Dead stick into KMCI
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tonycondon
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glad that worked out for them. I see those flying around down here quite regularly.
gismo
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What do you suppose this means:
"The crew handled the situation as if the engine were shut down, but it was not inoperable"
Sounds more like a practice dead stick landing to me although it might be that the engine was running but not producing sufficient power to maintain flight.
"The crew handled the situation as if the engine were shut down, but it was not inoperable"
Sounds more like a practice dead stick landing to me although it might be that the engine was running but not producing sufficient power to maintain flight.
Steve
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I'm sure there's more to the story. The 10,000' reported in the original news article made me think they had other issues (pressurization) probably related to engine failure.
Some more details
http://www.tulsaworld.com/business/...rticleid=20100909_54_0_KANSAS123024&rss_lnk=5
http://enidnews.com/localnews/x605763273/Vance-plane-makes-emergency-landing
Looks like they were headed to the Wings Over Pittsburgh airshow this weekend.
Some more details
http://www.tulsaworld.com/business/...rticleid=20100909_54_0_KANSAS123024&rss_lnk=5
http://enidnews.com/localnews/x605763273/Vance-plane-makes-emergency-landing
Looks like they were headed to the Wings Over Pittsburgh airshow this weekend.
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A friend in the UK sent me this message a few years ago. See the attached picture, as well.
"I missed this event at my gliding club which happened on Wednesday
afternoon. The RAF Shorts Turcano training aircraft had a complete
engine failure and dropped in. It managed to avoid people and gliders on
the runway but overshot the runway end as it arrived rather hard and
burst both main wheel tyres thus reducing its braking efficiency. No
injuries and it will be flown out.
Both instructor and pupil were given our standard certificate for
completing a trial glider flight at our club."
"I missed this event at my gliding club which happened on Wednesday
afternoon. The RAF Shorts Turcano training aircraft had a complete
engine failure and dropped in. It managed to avoid people and gliders on
the runway but overshot the runway end as it arrived rather hard and
burst both main wheel tyres thus reducing its braking efficiency. No
injuries and it will be flown out.
Both instructor and pupil were given our standard certificate for
completing a trial glider flight at our club."
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Many moons ago, we had a RAF Chinook do the same thing at our glider field. They flew in a crew to get it running again and when that didn't work they towed it home on a long-line
