Plane lands on highway outside of Allentown PA

francisco collazos said:
Nice landing looks like the prop was still spinning.
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The prop will usually windmill when the engine quits.


"And I just kept thinking only God could do this."

God or a reasonably competent pilot.

"When the NBC10 Investigators looked into the make of both planes, they found that both have a Lycoming engine which reportedly have issues..."

Oh no, better ban those dangerous Lycoming engines!
 
Dana said:
Oh no, better ban those dangerous Lycoming engines!
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"Investigators have found Lycoming engines in nearly half of all 'legacy' light aircraft !!!!"
 
Engines are a series of tubes.
 
was that tiger woods flying? oh, it didn't end up upside down so prob not. ;)
 
Maybe he was flying Young Eagles. Max age for that is 17, so he just counted that as two rides.
 
Kitch said:
Its a hell of a way to get caught doing something you shouldn't be doing if that was the case...
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I can’t remember all of the details, but I seem to recall a similar one years ago where two men were in one’s plane with two (much-younger) women, and one of their wives spotted them on the news with their “guests” fleeing the aircraft following a forced landing…
 
M20K said:
Depending upon the failure, maybe. The engine might just as easily seize up
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Certainly; I was just pointing out that it's not unusual for the prop to continue turning even though the engine is not producing power.

Often you'll hear uninformed people say something like, "That wasn't a real emergency! The engine didn't quit, the propeller was still turning!"
 
Dana said:
Often you'll hear uninformed people say something like, "That wasn't a real emergency! The engine didn't quit, the propeller was still turning!"
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Gottcha...
 
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