Parts fall off at 1000 feet
Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2012 8:34 am
This was my second bird, I had been flying about 45 hrs. I had just purchased this bird she had o hrs when I got her and 4 hrs when this happened.
I was flying with friends, we where all flying our own birds and had just left a friends place. I had just leveled off at 1000' when all of a sudden it was like a brick was thrown at me. The bird made a real bad shake then all went silent. I really was not sure what happened but I knew I was going down.
I had a radio as did one other friend and we were talking. I came over the radio in a real calm voice " my friend told me this, he was shocked how calm I was" saying , Mayday,Mayday, I am going down.
My buddy came over the radio also in a very calm voice telling me just what I was going to do. The bird I was flying, Legal Eagle, felt like I could have glided her for ever. I was 1000 feet and I would have glided right past where my buddy wanted me to land.
He said, you are going to land right down there in that field, this field was at about a 45 degree's down from my point. I headed to the field, pointed the nose down and speed started climbing. There was a row of tree's right at the end of this short field and I was moving. I kept saying over the radio, I am going into the tree's.
My buddy came over the radio and said put that bird on the ground and as soon as you hit the dirt, stick that tail down in that dirt with full up eleavator. I paused, he said you believe you will go airborn but you will not, no thrust.
I did just as he said. But I was moving, about 80 on touch down, and I pulled the stick back hard. She bounced maybe three times and came to a stop.
I climbed out and saw I lost the complete front of my engine.
I learned a couple things from this... One what that sound is right before a part comes off, the plane was talking to me but I had never heard that before, now I know what that harmonic sound is when something comes of.
Never ever glide past a landing point. After this field all I had was tree tops. This would have been a different story,
Without the Radio. The radio is your friend and use one if you can.
Above all stay calm and just do your job...fly the plane..if you can....
This was engine out #3 out of 6.
Tony
I was flying with friends, we where all flying our own birds and had just left a friends place. I had just leveled off at 1000' when all of a sudden it was like a brick was thrown at me. The bird made a real bad shake then all went silent. I really was not sure what happened but I knew I was going down.
I had a radio as did one other friend and we were talking. I came over the radio in a real calm voice " my friend told me this, he was shocked how calm I was" saying , Mayday,Mayday, I am going down.
My buddy came over the radio also in a very calm voice telling me just what I was going to do. The bird I was flying, Legal Eagle, felt like I could have glided her for ever. I was 1000 feet and I would have glided right past where my buddy wanted me to land.
He said, you are going to land right down there in that field, this field was at about a 45 degree's down from my point. I headed to the field, pointed the nose down and speed started climbing. There was a row of tree's right at the end of this short field and I was moving. I kept saying over the radio, I am going into the tree's.
My buddy came over the radio and said put that bird on the ground and as soon as you hit the dirt, stick that tail down in that dirt with full up eleavator. I paused, he said you believe you will go airborn but you will not, no thrust.
I did just as he said. But I was moving, about 80 on touch down, and I pulled the stick back hard. She bounced maybe three times and came to a stop.
I climbed out and saw I lost the complete front of my engine.
I learned a couple things from this... One what that sound is right before a part comes off, the plane was talking to me but I had never heard that before, now I know what that harmonic sound is when something comes of.
Never ever glide past a landing point. After this field all I had was tree tops. This would have been a different story,
Without the Radio. The radio is your friend and use one if you can.
Above all stay calm and just do your job...fly the plane..if you can....
This was engine out #3 out of 6.
Tony