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 Posted: Mon Dec 15, 2008 7:53 pm Post subject: Deadstick Landing |
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Noel,
Enjoying this thread.
The landing you referred to was a Canadian Air Transat Airbus-330 back in 01. They ran out of fuel due to a fuel leak and messed up by not following the proper procedures. However, they did a great job of flying the airliner to safety. I know they don't normally practice this in airline training, however at my airline we did have the opportunity to experience it and attempt a landing in the sim. The Canadair Regional jet flies nicely on NO engines, but it does have a massive sink rate and impressive forward speed requirement, but I digress. Here's a link to one of the many reports on the Air Transat incident.
http://www.iasa.com.au/folders/Safety_Issues/others/azoresdeadstick.html
Rick Weiss
N39RW Series V Speedster, 912ULS
SkyStar S/N 1
Port Orange, FL
BTW, it was 80 degrees today and the it's supposed to be that way the rest of the week. Cold Weather starts here are for temps in the 50's Come visit!
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chuckp
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| Posted: Thu Dec 18, 2008 7:13 am Post subject: Deadstick Landing |
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All of this chatting about practicing dead stick landings has me smiling. If you really want to get the practice, just replace your Rotax or Jabiru with a Cuyuna or a Zenoah. Over the past 25 years, I have experienced over 20 in-flight engine failures resulting in off-airport landings in small fields and even front yards, only one of which has caused slight damage. The Zenoah had a tendency to seize in my ultralight, and the Cuyuna in my 1984 Avid experienced multiple failures including two broken cranks! More recently, I replaced the Cuyuna with a Rotax 447, which has proven very reliable. Even so, with the 447, the combination of ethanol fuel and my fiberglass wing tank has plugged up the fuel filter twice resulting in two more off-airport landings, before I wised up and discontinued using gasohol. I have had lots of practice, and I’m now hopeful that I won’t get any more!
Pops N113P
Flying and grinning since 1956
Checked by AVG.
12/18/2008 10:16 AM
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