DanWEC wrote:This happened about a block from my house! Was out for a run a few hours ago and saw the hooplah down Merivale, thought it was just an accident.
Yea, the worst thing that happened is idiots on Merivale causing a traffic jam trying to get pictures as they drove by.
For sure. Funny thing is the cops had just set up a speedtrap down the road where it goes to 50... guess that rained on their revenue parade.
I just walked down and took a few seconds to shoot a few pics. There was nobody around at all now, just 2 guys working on the plane. Wasn't going to stand there and gawk, so it was hard to tell if they were fueling it, or draining in order to remove the wings. Looked like a good job landing though!
Power lines are in the background that he went under.
On a side note, the cross street (Fallowfield) shall be known from this day forward as Planeinfield.
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“If you’re trained well, you can land it well,” is all the pilot would say before departing in a car with two other men wearing shirts with OAS logos.
A pretty cocky thing to say. I know the pilot is happy he didn't skin his ass too hard and is probably just being a mouthpiece for the company. These guys have had more engine failures than is normal. (source:CADORS)
You can also land it well if the plane is well maintained. Or fixed when it's snagged. Or inspected when oil consumption is increasing.
Anyway, glad the pilot's butt isn't skinned.
More engine failures than is normal, CADORS...? Really? W T F are you talking about? Do your research before bluntly stating false information. I don't see ANY engine failures in the last 2 years of CADORS. Can't say the same of other flight training units in the Eastern Region of Ontario. Some operators have had 3 engine failures in 2012 alone. Well maintained and oil consumption... really? I'd like to see you do what this guy did. The fact that the plane is well maintained or not has nothing to do with what the pilot did. He landed a plane after engine problems on takeoff into a field and dodged power lines. He probably didn't even get halfway up to circuit altitude when it happened.
I have never seen any statistics suggesting that the DA20s, especially with the Rotax (this one seems to be the Katana version) had more engine failures than average. Perhaps just the opposite.
Regardless, the overall safety track record of the DA20s continues to be the best of any GA aircraft in existence. Three times lower than the Cessna 152/172. Stall speed of 32 knots (max weight) does not hurt either, and probably explains why it was not too hard for him to land successfully on that field.
“If you’re trained well, you can land it well,” is all the pilot would say before departing in a car with two other men wearing shirts with OAS logos.
A pretty cocky thing to say. I know the pilot is happy he didn't skin his ass too hard and is probably just being a mouthpiece for the company. These guys have had more engine failures than is normal. (source:CADORS)
You can also land it well if the plane is well maintained. Or fixed when it's snagged. Or inspected when oil consumption is increasing.
Anyway, glad the pilot's butt isn't skinned.
More engine failures than is normal, CADORS...? Really? W T F are you talking about? Do your research before bluntly stating false information. I don't see ANY engine failures in the last 2 years of CADORS. Can't say the same of other flight training units in the Eastern Region of Ontario. Some operators have had 3 engine failures in 2012 alone. Well maintained and oil consumption... really? I'd like to see you do what this guy did. The fact that the plane is well maintained or not has nothing to do with what the pilot did. He landed a plane after engine problems on takeoff into a field and dodged power lines. He probably didn't even get halfway up to circuit altitude when it happened.
No, not in the past two years but since 1994 here's all the CADORS report numbers for the Katana major engine issues or complete failures reported for OAS:
These comments never cease to amaze me. Situations like this are often not what they seem and rarely simple... certainly not simple enough for someone to provide comment less than 24 hours after the occurrence and with no facts.
Sorry Gessle64, but you sound either like a disgruntled employee or a pilot wannabe who feels life has past them by and who resents having to watch aviation from outside the airport fence. In either case, you should know better than to comment foolishly. Glad everyone is OK.
