Big scare story

In article et,
Dallas wrote:
I was reading some of the older posts of this group and was highly
entertained by NW_Pilot's carburetor icing thread.

My guess is that all of the high time pilots have at least one "big scare
story" they might share... How about it, what was your scariest moment?


Before soloing, after adding a quart of oil to the PA-18, just after takeoff.

I heard myself say: "erm... we have smoke on the cockpit. your plane"

I had left the oil filler cap loose...



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Doing a 180 and landing on 9R with a 172H after having an engine
failure taking off 27R at FCM (Flying Cloud Minneapolis) on a bitterly
cold day. I don't think I left the airport boundary & the tower said
the wing tips were within a few feet of the 9R snowbank maneuvering
with full flaps in a near-vertical bank. They were reaching for the
fire button expecting me to cartwheel, but I got it stopped OK.

Accumulated ice crystals in the fuel from the previous user blocked the
gascolator screen. In hindsight I shoulda stuffed it straight in (not
a real friendly area) but I thought I'd at least see how far around I
could get. My passenger never flew with me again.........

I now use a little RED can Heet in the winter and don't fly in below
zero (F) temps.

"Morgans" wrote in message
...

"Darkwing" theducksmail"AT"yahoo.com wrote

Had an engine run rough for about 3 seconds during a downleg on a cross
country right after take off, probably could have made the runway but
still
my heart fell to the bottom of my shoe. Had another 2 second engine
roughness at altitude during a cross country, had an airport pretty much
below us, still not any fun. All this in brand new 172's with fuel
injection!

So did you ever figure out what was causing the rough running?
--
Jim in NC


I personally never did, just squawked it (rental). They had the problem a
couple times in the past but never could isolate it. It's still flying so it
must of been fixed or never caused a problem, I switched to the SP's they
had.

-------------------------------
DW

When he regained control we were at 1500 ft.

Whoa! A "clear air tornado"?

Quite a story. (If it was April 1st, I wouldn't have believed it!)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
news:5u7ff.580371$xm3.76315@attbi_s21...
When he regained control we were at 1500 ft.

Whoa! A "clear air tornado"?

Quite a story. (If it was April 1st, I wouldn't have believed it!)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"


Surprised the hell out of me as well. I did some research own it years ago
and it seems to be related to a better known clear air micro burst.

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
news:5u7ff.580371$xm3.76315@attbi_s21...
When he regained control we were at 1500 ft.

Whoa! A "clear air tornado"?

Quite a story. (If it was April 1st, I wouldn't have believed it!)

It sounds like to me that it was a giant dust-devil, caused by a very strong
thermal. I have seen them pick up enough dirt that they looked like a
tornado. I say a video taken at a baseball game, and one at a campground,
that had good sized tents blowing around and around, and other large things
blowing, too.

That is my best guess, as to what he was talking about.
--
Jim in NC

"Dallas" wrote in message news:iMAef.1981

... How about it, what was your scariest moment?

Still waiting for it. Almost 35 years since my first solo; learned in a
172, flew my last flight in a 747-200, and never had a catastrophic failure
of any kind. yawn.....

Ummmm... OK... Short story story....

There was a class in college asked to write a short story, using as
few words as possible..

But it had to contain..

1- Religion
2- Sexuality
3- Mystery

The winner,top marks..



"Good God, I'm pregnant. Wonder who did it? "

"Jay Honeck"
They don't see all the time spent snaking bottles of
shampoo out of toilets, or re-attaching towel bars...

Copy that.

It used to take a long time to get a property cleaned out for the next
tenant, then I learned to just take a leaf blower in there and go crazy.
:-)

Dallas

"Gig 601XL Builder"
Whoa! A "clear air tornado"?
Surprised the hell out of me as well. I did some research own it years ago
and it seems to be related to a better known clear air micro burst.

Just a guess here, but tornados take on the color of the ground they are
crossing over... black topsoil - black tornado, yellow dirt - yellow
tornado, water - white tornado. My guess would be a clear one wouldn't be
on the ground?


Dallas