I did a mountain flying course with a guy named Michael Peare out of Boundary Bay a few years back. He seemed pretty good if one is looking for an instructor although I don't have any other mountain flying course instructors for comparison. He might not be around a lot though based on his website e...

This lad has questions, if I'm honest. How did the AME test that the prop was balanced exactly and how did you verify that before you took-off? Did you do a run-up, feather check or governor check? You mentioned you immediately raised the gear... was that standard practice or did you modify your pr...

Here are my suggestions for someone who is planning to fly through the BC Mountains around CYHE for the first time. The above are my suggestions. Due your due diligence and consult with an approved flight instructor. With proper planning, it can be a safe and enjoyable flight. What are your qualifi...

With regards to TCA Flight 810, cncp there is a book out there called Disaster on Mount Slesse - The Story of Western Canada's Worst Air Crash by Betty O'Keefe and Ian MacDonald, released 2006. You can get it at Amazon , or possibly your local library. There was no final answers though if you look,...

Yep. Great idea.

AWOS? You might as well ask a cow.

The tech's toolbox and the AME's tool box go with me. The tech and the AME and pilot get in the 172 and take off first. Dude didn’t want to fly in the aircraft he worked on? Bad juju.....really bad juju. ;) I'm not sure what his thinking was, but I am sure he believed the work was adequate. We have...

Slowing up to stretch a glide doesn't work well in a headwind. You might want to speed up. Not much in the way of options except for the railroad track parallel to 12. Likely hard on the airframe, but perhaps more survivable than taking a chance on the usual utility poles and wires along an urban s...

I flew 400 hours on a Seminole and if I remember correctly, it wasn't a speed we were concerned with, but the position of the landing gear. If the gear was down, we would cut power and land straight ahead. If the gear was up, we would continue a shallow climb and initiate the engine failure procedu...

The sideshow above aside, from what can be seen as the aircraft appears in the video, the pilot had it under control until a wing snagged something right near the tip. In the sequence between that and the nose impact, there was enough damage that fuel got outside a tank or tanks, and there was a sou...

rookiepilot wrote: ↑Sat Nov 14, 2020 6:18 pm

pelmet wrote: ↑Sat Nov 14, 2020 6:17 pm

cncpc wrote: ↑Sat Nov 14, 2020 5:43 pm

You're already here.

Post of the year

And you're right on time. Take your meds today Pelmet? Been to your passive aggressive anger management class?

Like I said, Trump supporter. The Angry Child response made famous by the man now known as the Convict Elect.

I'm sure the one most desperate for attention to feed their pathetic self esteem will be along shortly, expertly opining on an accident they know nothing about You're already here. Brilliant. I'm not the one hijacking the thread with speculation on whether a pilot in a totally unrelated accident go...

photofly wrote: ↑Fri Nov 13, 2020 7:19 pm

rookiepilot wrote: ↑Fri Nov 13, 2020 4:46 pm

photofly wrote: ↑Fri Nov 13, 2020 4:41 pm When do we get to speculate why the engine stopped? Is it now?

Whenever you want.

I’m hoping the experts will kick us off. There’s plenty of material in the news reports to go on.

Yeah, most great pilots saved money on course books and just watched the news.

Whenever you want. I’m hoping the experts will kick us off. There’s plenty of material in the news reports to go on. I'm sure the one most desperate for attention to feed their pathetic self esteem will be along shortly, expertly opining on an accident they know nothing about You're already here.

Personally I use gear selected up and blue line plus 5kts as decision gate. Below that if the engine fails the automatic response is to pull back both throttles and I will take my lumps straight ahead. After that I have the option to identify and feather and continue Agree with that as far as pisto...

If I remember correctly, isn't the calculation for the abort at the blueline in a piston twin? With the blueline being set at Vmc plus 7 knots.

Accident reports (often) attempt to pin down an accident to a single action, or omitted action on a checklist, for example. I disagree. An accident report is looking for root cause. I'm not trying to disparage the incredibly complex task of investigators. I wonder though if the relevant human facto...

Do you think there might be a better flight planning option available to you in such a scenario? Or are you so confident in your coarse pitch glide ratio that you will walk the fine line between landing or swimming? Tell us this...have you ever had an engine failure in a single? Get lost. The quest...

Best explained in this article here with no clear answer as to why...... https://books.google.ca/books?id=1bkFXhQxiHsC&pg=PA65&lpg=PA65&dq=peter+garrison+open+throttle+glide+distance&source=bl&ots=CecBC8n70c&sig=ACfU3U16HkkheKSODTDweh3NBlAJOtjEzg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2...

telex wrote: ↑Sat Nov 07, 2020 11:39 pm

Do you think there might be a better flight planning option available to you in such a scenario?

Or are you so confident in your coarse pitch glide ratio that you will walk the fine line between landing or swimming?

Tell us this...have you ever had an engine failure in a single?

Quick question, I didn't see any more mention of this on the TSB report. Quote from 1.13 and the propeller control was fully in (full fine pitch). Wouldn't a 182 glide further with the prop in full coarse? Yes, but I don't think it's part of the Cessna emergency procedures. The farthest glide will ...