I had the misfortune of having a total engine failure a few years back and interrupted some golfers on a driving range. I was lucky to find a flat and smooth field in the mountain area I was in! The plane John was flying has a low glide ratio so although the landing may have looked rushed it wasn't. I think he did a great job making his emergency call and bringing it in. Planes can be fixed or replaced. He walked away to fly another day! Well done!

Starts looking for a place to land before the prop stops spinning :) Quick action, great pilot.

@Fleeglebutt

3 жыл бұрын

You always look for a place to land even when your motor is running normally.

@patrickroher4760

3 жыл бұрын

Sounds like lack of oil in the engine. If I'm right a good pilot would have checked for that.

@dwightdodd3734

10 ай бұрын

rule # ONE when in a helicopter......................@@Fleeglebutt

I delivered this air to John a couple of months before. It was fitted with a vernier twin ( allways at best between engine failures ) As an ex instructor I would say that a low level engine failure for a low hours pilot gives a huge ( and frequently paralysing )adrenaline rush. John did well to quickly get the nose down, establish the glide and get the round out in. True a side slip would have shortened the roll and the approach was a little fast but the x air is draggy and a low hours pilot could easily end up wearing the downwind hedge with a slow approach from that height. Front forks are cheap and no injury’s. I think he did ok. He’s had a couple of engine failures since by the way and has done just fine. Remember, every hour you fly is an hour nearer your next engine failure !!! So keep practicing😉

@RM-el3gw

3 жыл бұрын

It seems that if engine failures are occurring regularly as you're mentioning, then something must be seriously wrong.

@ianhogg2940

3 жыл бұрын

@@RM-el3gw The problem vernier had was crankshaft steel purchased from Russia with an “ incorrect” spec to that on the paperwork ( or indeed ordered) , and hence cranks snapping as happened in this case. His later engine failures were big ends in a rotation 582 in a different airframe , and a fuel prob. Both successfully dealt with.

@esathegreat

2 жыл бұрын

@@ianhogg2940 in soviet russia engine cranks you

It's sad to see all the criticism here. It's his life, his plane, he landed without harm to himself, anyone else or property for that matter. Why the negativity? If you could have done it better, then go pull the plug on your craft at 300ft, take a video of your supremacy and show it off to the world. Your video will be inspirational and helpful, unlike your negativity and immature comments here. The only mistake I saw here was allowing that black widow on the wing to come aboard ;)

@sam1174

8 жыл бұрын

+xquisitaz I agree. And for all of those people who will say "I practice 300 foot engine out landings all the time", let's see them do it when they aren't expecting it. Sure, practice helps you hone your skills, but when your engine REALLY dies, UNEXPECTEDLY, and you've only got 30 seconds to get your plane on the ground. There's a whole lot to think about in a very, very short amount of time.

@ChrisTopheRaz

8 жыл бұрын

***** That's because comments were deleted from this post and I'm glad they were.

@knowsbetter1

8 жыл бұрын

thanks and we'll put.

@ziggy2shus624

5 жыл бұрын

I agree --- and good eye on the bug.

@markhitchman7263

4 жыл бұрын

yip looked pretty good to me brothers

Well done John! I like the way you started looking around for a field the moment you heard the engine noise. Salute!

1:17 lol that spiders like i'm getting the fuck outa here

@wkdemers

8 жыл бұрын

BWAHAHAHA

@tpowell453

7 жыл бұрын

That was funny!

simple. any landing you can walk away from is a good landing. you all know that.

@hdaviator9181

8 жыл бұрын

+C “Texcritter” Chase I disagree. I would say that any landing where your aircraft does not sustain damage is a good landing. Otherwise, its technically a crash.

@knowsbetter1

8 жыл бұрын

Tell that to all military pilots, in fact any pilot. As myself

@knowsbetter1

8 жыл бұрын

***** not too many see it that way. thanks

@hdaviator9181

8 жыл бұрын

+C “Texcritter” Chase If you are a pilot, and you asked me to tell it to any pilot. I already did what you asked me to do.

@camjua00

8 жыл бұрын

why did you have to say you're a pilot?

1:13 Spider Escape on Roof :D

Not a single swear word - and a landing he walks away from - I'm very impressed !

I think you did a fine job. As far as coming in hot, yes I would agree. It is nice burning off speed if you have plenty of clear runway in front of you. He may have seen something at the landing site we didn't. Closing in on a fence or tree line, ditch? He didn't have the option of a "go around"... He kept his cool and did a damn fine job in my opinion. Well done. Blue skies, Scott

I have been flying over 50 yrs so have some experience and what I would say to John is bloody well done, I have met many pilots that could not have done as well so for a low time student to do it is just amazing.

wow, balls of steel. Holds his nerve so well.

@Icybearg

5 жыл бұрын

spot on!

@stevegiu4232

2 жыл бұрын

Well,does he have a choice

@markfox1545

Жыл бұрын

Think about other mens' testicles a lot, do uou? What do you like most about them?

God aviator. As soon as the engine started giving he reverted to his training and began immediately scanning for a field. Way to keep your head!

@hook86

8 жыл бұрын

+Hook Good* I meant... God may be overstating it a bit lol

Glad you you're safe and walked away from this INSTANT engine failure. I've practiced many of them, but never had an actual failure. My CFI was always chopping the power on me and I'm glad he did, tho I didn't at the time, lol. He sure drilled it into my head to never bet my life on an engine. To this day I shoot 99% of base turns and final approaches with power at idle, and occasionally shut my engine off at @ 1000 AGL, over one end of the grass strip, for practice.The very first time, I quickly noticed the difference between a stopped prop and an idling prop. More difference than I would've thought. Great job, brother, keep practicing and keep the mentality of 'where you'll land if your engine fails right now', (always). It has become habit now, and makes it so much more fun, because I always make sure I always have AT LEAST one good place within gliding distance to put it down safely. Thanks for posting this vid, it teaches us all, saving lives. 👍 Edit: I mostly fly LSA/ELSA, which i realize affords me more options.

@dwightdodd3734

10 ай бұрын

unfortunately mine quit with no notice (bad electrical conn) at about 300 feet in a mountainous area when i was a less than 10 hr pilot with no dual instruction or an air speed indicator or altimeter that day....came in hot and flaired late when i saw the ground coming up to kill me....found my right foot BEHIND my right shoulder.....it was very exciting.........

Great emergency landing - thanks for posting. Cheers, Patrick

It was really cool to see him start looking for somewhere to land as soon as it cut out. Good on him, glad he came back to us!

What type of Microlight was this? And great landing. You picked a good spot, got it down and walked away. That's perfect in my book.

Sure, there's plenty to critique about is less-than-ideal landing, but in another video, he mentions that he'd only been flying for 6 months. That in mind, he handled it very well.

@fedup7416

7 жыл бұрын

stupid comment.

@RunningLemonStudios

7 жыл бұрын

Ahahaha mk fedup

@wj-mtb4031

4 жыл бұрын

Off runway landings are soo different, he did a great job

Great job staying calm and handling the situation. And that on your 2nd solo!

That was beautiful! Bravo! Your alive! I timed about 49 seconds from stall to landing.. very professional! Hats off sir!

hahah I was so on edge like oh god, when is he gonna pull up... ok ya getting close now plz pull up... PULL UP!

Well done John. I had an engine failure in an X-Air 582 at 85ft after take off. Landed and we both walked away, X-Air was in a bad shape but that doesn't matter. Thanks for sharing your expierence!

Well done, engine failure, successful landing, walked away. Good on you.

What a great show of prioritization! Didn't spend time looking at instruments trying to figure out why the engine quit. Immediately looked out of the aircraft for a suitable landing site. Well done!

"Any landing you can walk away from..."

Well done John. Any landing you walk away from is a good one, especially when its a dead stick one. Don't take any notice of the armchair jockeys on here because I doubt any of them would have done any better in the same situation. You would have demonstrated your competence in your GST and that paid off in the end. Fly safe, from a fellow flexwing pilot.

First time ever seeing a plane crash from first person view. Pretty cool how he remained calm and wasn't visibly bothered.

I think the fella did fantastic! Was it the perfect landing. No. But like they say, any landing you can walk away from is a GOOD landing, even if the aircraft was totaled. At least he remembered to get the nose down to get air over his wings to create lift. So, so vital. Anything less, as others pointed out, would most certainly led to a forsaken stall and spin. Neither if which is welcomed by ANY pilot. Glad your OK sir and thanks for posting. That in and of itself is very courageous! Best regards!

The good things about him is,he look very calm and didn't panic and know how to handle the situation.

this is youtube, where everyone is an expert at every video they watch. but i think his eyes were too focused on other surroundings than his actual landing spot. he panic'ed at the last second with a flare up @ 1:05, instead of a smooth glide slope onto the grass.

In 1982 I had just bought a Quicksilver MX, had done my one hour training session and was on my own. I had flown for about five hours total and was following stages from an ultralight training book. The book suggested that if you could start the engine from your seat, you should get up to about 2000 feet, kill the engine and restart it. The engine was a 440cc (I think) engine from a snowmobile, it needed quite a pull. It was always started with a sharp downward pull with two hands. I had not thought this procedure through fully before I took off and when it came to restart the engine, it would have meant to leave go of the main flight control, this control gave you elevator and rudder on the right hand. I realised after a few panicky moments I couldn't pull the engine over fast enough with one hand, so I soon realised I had to do a deal stick landing. Fortunately there were loads of tracks out there at Lake Elsinore and I just did some long steepish turns till I reckoned I was right to land. Everything worked out OK. Somehow I did manage to cut my hand on the on/off switch. Didn't realise till a couple of years ago (some 30 years after the event) that I could have probably pushed the nose down hard to give some push on the prop and I may have been able to start it one handed. When I tried to let go of the control stick initially, the plane became very unstable. I dread to think how my pulse was during the first few mines of no engine and no way I could start it!! Cheers, John.

Good one. He kept the nose down and saved his life.

@allysuckblackisback7746

4 жыл бұрын

Can you explain please? Surely nose up better to stay longer in air and come down more slowly?

@paulogarcia1766

4 жыл бұрын

@@allysuckblackisback7746 I'm not an aviator but a sailor/engineering student so my explanation might be wrong here but during an engine cutout the aircraft becomes a glider rather than a plane. Without the engine delivering forward thrust then the plane can not climb in altitude very well. You have to keep the nose down so you can keep your forward speed up. If you brought the nose up, the aircraft would soar upward for a bit but eventually air resistance would slow it's forward travel down and you would fall straight down just like a rock rather than gliding forward. If you want to try this as an experiment, make a paper airplane and throw it at a really sharp upward angle. It will slow down immediately and flutter down to the ground instead of ever "flying". Without any forward speed, the aircraft's control surfaces do not work. So even though it seems a bit scary for the pilot to be aiming down at the ground, that's actually the only way he can maintain steering capabilities. You need airflow over the control surfaces.

@uncleswell

4 жыл бұрын

@@allysuckblackisback7746 the other reply is right on the money. Below a certain airspeed, the wings stop flying (referred to as a stall). As soon as your engine dies, you need to pitch downward in order to remain above that speed. In addition, there is a "best glide" speed for each airplane design, where you're getting maximum glide distance, all forces considered.

@uncleswell

4 жыл бұрын

@@paulogarcia1766 the one (pedantic) thing I would change in your reply is that pitching down is not scary for the pilot (assuming they're not brand new)... Once you get used to it, pitching up in low airspeed situation becomes the thing that makes you uneasy. Pointing at the ground becomes nice and comfy! That is, assuming you're not going to arrive there immediately.

@vracan

3 жыл бұрын

@@allysuckblackisback7746 please go do some research on aerodynamics and please do not think of becoming a pilot cuz you lack even the most common basic knolwledge of flight

If you look at the airspeed needle in the top centre of the panel you can see it is at around just before 5 o'clock when he is cruising before the engine failure. He lands it with the needle at 6 o'clock. So his landing speed is higher than his cruising speed.

@bigjuan6440

2 жыл бұрын

I'm sure he didn't want to over-shoot the field he picked so had to get it on the ground fast.

glad you survived, what aircraft is/was this?

So sorry for the plane damage but good job walking away from it. The engine got rough. It sounded like the engine lost oil pressure and seized. Nice video!

I'm not a pilot, but dude straight took a kamikaze approach straight down lol...

If you look at the Air Speed Indicator after the engine quits, he doubles it while descending. Why I have no idea. Clearly it could maintain flight way longer. However, it's not just the ridiculously steep descent that for sure exceeded his best glide speed, but the way he put it down that makes no sense to me. Clearly it could fly at half that speed, plus you have ground effect. Wouldn't it be both more intuitive and safe to keep it airborne a bit longer to let the excess speed bleed off and thereby softening the landing?

@crazymonkeyVII

8 жыл бұрын

***** Awesome name!:) I understand that, and better a bit too much speed than just too little, but why not flare it right above the ground to slow down a bit?

@crazymonkeyVII

8 жыл бұрын

***** No need, I'm on your continent :)

@Nigel-Mac

8 жыл бұрын

+crazymonkeyVII Interesting point, and maybe that's just pilot skill and possibly a/c type. I know when I have an engine failure, if my airspeed is not PEGGED on glide, I'm probably unconscious. Just my two cents, but, as said by everyone, he survived that's really all that matters.

thank GOD you alive bro!

@elixier33

3 жыл бұрын

Why thank the man that doesn't exist over the fact that he saved his own life

Looked higher than 300ft.

@amazing-vq6jr

7 жыл бұрын

i agree, im normally making the final approach for landing within the 150ft mark which is only half that. i clicked on this video thinking what a shit position to be in loosing power at 300ft. u havent got much time to suss out landing

@82stuntman

7 жыл бұрын

Indiana Joe yeah, more like 300 meters AGL. 😆

@Sky-wm6tl

6 жыл бұрын

altitude looked like it was reading 800 but that definitely wasnt 300

Who else saw the spider at 1:15? Looks like no one before me..

@sipicup5614

9 жыл бұрын

I did lol...

@capacityplus

9 жыл бұрын

I think he crawled out of the carb. lol

@MrJdsenior

9 жыл бұрын

SUM1 Where? Even stopped at 1:15 and don't see it.

@-SUM1-

9 жыл бұрын

John Sikes Look carefully in the top right

@MrJdsenior

9 жыл бұрын

SUM1 Got it, thanks. Looks like he's thinking about acting like a rat leaving a sinking ship, then decides it's over and OK. Good eyes!

good job man, you're a flying ace!

Well done that man! I had an engine failure at approx 800ft and that didn't leave much time to pick a suitable field and get lined up. No time for a radio call. Fortunately all went well, pilot and aircraft came away unscathed. Unfortunately, I didn't have a camera running to capture the event.

Flight is accomplished when there is enough airspeed to have sufficient lift from both wings. If you do not have sufficient airspeed, you can have a stall or a wing stall which is even worse where one of the wings dips down suddenly and you go down in a downward spiral. With insufficient altitude, you go straight into the ground, nose first. For those who think you can glide an aircraft, remember that it takes practice flying without power to become familiar with the stall speed characteristics (while factoring in wind direction). However, no one shuts down their engine in flight to practice or get a feel of their stall speed.Therefore, it is far better to land at high velocity and maintain precious lift than risk a stall and a deadly crash. Glad you came out of this alive and were able to walk away. That is all that counts. Nice landing!

I read all the flying comments with interest. It looks like he tried to make his aiming spot just past the fence. I agree that he came in hot and high but you really have to give him credit for keeping his head. It also appears that he was communicating with someone as he finished his turn to final. All I really think he should have done once he committed to the field he chose was to do a hard side slip to lose his altitude and drop some air speed. Unless you've been there I .............

Considering the magnitude of the emergency, the pilot was cool as a cucumber.....

I’ve never seen anyone hold the stick with such a strong grip ! Followed by a snatch to full brutal elevator instead of a gentle flare ! Fred Flintstone pilot style ! Glad he landed safely though ...

wow...looks like he handled it very well. Nice job!

Good landing, you and the spider walked away!!

That was one of the smartest pilots I ever seen

John if this is your second solo , your future flights will be 'walk in the park' well done.

@bongdan3501

3 жыл бұрын

read better, second solo of the day.....

Well done! you got down safe and sound ..and it looks like not much damage to your aircraft ..I had an engine out in a helicopter once your video showed almost the same trajectory!, those ultra lights come down fast iv practiced Engine outs in them and without that propeller spending it flies like a barn door doesn't it. Regards Jake

@tpowell453

7 жыл бұрын

A plane this size? Negative 2 : 1. LOL It goes UP. Get it? Oh never mind. It wasn't that funny.

Great job!

well done John, minimal damage and a landing you walked away from. Sideslipping may have helped but a decade later you no doubt know that now

The spider top right at 1:16 must of been like wtf 🤣

Nice job Sir!

Didn't Say A Word While Falling :D That's A Man.

The airspeed indicator in the video is too small to be read, but during the climb-out after the take off the instrument's needle is pointing roughly to 3 o'clock position, so it's safe to assume that is somewhere near climb and glide speed. He tried to initiate the flare with the needle pointing to some 7 o'clock, grossly above glide speed. By the time he touched the ground he should have already bled off speed towards stall but he was still way above glide speed at that moment. He survived and it is of course a good thing, but the video shows blatant lack of airspeed management during an emergency. Good video for demonstrating to students what goes on during a real-world emergency and how it can be better handled. Thanks for posting.

@madeljacky

9 жыл бұрын

That's what I was watching too, the airspeed indicator. He actually had more airspeed at touch down than he had in the cruise. Probably was panicking a bit as he probably was a low hour pilot at that stage but he will get better with experience. The main thing is he got it down and walked away from it, would have been far worse if he had bled off too much air speed and then stalled, panic could then have him still pulling back on the stick with fatal results. I have practised engine failures in Thruster micro lights but when the real thing actually happens, you don't know exactly how you are going to react.

@coriscotupi

9 жыл бұрын

madeljacky Nothing like first-person experience. I've had to do a dead-stick landing once in a single-engine airplane once, but luckily I was well within gliding distance of the local airfield - actually had ample altitude, was about 5000ft AGL and about a mile from the field. That approach needed some planning as to not get carried away losing altitude. It ended very well, nothing broken, the airplane even flew again that same day.

@fritzkatz

9 жыл бұрын

corisco tupi All true///// but with so little mass and inertia in a UL it is better to err on the side of too fast and large a reaction pushover followed by too much speed and too steep an approach if you are tense and likely to err. Many UL pilots have died just freezing in disbelief for a few seconds after the failure and letting the airspeed dissipate and disappear and lawn dart here we come. He did OK. Hell, even Hudson River Sully and whatsisname forgot to hit the "ditch switch" during the glide down after decades doing it in sims.... which could have proven but didn't prove critical.

@coriscotupi

9 жыл бұрын

Swampy Dave Also true. I'd even add to your argument the fact that ultralights of the style shown usually have tons of drag, and every second "frozen" after the engine quits will bring them that closer to stalling. I also agree that if one is to err on airspeed during an emergency, it is best to do it toward the high side. But the video shows a very gross mismanagement of airspeed throughout the glide all the way to the ground, this is not the usual "err to the high side". I'm glad he didn't get hurt, but some emergency training is in order.

@coriscotupi

9 жыл бұрын

Digitalbumpin This happened in the mid-80s, long before micro video cameras existed and in fact long before many of you here started breathing (say... what were you doing in 1986?) so no, I don't have a video to prove that dead-stick landing. Mind you, "portable" video cameras at the time were 5-lb shoulder-mounted beasts and I was working, not sightseeing/videographing. But look... the last thing I need in life right now is to prove anything to a teen KZread warrior, LOL. Go get your pilots's licence if you want, then let's talk. I did it over 30 years ago, son.

good landing

Once again, KZread comments serve to prove that small-minded do-nothings and keyboard second-guessers will never fail to criticize the accomplishments of those who actually achieve and excel. Nice bailout landing John.

@richardbrown1946

7 жыл бұрын

Ever heard of "best glide speed" dipshit? This moron actually speed up by "dropping the nose and diving for the field."

@user-kl5gm8nm6r

6 жыл бұрын

ParagliderCollapse why you blaming me?

@enclave6285

2 жыл бұрын

Because you can’t see what options he had for a landing spot. He had very little altitude and therefore limited options to find a landing spot and limited time to make a decision. He forced it into one that worked.

he is professional

i'd start screaming and panicking if that ever happened to me, an absolute nightmare for anyone in a plane especially a solo pilot he did well considering the situation

@dwightdodd3734

3 жыл бұрын

Didnt look like it hurt the plane.....I bent mine and tore the front wheel( that I was standing on) off.I say he did pretty good.Of course i did have 6 entire hours under my belt.......

That looked fun I remember when I was little my bus driver at school had one of these and had fun from time to time on weekends.

Good landing great job man!

Outstanding airmanship pilot alive and well!!!!!!

No Criticism Here !... Great landing . Glad You're OK! ( :

Awesome save!!!

Well done, you kept calm and landed well, despite some damage to the plane. Main thing is you survived without injury. Hope you got the plane fixed and ready for more flying.

nerves of steel you got RESPECT🤠

With my bush wheels and a lyc o-320 with a banner puller prop I get a ratio around 7.5 :1 ...i'm used to landing of field and on gravel bars , so hopefully this will be good practice in case I have an engine issue!

Good job dude!

Knows what's he's doing. Even before the engine stopped he was eyeing up a landing

@refused215

7 жыл бұрын

yeah i noticed that too.

@tpowell453

7 жыл бұрын

Yeah, all seasoned pilots jerk the stick back like that before landing. lol Good eye bro.

@welshpete12

7 жыл бұрын

That is called flaring ! If you know anything about flying you would know that !

@tpowell453

7 жыл бұрын

welshpete12 No, that's called jerking back on the stick. Flaring is smoothly pulling the nose up in order to stall the plane onto the ground. One is violent, the other is controlled. One is reactionary, the other is anticipatory. One leads to a gentle landing, the other leads to bouncing up and down on the runway and missing your mark.

@tpowell453

7 жыл бұрын

And I will tell you straight up that that was not a good landing. He came in too steep, too hot, jerked back on the stick (late) and bounced it pretty hard. There was plenty of room - so I did not see the need for the high angle / high velocity approach.

Now that was some fast thinking and a great landing under such crappy circumstances.

did you fix it up and fly it again?

At 1:15 you can see a freaking spider walking around the wing! Maybe that was the cause. LOL

Thanks for flying with spiderAir. He walked away, just it could have gone abit better but it could have been much much worse!

Most ultralights do not take hard landings well. This was a pretty good example of that. If he would have had a nice smooth field it would have been different.

I really would like to fly, this is good example how it’s done without panic. Thanks

the landing was kind of rushed, but i guess a high speed landing is better than stalling out and crashing.

@williamdebose8356

5 жыл бұрын

Stall ed ??? WTF are you talking about his engine was dead he had zero options

@cccc5612

5 жыл бұрын

William Debose just cause you are in a dead stick situating doesn’t mean you can’t stall, do some research

@wilhallman2890

4 жыл бұрын

@@williamdebose8356 engine power and stall are two totally different things

@braeeee_

4 жыл бұрын

@@williamdebose8356 he lost power of the engine, but what he is saying is that if he held the glide for a bit longer he could've dropped some speed resulting in a better landing. Stalling is the lack of lift passing the aerofoil at low speeds causing the aircraft to lose control and essentially lose all aspects of "flight" two very different things.

@reconnaissance7372

4 жыл бұрын

@@williamdebose8356 He's saying the decent was rushed, unnecessarily building a lot of speed rather than trying to glide down resulting in a pretty rough landing. But yeah I would rather faceplant my windshield than to fall in a stall from 300ft that's for sure hehe

Good job keeping your bearing. Nice landing.

How much damage did the X-Air take?

I had an engine failure in a Microlight that I used to own some years ago and it certainly concentrates the mind.. It's very difficult to tell from the video, but it seems the pilot was quite steep on the final portion of his approach, this led to a greater than normal flare being required which he misjudged a little, hence the nosewheel collapsing. It is probable that he wanted to ensure a touchdown at the near end of the field to avoid the chance of running out of field by landing long. "Diving" at the near end of the field would leave enough room for the landing roll, but it may mean excess speed and a steep approach angle. I suppose the real point here is that the pilot immediately identified a suitable field and landed without injury. There is only one way to pretty much guarantee a successful landing after an engine failure and that is to practice regularly. In the UK, Microlight pilots were (I expect they still are!) taught never to get into a situation which would not allow a safe landing in the event of an engine failure. We also made almost every approach to land with the engine at idle, thereby simulating the approach angle to be expected with an engine failure - ie much steeper than a powered approach and requiring a greater and higher flare. Microlight engines are much better than they used to be, with many more four stroke versions around. Mine was a two stroke that seized up and failed, this sounds like a two stroke as well. Failures in two stroke microlights are fairly common. If you fly for long enough, you'll have one!

whew! that looked like a pretty fast landing!

It is not a CRASH landing, but a (very good) FORCED landing in accordance with training. Wish media types would quit the dramatics.

I realize you had to pick your spot, but touchdown speed seems a bit high. Glad you walked away, but would terrain not allow for slower speed?

Anyone else see that huge spider??? :O Anyhoo.... glad you are ok!

I'd say he did pretty well seeing that the spider stayed on the roof, hats off to you man.

I have had several engine failures and just landed normally. It is the ones at low altitude when you are in a steep climb that are really serious. P.S. This looked to be a lot higher than 300 feet. Look how small the trees are and notice he made almost a 180 degree turn.

Glad you weren't hurt. How bad was the damage?

Very good . landing.. Good pilot, EMERGENCY good working. Bye of Buenos Aires

The spider had the ride of his life

Far out nice landing

@youtuberschannel12

10 жыл бұрын

lol nice landing? First time I heard a nose wheel touch down a nice landing. A real nice landing is one that is like a routine landing where nothing got damaged. People have done it even with engine failure

@gamilo

10 жыл бұрын

csfreak89 A good landing is one you can walk away from... a perfect landing is where the plane is reusable

@youtuberschannel12

10 жыл бұрын

gamilo Well then most pp who went through pilot training must be perfect landers

@gamilo

10 жыл бұрын

and the engine must not fail.. but.. shit happens.. \_(ツ)_/¯

@youtuberschannel12

10 жыл бұрын

gamilo really? many pilot trainees train for engine failure I didn't knew that trainees are perfect landers. Btw nothing is perfect

That was the definition of coming in Hot If I've ever seen it !

Oh and since you can have a giggle now remember this... When the fan stops you certainly feel the heat. ..🥵

I would love to get into this hobby, but this is what keeps me on the ground. I think id always be looking for a place to land if I were to ever go up... just in case of engine failure

@clarencegreen3071

3 жыл бұрын

You have the right idea! A prudent pilot of a small plane and especially an ultralight always keeps an eye out for "a place to park" if it becomes necessary. (Former Xair driver)

For those criticizing you were not piloting this engine failure plane with landing obstacles only he was aware of. He may have made the right decision taking the first available landing as he did.

I have flown a Aviasud Mistral microlight with a two stroke rotax 582 engine, and it never failed me. Due to proper maimtenance indeed.

A pilot with pretty sharp instincts

Great pilot.....I'm a fan.

Not sure where the "300 ft" in the video title came from. It appears clear to me that the plane is at least 600 to 800 feet AGL when the engine stops.

Who saw the spider? :3