In-Flight Situations/Emergencies?

[KAG]

Northern flyer - yup, first thing I do is turn away from sun. Also if your overflying any water the sun can reflect off it into engine cowling tripping sensor. Heavy mositure/rain can also trip sensors if the the wire's are frayed. and finally vibration over time will fray harnesses to sensors and they will short out causeing - you guessed it, faulty fire light. All in all, a crappy system.

[Elliot Moose]

Lost a nose gear in ZSJ (you forgot that one, Doc! ) in a 748

Picked up about 20 gal of water in a load of fuel that made for some really interesting indications--748 on a hot day with a full payload of diesel out of Wiebenville

False fire warning on a very hot day with a full load of groceries at 400' in YPL, and came back on one fan--748

Landed a 1900 with a locked brake on an icy runway at XBE. That made for a very interesting ride with one at half thrust forward and the other at full reverse!

Lost a nose tire on a 1900 and had to get dragged off the rwy at YQT

Chopped the arse off a partridge with a 748 prop on landing at wiebenville--the good bits were okay, so I ate it.

[oldtimer]

Burned a hole in a piston, engine failed, Cessna 140. Out of gas, Aeronca Champ, fuel tank leak. Blew a jug on take-off with a canoe, Be18 on floats. Engine quit when carb covered in ice from taxiing downwind, Norseman. Couple of flat tires on DHC-6 . an old drunk with the DT's tried to exit a Norseman while airborne. Loss of pressurization @ 20K, Cheyenne. Bleed air fail on a checkride, Be20. Two blown tires, gen fail on G159. Loss of gearbox oil pressure and engine shutdown, G159. Tossed a first stage turbine blade G159. Lots of door adjar warnings Be 10, 20 & 350. Cargo door indicated open SA227, 1 engine fail on SA 227. blew a jug, C206. Cracked a crankcase on rear engine C337 Mixmaster. one bird in cowling in C140 because we were chasing it. one bird in windshield C206. 6 birds on take-off Cheyenne. Loss of control of pressurization, Lear 25. Trouble getting gear down, Lear 25. Got lost real bad, Fairchild F 11 Husky. Shattered windshield, Be 350. Smoke in cabin Cheyenne. Radio frequency selectors disintegrated Cessna 337. Engine failed to start when floating down the river near rapids. Cessna 180. Lost oil thru a blown jug, Navajo. Blew two tires stopping before I hit 8 deer on runway, Navajo. All this between 1959 and now. Survived them all.

[Panama Jack]

Well, I don't envy you guys-- I guess I have been pretty lucky. Let me see:

1) run away trim (airplane nose down) on a Navajo one night.
2) barely making it back to the runway in a glider (I think only the suction under my seat got me over the trees).
3) heater failure on a 5½ hour flight at 17 below zero at FL210-- with only a light jacket. Boy was I a miserable cranky SOB after that.
4) wx radar fizzing out while weaving my way around some red imbedded monsters. This happened more than once.
5) having flown an aircraft for 200 hours including around some nasty tropical thunderstorm weather-- after which a mechanic during an inspection realized that the wing bolts had only been finger tight.
6) lavatory smoke detector going off one night (I had just read the book Swissair down a few months earlier). Adrenalyn surge right there.

Had a colleague have an engine failure in a light twin turboprop. Declared an emergency and headed for the nearest field. On flare, the other engine flamed out. Aircraft was fully fueled before he left on that flight-- and he noted his fuel burn closely (should have had at least another hour of fuel remaining). Yet the reason was fuel exhaustion.

Any guesses why???

[Panama Jack]

Edited for "why the heck did I quote myself?!?!?!?"

[Northern Flyer]

Panama Jack

Here's my guess:
1. Fueled with avgas by mistake.
2. Venting fuel somehow.

I can't think of anything else.

[Panama Jack]

Nope, any others?

[justplanecrazy]

Full Bladder,
No Porta Potty
Three hour ETA,
No Empty bottles,
Knee shakes,
Turbulent Weather,
No intermediate stops,


Don't use the float pump without washing your hands!