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Emergency Landing on I-70!
"Darkwing" theducksmail"AT"yahoo.com wrote in message ... This happend in my neck of the woods, amazing there wasn't a car crash or something from rubber necking! http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dl...OCAL/802250370 Our local paper where this happened said, "A mechanic ultimately determined that Suleman's carb had frozen because of an improper fuel mix." As someone who has only flown fuel injected planes I have no idea is that makes sense, sounds like the "Daily Reporter" got this wrong. |
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Emergency Landing on I-70!
On Feb 25, 5:18*pm, "Darkwing" theducksmail"AT"yahoo.com wrote:
"Darkwing" theducksmail"AT"yahoo.com wrote in message ... This happend in my neck of the woods, amazing there wasn't a car crash or something from rubber necking! http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dl...0225/LOCAL/802.... Our local paper where this happened said, "A mechanic ultimately determined that Suleman's carb had frozen because of an improper fuel mix." As someone who has only flown fuel injected planes I have no idea is that makes sense, sounds like the "Daily Reporter" got this wrong. Improper fuel mix? That must be the old 1970 Piper two stroke that I heard about. Wil |
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Emergency Landing on I-70!
On Feb 25, 4:18*pm, "Darkwing" theducksmail"AT"yahoo.com wrote:
"Darkwing" theducksmail"AT"yahoo.com wrote in message ... This happend in my neck of the woods, amazing there wasn't a car crash or something from rubber necking! http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dl...0225/LOCAL/802.... Our local paper where this happened said, "A mechanic ultimately determined that Suleman's carb had frozen because of an improper fuel mix." As someone who has only flown fuel injected planes I have no idea is that makes sense, sounds like the "Daily Reporter" got this wrong. Improper mixture of fuel and water?? |
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Emergency Landing on I-70!
Benjamin Dover wrote in
: Mxsmanic wrote in : Ron Lee writes: Depends. Did he do something stupid that caused the problem? In that case he endangered himself and others. I am awaiting the full story. Carb heat? You don't know **** from Shinola. A bit of instruction for him. http://www.pottymouth.org/humor/shinola.html Bertie |
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Emergency Landing on I-70!
Bertie the Bunyip wrote in
: http://www.pottymouth.org/humor/shinola.html Do you really think that will help Anthony? When he tries to think real hard, he ends up winding his ass and scratching his watch. |
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Emergency Landing on I-70!
Benjamin Dover wrote in
: Bertie the Bunyip wrote in : http://www.pottymouth.org/humor/shinola.html Do you really think that will help Anthony? Couldn't hurt! What could, let's face it.. When he tries to think real hard, he ends up winding his ass and scratching his watch. Hehheh Bertie |
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Emergency Landing on I-70!
Seems to me that he was at 7000' over flatlands with an airport 7 miles away
(according to the newspaper, which we all know is right all the time). Seems to me that 7 miles is gliding distance at this altitude, no? Jim |
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Emergency Landing on I-70!
According to the article posted below, the pilot reported that he was at
7000 feet when the engine stopped and that "he couldn't possibly make it to the nearest airport, Mount Comfort, which was about seven miles away". The elevation of Mount Comfort is 811 ft. with a 3,850 ft. x 100 ft. runway. Not to belittle his commendable job of putting the plane down safely, nor to assume that I could do the same as easily, but it would seem to me that 7 miles from 7000 ft. would be within a reasonable gliding distance for most GA aircraft, and to say that "he couldn't possibly make it" there doesn't sound right to me. Even factoring in a delay to sort things out and make some decisions and therefore starting a decent from 6000 ft. direct to an airport 7 miles away would still seem more plausible to me than trying to land on a highway during the day. Anyone agree or disagree? Art Varrassi CP-ASEL "Mike Proctor" wrote in message t... Carburetor ice? From the picture, it looks as if there was a fair amount of water vapor/fog in the air. IIRC, the temperature in that area was ideal for carb ice formation. Yep, according to this article: http://www.theindychannel.com/news/1...3/detail.html# |
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Emergency Landing on I-70!
Correction to my previous post: Mount Comfort's elevation is 862 ft. with a
5500 ft. x 100 ft. runway. "Art Varrassi" wrote in message ... According to the article posted below, the pilot reported that he was at 7000 feet when the engine stopped and that "he couldn't possibly make it to the nearest airport, Mount Comfort, which was about seven miles away". The elevation of Mount Comfort is 811 ft. with a 3,850 ft. x 100 ft. runway. Not to belittle his commendable job of putting the plane down safely, nor to assume that I could do the same as easily, but it would seem to me that 7 miles from 7000 ft. would be within a reasonable gliding distance for most GA aircraft, and to say that "he couldn't possibly make it" there doesn't sound right to me. Even factoring in a delay to sort things out and make some decisions and therefore starting a decent from 6000 ft. direct to an airport 7 miles away would still seem more plausible to me than trying to land on a highway during the day. Anyone agree or disagree? Art Varrassi CP-ASEL "Mike Proctor" wrote in message t... Carburetor ice? From the picture, it looks as if there was a fair amount of water vapor/fog in the air. IIRC, the temperature in that area was ideal for carb ice formation. Yep, according to this article: http://www.theindychannel.com/news/1...3/detail.html# |
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Emergency Landing on I-70!
RST Engineering wrote:
Seems to me that he was at 7000' over flatlands with an airport 7 miles away (according to the newspaper, which we all know is right all the time). Seems to me that 7 miles is gliding distance at this altitude, no? Does anybody know what the winds were? -- Frank Stutzman Bonanza N494B "Hula Girl" Boise, ID |
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