A2A Comanche Engine Failure Demonstration and why you should not turn back! | Real Airline Pilot

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[@JohnVanderbeck]

No joke, shortly after watching this I was flying around the mountains west of Denver when my engine started to cut out. It didn't die completely but I could tell it was headed there. Tried the usual suspects first, putting on the carb head, mixture full forward, prop full forward but it kept sputtering. Being just above the mountain tops I didn't have a good place to set down really, but I pulled back to get myself slowing towards that 97mph and banked left to at least aim for one of the valleys to give me more time. Then I started the checklist and as soon as I swapped from the left to right tank it came alive! That's some serious sim there. I have no idea what happened but clearly there was something going on with the fuel feed on that left tank and it was actually modeled which blows my mind.

[@tra757200]

"couldn't restore power, so thats what we have to live with". 🤣😂🤣😂

[@A330Driver]

😂

[@ArrRoh]

So calm & professional, thank you for this. This is why I love mechanical flaps on the Pipers - no electrical reliance and can be reversed if needed

[@jarekp4421]

Great video, thanks! I knew about the rule of not turning back, but seeing in action is a real eye opener.

[@A330Driver]

Thanks! It was the exact same thing for me when we got that demo in the Simulator in flight school. In the real plane things always look so close but when you really see it happen it's a whole different thing.

[@Rabble1narms]

Loving this plane for these training reasons - starting my journey into getting my PPL and have been flying this (in sim) in relation to best practices and ground school to understand concepts a bit better as I wait for actual training in plane (which I know is not the same but its helpful to learn aspects of navigation, VFR, engine management, instruments, etc and at least "see" it in sim to have the oh that makes sense to the actual practical information I'm learning, at least for me). I did a flight the other day in sim in the Scotland area and it was relatively cold, again I am very new to aviation knowledge so should have figured the issue out sooner, but I lost RPM slowly and had no idea why, tried several things to no avail until my engine stopped - I was surround by mountains and rivers and as soon as I started noticing the power loss I looked for possible areas to land of which there was one flat field, shooting for best glide slope and generally following the lost engine check list (whish I would have noticed the Carb emergency list, but now I know that by heart lol). Was able to put it down safely. I admit even though it wasn't real, it felt very sobering in the moment, as I try to relate it to how that may have been if I was really up there. Spent about 35 minutes trying to figure out what went wrong in that field and then learned why carb heat is so important to icing and how to spot that, spending a good amount of time after the fact to study the concept in real world terms with actual info on the subject. Got everything up and running took off and made it back to the airport. I genuinely left what is otherwise a simulation with something that I will carry into my path towards aviation, the fact that I was able to learn something without actual danger and engrain that into my head of importance for when I I actually do this irl, to me speaks volume of the Sim and what A2A have created. Great videos, loving the information your giving and finding it incredibly helpful.

[@JockoFlocko]

That was AWESOME! Another great video, thank you. :)

[@daveorr5858]

Wow wished I had watched this 2 days ago when I had engine problems and crashed so in depth is accu sim and so informative are your videos really enjoy them

[@A330Driver]

Glad you liked it!

[@jrod_pilot_miami]

I always verbalize as part of my departure briefing and only consider return to the field if above 1,000 (typically in the downwind if not a straight out departure). Startle factor will knock out at least 10 seconds off your reaction time, so return to field is often an unappealing luxury in my book.

[@kittealand]

When I got my license my instructor was every now and then pulling the throttle to idle and saying, "dang, engine just died - what do you do now?". The idea of course was that at all times you need to have a plan what to do if it happens. Go through the checklist, where can you land, where are the power lines, what is the wind doing...

[@gwalker3092]

Nice landing considering . I have never paid much attention to failure in simulations. However this plane with its sim has brought this to my attention much more. There are a few YT videos with ppl binning this plane into fields which shows. There's been some unfortunate RL GA accidents in USA recently (310R). The main lesson seems to be with GA flying you need to know the emergency checklists BY HEART. As you said in GA you don't have alot of time or altitude to make bad decisions or fiddle with checklists. Interesting video and obviously raises significant questions. This plane has changed my attitudes on GA flying. Invaluable information thx for video

[@Fcreceptor]

The tail numbers are dynamic. If you wanna change to a European registration, just type it into the MSFS livery customization page before your flight. I did this with one of them the other night and it did change the livery to my European registration on the plane and panel placard 😉

[@A330Driver]

Great suggestion, I'll give it a try!

[@mikecoffee100]

Whoaaa this aircraft is tooo real and another Great video and perhaps if I am good thet guy who comes in Dec might get me this if I am good ( its the exchange rate for me that would hurt )

[@A330Driver]

You'll love it!

[@j4cko56]

A channel on YT did this engine out at low altitude in real life, below 500ft I think it was. They showed it was absolutely possible. Had you have flown a left hand turn, you'd have been pretty much aligned with the runway. Going to the right just made sure you would never be at the right angle.

[@A330Driver]

The problem with that is, if it happens unexpected you will never fly an ideal flight profile. Is it possible? Yes. But it would also have been possible for Sully to return to LA Guardia - theoretically. Surprise and startle factor play a significant role in actual versus theoretical Performance.

[@j4cko56]

@737NGDriver very true. But it depends on location my local field is very built up. Aside from the airfield there are very few places to go should the worst happen, that aren't someone's house! I know which I'd rather go for!

[@peterregan8691]

Yep, it’s not called ‘the impossible turn’ for nothing. I wonder how many pilots, despite knowing not to do it, have attempted to do it anyway and paid the ultimate price. ☹️

[@tobias5279]

Happend at my local airport some years ago both died

[@peterregan8691]

@@tobias5279 what a shame. A good many years ago I was talking to a guy at our club about his new plane and about 2 weeks later heard he had been killed doing the same thing. Definitely not a good situation to get yourself into.

[@j4cko56]

It's been shown to be perfectly possible. A popular YT flying channel did it a while back, I forget the name. Had NG Driver flown left, rather than right, he would have been straight down the runway...

[@peterregan8691]

@@j4cko56just because something is possible it doesn’t necessarily make it advisable…. 😉

[@j4cko56]

@@peterregan8691 your chances are better on a runway than someone's house or a tiny field. Not everywhere (one of my local airfields), has anywhere to put it down. It's all built up, houses, small roads.

[@DanielZerem]

What are you using to manipulate the camera? I am thinking of getting tobii

[@JohnVanderbeck]

Lands without power better than I do with power

[@A330Driver]

😂😂😂

[@thomaspichelmann]

yeah, I am also all the time very impressed how well Emanuel could judge the distance and altitude to the runway, to land on spot, even under difficult conditions... I have hard times to get it done properly with all working as expected :D but I than always tell myself... this is his daily business and if he couldn't do it, than we non-pilots wouldn't be able to fly at all :D

[@JohnVanderbeck]

@@thomaspichelmann yeah hundreds or thousands of hours of practice makes a huge difference :)

[@Sampara96]

Awesome video! Any idea how you lock the primer? Mine just does another pump when I click on it!

[@thomaspichelmann]

you have to use the mouse wheel to lock it ;) took me some time before I figured it out myself :D:D:D

[@Sampara96]

@@thomaspichelmann haha thank you! Hero!

[@737CargoGuy]

Actually we should stop call it the "impossible Turn" as it's indeed possible and these days even recommended under specific circumstances by several General Aviation experts. As a matter of fact there are several instances each year where pilots successfully perform this maneuver. Hence saying: "never do it under no circumstances ever" therefor imho is a bit of populism.

[@A330Driver]

The number of accident reports speaks another language. Populism? Come on...

[@el_quba]

I don't have much experience with Comanche? Do you have to use only one fuel tank at the time? Because for me the engine works fine with both tanks opened, but maybe that's not desired for some reason?

[@countryflyboy8255]

The Comanche kinda glides in like a brick on a normal landing. Can't imagine and haven't tried with the engine out..

[@thomaspichelmann]

When Emanuel does the landings it looks soooo damn easy 😂for me it's most of the time a hard fight to not crash into the rwy threshold or even earlier, when reducing throttle to idle🤣

[@countryflyboy8255]

@@thomaspichelmann exactly

[@quickdrifter6352]

I don’t know what happend yesterday. I was 10 minutes into the flight, when I suddenly lost more and more engine power. Anyone know if the failures are set on randomnize by default?

[@A330Driver]

Probably carburetor icing, check the manual on how to deal with it.

[@quickdrifter6352]

@@A330Driver carb. icing at 3000ft and 15c degrees?

[@pigfloyd5448]

@@quickdrifter6352 very likely if crossing the clouds on rainy days...

[@quickdrifter6352]

@@pigfloyd5448 Ok, I will take a look in the manual

[@SG-vv1cq]

Could you go live on vatism one day? Would be a pleasure to fly with you. Only msfs KZbinr I watch

[@SoupGuyy]

What monitor do you use?