Posted by Jeffrey on 18th August 2009
So what would you do if you couldn’t glide to an airport and and land if you engine quits?
Personally, when I fly, I am always looking for landing spots. Even in my CRJ-200, I am looking for places to go.
I am always asking myself:
+ Could I land there?
+ Is that airport’s runway long enough?
+ Are there any obstacles? Trees? Powerlines?
+ Could I glide my airplane to that point from 30,000 feet? From 5,000 feet?
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Tags: Ditching, Emergency Landing, Flying, Pilot
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Posted by Jeffrey on 3rd August 2009
With the summer coming to a close and with the days getting shorter it is time to start thinking about what you are going to do if an engine fails while on a night flight, especially if you are in single-engine airplane.
I was reminded of this recently when I was flying from San Francisco (KSFO) to Victoria, B.C., Canada (CYYJ). It was the first night flight I’d flown in awhile and as I was looking out my window watching the sun set when I happened to glance down and notice that the terrain was quite inhospitable and it was getting dark and I wondered to myself, what would I do if we lost one of the engines.
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Tags: Airplane, Emergency Landing, Engine Failure, Flight Emergencies, Night Flying
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So what would you do if you couldn’t glide to an airport and and land if you engine quits?