." Such a good CRM learning tool to me.


Any experience is a learning one. Maybe that’s why I like, “Seconds from disaster,” Therefore, your experiences and or opinions are welcomed J

 

I almost hit a giant Owl in the EMB at DBQ a few months back. Capt said it was the biggest owl he's ever seen and he lives in the area. Other small things like ldg gear not coming down, elec failures. Common stuff for GA flying. The EMB I have had Crossbleed failures, pack and bleed failures, AC inverter kicking offline. Stuff like that. Nothing too serious yet.

 

Hit by lightning in the winshield on the RJ. Shaterd the whole outer layer. scared the sh@t out of us.

 

Wow it shattered the the outer layer? What is that exactly? The frame?

I have heard of ball lighting just flowing through the cockpit to the tail messing up the instruments. Sounds scary but I thought the plane would be grounded from these type of things. At least that is what my flight instructor told me one time during a storm

 

There is two layers of glass with the deice filiment(sp) in the middle.

 

GA: Had a total electrical failure IMC at night. That was interesting...

Got stuck on top of rapidly deteriorating weather in ND one winter day while doing instrument training. Ended up shooting an approach in a single engine piper through the ice. Landed with about 1/2 - 3/4 inch of ice on EVERYTHING.

Had a student kick the rudder in a stall and then freeze up with his foot on the floor while we spun around. Had to hit him across the chest to "unfreeze" him.

Airline: Flap failure in the CRJ at flaps zero and close to max landing weight. Resulted in a very fast touchdown (178 knots), and an 11000' rollout.

Cargo fire indication in the CRJ right after takeoff. Came back around and landed in record time (4 minutes takeoff to touchdown).

Passenger had a heart attack once on descent. Flew 330 knots to a 7 mile final. Crossed the marker at 260 knots and still was stabilized by 500' AGL. (Passenger survived)

Had two out of the three glass cockpit screens fail in flight my very first trip in the Citation.

Had a CRJ window pane crack (inner pane). Sounded like somebody hit it with a baseball bat.

Bunch of other little minor malfunctions and stuff, but nothing really exciting.

 

Near mid-air with a Honda...Accord.

 

Honda? Okay, I'm curious....

 

From my NTSB accident report probable cause: "an in flight collision with a deer..."

 

Venison time