Pomona Raceway Cherokee 6 Crash 17 Nov 24

[@DragsterJeffCrider]

I was in the stands. The engine was sputtering and did not sound good before crash. The sound had us turning to look to see what was going on.

[@13699111]

That had to be a shocking thing to witness. At least at top fuel drag racing events it's safety first responders on site.

[@ronwade2206]

Glad you are OK

[@dalemullins4562]

Thanks for being aware enough to pay attention.

[@TheNapalmFTW]

Contact the Ntsb with your witness statement

[@ev1lcupcake774]

I was wondering what had prompted dude to turn and start recording.. that makes sense.

[@SedatedandRestrained]

You couldn't pick a much better crash site than a racetrack on a raceday. They have everything on scene to deal with volatile fuels, fires, extraction from wreckage, and ems. Thanks for covering this, Juan!

[@pistonburner6448]

@@SedatedandRestrained Ice cream too!

[@rodneywallace2984]

100%...You wouldn't pick a better spot ever... Period. 👍

[@ronwade2206]

I hadn't thought of that.

[@happykillmore349]

Ask the Gimli Glider pilots about that

[@gregknipe8772]

@@rodneywallace2984 good to know. I'll give it try. impunity on my side for sure.

[@FlightChops]

I'm always impressed with how thorough you are, while getting these videos out lightning fast - in this case less than a day after the incident. I regularly fly a 1971 Cherokee Six, so I was especially interested in this.

[@stevenroth5424]

This speeks volumes of his knoledge of many different aircraft & his of being a pilot professionally & recreationally.

[@Mike-zf4xg]

holy suck up

[@olympiashorts]

You know you've got a great aviation channel when @FlightChops is chiming in! Good to see you here Steve!

[@brianbrickley8229]

Six owner here. Thank you Juan.

[@HabuBeemer]

I have a few hundred hours in the Six. Good airplane.

[@michaelimmell9728]

6 driver here, the fuel system on this plane requires thoughtful, purposeful management. Always tough to see one of these fantastic planes get damaged. Nice job by the pilot and interested to hear what caused the engine issue. Thanks for the video Juan. Good job as always.

[@billmadison2032]

He was unlucky that he had to fly into a crash but he was lucky that he flew right into the NHRA safety Safari's home turf. There isn't a bunch of finer First Responders on the planet

[@13699111]

%100

[@tinyskustoms]

I was there, just about 1/4 mile away.. You could totally hear the engine stumbling. I saw him going down, but lost him behind the grandstands and then heard the impact. Crazy. Pomona.. come for the car races, stay for the airplane crashes. Super glad everyone was (mostly) ok. I was watching that thinking; this was all gonna end in tears for sure.

[@usmc2002]

Excellent flying sir. Outside of what caused the engine out, you flew her to the very end and you passengers are alive because of it. Great job

[@craig7350]

Do you think he checked to see there was no one in that truck before he flattened it?

[@gsdalpha1358]

@@craig7350 He was probably focused on clearing those RV's - looked like clean landing space just beyond them. His landing gear hit that one truck hard enough to hook him right and down. He may not have seen the vehicles at all.

[@shaunolinger964]

Those vehicles likely saved their lives. It sucks for the RV and truck owners, but that's what insurance is for.

[@craig7350]

@@gsdalpha1358 c'mon lol

[@JorgeBach]

Indeed a great pilot on the plane and a great reporter on KZbin. Thanks Juan,

[@2002ktm453]

I was working in my front yard, listening to the drags, and Brackett tower on the scanner while all this went down: N617ET the Piper PA-32-300 Cherokee Six that crashed into the rv section (next to the north end of the sportsman pit area) at the NHRA Finals in Pomona. Then, just after they reopened the airport, a different aircraft had to return to Brackett with reported landing gear problems. And lastly the T6 Texan formation had a too close encounter (potential midair) over the San Dimas water towers with a Cessna (looked and sounded like a 172 as it flew directly over my house) with no transponder signal (I recorded that one on my cell phone). It was a busy day for Brackett Airport controllers.

[@TheRoulette77]

im near sunflower ... i too was watching the texans headed towards the i.e along the foot hills...i too saw that white 172 ... with like orange and brown stripes?.... he came out of nowhere from the mountian side toward the valley.... very unusal pattern for him and all the aircraft above that day

[@2002ktm453]

@ I was recording the T6 flyovers and got it when the Cessna flew over, went to Flightradar and it was not broadcasting a adsb transponder code

[@Paul1958R]

Idiots in planes over populated areas

[@NatedoGP]

Can you share the video of the close call with the Cessna?

[@daddystrata]

Sounds like Mad Max: Fury Road--but in the sky. Jeez.

[@pistonburner6448]

"...was on short final" Well, that's an understatement! Incredibly short final!

[@markmossinghoff8185]

And incredibly final!

[@dhrracer]

Glad no one was in that pickup that got crushed but the energy absorbed by that truck surely prevented major injuries or even loss of life.

[@john-r-edge]

Note for British viewers - my guess -, a Hershey Bar Wing performs much the same as a Cadburys Dairy Milk Bar Wing.

[@mertonallowicious]

Lol- as an American I have found a taste for cadburys fruit and nut bar- much better than snickers when you’re hangry!

[@RWBHere]

Ah! Hershey Bar. I wondered what he was saying. Thanks. So I guess that the wing melts in your mouth but not in your hand, and it tastes awful? 😀

[@ManNomad]

Hope you can interview that pilot. He did an amazing job!

[@rchuyck]

Wow, he was so close, ran out of altitude. Assuming engine failure of some sort, he did a fantastic job of flying it though. Thanks Juan

[@pistonburner6448]

But did he have a ticket?

[@jordanjayd]

Maybe carb icing? Reduced power on final, was it a cold day?

[@pistonburner6448]

Indiana Jones observing up there in the airship was getting irate over him not having a ticket...

[@JoshuaTootell]

It was pretty chilly yesterday, but pretty low humidity too.

[@johnopalko5223]

@@jordanjayd It's fuel injected. No carburetor.

[@danielayers]

Thanks, as always, Juan. Appreciate your work. You're a class act.

[@robinmclaren221]

When I first saw the video I assumed fatalities were inevitable. Astounded and thankful upon watching Juan's breakdown that was not the case. Thanks as always Blancolirio!

[@shaunolinger964]

Agreed! When Juan said this was a fixed gear, I figured that might help a little, but though it really sucks for the RV and truck owners, those vehicles likely made the difference. That was a hell of a sink rate to pile into the ground with.

[@johnnunez17]

Great synopsis. Looking forward to a follow up on what NTSB finds. Nice work Juan.👍🏻✈️

[@HarryBall-fw7pv]

23 seconds from impact to hearing a siren on it way. Wow, that's a quick response

[@DrDeuteron]

That’s like seven races in top fuel.

[@darwinism8181]

Probably took an extra ten seconds just because they responders were going, "Wait, we're going to a plane? Say again."

[@jeffreyschweitzer8289]

Wow, I know that airport and raceway very very well. Flew in and out of there all the time. Robin Howard did a lot of avionics work for me there back in the day. Glad this worked out with so little harm done

[@mike650r]

The Texans did a flyover at the end of The National Anthem at the NHRA Drag Races. It was about 10 to 15 minutes earlier than the crash.

[@bohenriksson2330]

In 22 000 hrs of flying the only total engine failure I had was on an old Cherokee Six running on a tip tank. We were staring the cows in the eye before the engine sputtered to life after having run the checklist 😮. Mechanics drained all four tanks but couldn’t find any water. Probably because it’d all gone through the engine 😅.

[@melvinahenakew9369]

Pete The Irish Pilot would have said "stared a cow in the eye" 🤣

[@Rycam113]

Saw the video last night, never realized how close the airport was to the track, thought the pilot was attempting to make the strip. Good job on the pilot to maintain control as long as he could.

[@JoshuaTootell]

I haven't flown into Bracket yet, but I ride my bicycle over there often. Drag strip and runway are probably a few hundred feet apart.

[@NatedoGP]

Yeah it’s quite literally across the street

[@browntrout1156]

Well done to the Pilot, and right near what looks like the Red Cross stand. Thankyou Juan.

[@v12alpine]

My buddy and his family was inside the Iconic trailer on the right when it happened. Still in shock it made zero contact with his trailer.

[@michaelgarrow3239]

Always pick your fullest tank- at altitude not on short final approach. And turn on the boost pump!

[@HabuBeemer]

If that's what the aircraft calls for. Pre-landing checks work well when you use them.

[@michaelgarrow3239]

@ - Not familiar with that particular airplane; but, low wing airplanes have that as procedure in the POH for landing. Sometimes it isn’t written clearly and pilots will do the fuel/fuel-pump when stabilized on final, as it is written in the checklist. Always want to do it at altitude.

[@mikejettusa]

Another awesome video. Thank you for your service. ❤

[@Garth2011]

True, another 2 seconds of flight and he would have set it down on the runway. I'd hope he didn't run it out of fuel...thats going to hurt big, my guess.

[@jaredjones6292]

I may be wrong, but it sounded to me like Jaun made a pretty good case of showing that it did have fuel and that was the reason for all the cat litter.

[@paulholmes672]

I always feel funny giving a thumbs up when most crashes are reported, as most are fatal. I do it anyway, but again thumbs up for a fatality seems wrong. Thank the Lord when there are ones to report that show extreme skill in piloting and damage control. This pilot was all of that. Thanks Juan!!!

[@19127bh]

Skills. No way he could've made the runway. Aviating all the way to the crash site, not running his mouth on the radio.

[@paulconlan180]

Also wasn’t messing with the engine at a very dangerous altitude

[@CaptSugman]

Respect.

[@AZFlyDive]

I fly a 1969 Cherokee Six, and fuel management is a big deal. My guess is that the engine was on a tank that ran dry. The left tip tank looks broken and has a lot of absorbent around it. I have run tanks dry at altitude (8500 feet and 130 knots) to facilitate maintenance. It takes 12 to 15 seconds to restart the engine after running a tank dry. If a tank runs dry on short final, there is no hope of getting the engine back up. The landing checklist includes "fuel on proper tank." After a near disaster soon after getting the Six, I now force myself to physically touch the fuel selector, observe its position, and then look at the corresponding fuel gauge before letting go of the selector knob. Before I bought the Six, I checked the NTSB reports and found that there were quite a few fuel starvation (not fuel exhaustion) reports. I'm glad that there were no fatalities.

[@Valkyrie_Coach]

I flew a Warrior on my solo, and I remember well every time touching the fuel selector while observing the gauge, while going through GUMP. My day job is a Class One freight locomotive engineer, and I’ll be dipped if I don’t still practice “touching” each lever or switch when “spiking down” a locomotive, going through the checklist. Funny how certain habits carry over from cockpit to other aspects of life.

[@rogerfoxtrot56]

You should try to interview the pilot!

[@gerrycarmichael1391]

I haven't flown a "Six" since I was in my twenty's but I seem to recall there was a quirk in the fuel system on the birds that had the Aux tank setup (I dont think all of them did). I can't recall all the specifics because that was a long time ago but I remember being cautioned about which tank you were burning from. Had something to do with the return from the fuel injection and indeed could cause a fuel starvation condition. But again that was a long time ago and there were a lot of different airplanes in between.

[@ericcox6764]

There wasn't any post crash fire. He must have run it out of fuel! Just kidding! I had to say that😂 Excellent as always, Juan! I'm glad this one had a happier ending than some. As said by others, it would be really interesting to interview this pilot.

[@billeldon]

That was my immediate reaction, too, but it’s just that any leak didn’t have an ignition source.

[@timduggan1461]

Geeze. I learned to fly in SoCal (KHHR) back in the day. 35 years airline experience, 50 years since I soloed. Been to Pomona.

[@EXROBOWIDOW]

Did you hear about the 2 events involving KHHR on the night of September 5-6? Neither actually happened at the airport, though. A Robinson R-44 sightseeing helicopter doing a night tour landed on the southbound 110 freeway early in the evening. No major injuries. Pepe's towing put up a video of them removing the damaged but intact helicopter and hauling it back to the airport. But shortly after midnight, a Piper Comanche took off, then crash landed near the Hawthorne City Hall and the Marriott hotel and burned. The two people survived with serious injuries. I hope city of Hawthorne keeps letting the airport do its thing, including pilot training. Torrance seems like they want to ban pilot training altogether. I'm sure some of their residents would like to do like Santa Monica and just get rid of the airport.

[@wjatube]

Wow. 5 Candors, drag racing and incoming GA to an airfield. That's a lot going on in that one area at one time.

[@DrDeuteron]

You forgot the blimps.

[@firemedic5100]

Missed it by that much.

[@thomaslembessis6803]

Does 99 know?

[@bboomer7th]

Siegfried did it.

[@xxwookey]

That looks expensive! Plenty of insurers to argue about who should pay.

[@bobbyg9662]

Somebody gets a new pickup 🛻!

[@firstielasty1162]

IF the Cherokee owner had insurance. Not like a car, he doesn't have to. Everybody MIGHT be S.O.L.

[@PDXAv8ter]

That pilot saved everyone on board. It'll be very interesting to see what caused the engine failure.

[@Plutogalaxy]

You could say that the pilot was responsible for all the passengers injuries.

[@pablopicaro7649]

Great coverage of this event #5

[@mapleext]

Wow, almost made it to the strip! So nice that there were no fatalities- hope all recover ok.

[@SueBobChicVid]

On that final, you need to be cautious of the wake turbulence from the dragsters!

[@wpierce57]

Good old Cherokee, they glide like a rock!

[@pigdroppings]

Hitting moveable vehicles was big in this accident.....Landing on top of the pickup and moving it 20 feet dissipated a lot of energy.....Then the plane hit moveable large trailers, which moved, dissipating more energy.

[@oleran4569]

That trailer must have looked HUGE, and nearly head level to the pilot.

[@Oldjohn52]

I would love to read the accident report to the insurance company from the 5th wheel guy. "Yah, a plane crashed into it."

[@lgun1]

There would have been plenty of oil dry onsite as the NHRA will have a LOT of it there to do fast oil down track clean up.

[@broker5002]

Speedydry

[@ajg617]

Fuel selector on the Cherokee brings back memories. I was about 4 hours into lessons when my instructor wanted to instill confidence in my switching tanks in flight. That morning I drew 45W which was the oldest. It had the old style Off-L-R-Off fuel selector (later the subject of ADs) and the throttle was the old push/pull knob on which the friction lock didn't hold very well - flown it before. Down to 500' over Toms River in NJ and tells me to switch tanks from Left to Right with the electric pump Off. You can guess what I hit. Instructors hand was ready thank God. Go around and do it again twice more.

[@iowaphotos9107]

Great job pilot! 100% survival! Thank you Juan !!!

[@nashvillecop1]

Did someone forget to switch fuel tanks?

[@martyweiner6525]

I learned to fly at Runway 3-7 out of Brackett Field. Really nice airport, the huge parking lot at the Pomona Fairgrounds always gave a sense of security in case this kind of scenario happened. Of course, there was a little pucker when the track or fairgrounds were in use and the parking lot was full. I was trained to turn base such that once established on final you could glide to the threshold in case of engine failure. Not always possible, I know. Thanks for the video Juan.

[@Les__Mack]

Thanks very much for making these videos. I appreciate them. 🙂

[@thurin84]

thank god no one was killed and there was no post crash fire. i didnt know goodyear was still operating any airships anymore. used to see them all the time around here when i was a kid. havent seen one for decades.

[@jtmotorsports3588]

The T-6's were part of the opening ceremony. The crash was about 100' from our friends motorhome and trailer.

[@joakimlindblom8256]

While it looks like the pilot did a good job flying the plane to the crash site as Juan said, from the video it appears super lucky that there weren't any casualties on the ground given how tight everything looked -- this could have easily ended in a huge tragedy with multiple fatalities on the ground.

[@EXROBOWIDOW]

I agree!

[@PaulSongas]

Very grateful racing started only 10 minutes or so before the crash so most people were in the stands watching, and nobody was down in that area.

[@peterredfern1174]

Main thing,NO fatalities,thank Juan for this report,safe flights mate,👋👋🙏🙏👍👍🇦🇺

[@AutonomousNavigator]

I don't know what happened. But I learned the hard way to switch fuel tanks when flying a Cherokee. Glad my instructor covered this on my checkout, so I lived to tell about it.

[@bingsballyhoo711]

I'm glad no one was hurt; kinda a miracle. I wonder if RV insurance covers plane crashes. Thanks for the report!

[@Wargasm54]

Or if the pilots insurance will pay for them?

[@whosrobertseed]

@@Wargasm54 Licensed agent here, if the trailers are on the owners auto policy you can likely assume this would be covered under comprehensive coverage. Depends on the companies verbiage regarding acts of god/missile/falling objects. RV insurance you can assume similar. Of course following fault leads to it being the pilots coverage, or if it is a leased/rental aircraft whatever the coverage agreement made between the pilot and the company/owner of the aircraft would take precedence. If the plane left the field in a knowingly un-airworthy condition, and is provable beyond a reasonable doubt then there is negligence that could be considered in favor of the pilot, if say he had he been misinformed by the company that everything is up to spec. Problem is, there can be a shift in liability once preflight checklists, and walkaround procedures have been done, clearing the company of any liability. Somewhere there is an agreement that states the responsibility of airworthiness is taken over by the pilot in command when you sign the dotted line and complete pre flights. (Long story short) - Let the lawyers do it

[@LTRegulate]

A small correction Juan.. It's La Verne's, not Pomona's Brackett Field, which is adjacent to the Pomona Fairgrounds/Drag Strip where the plane actually crashed. One side of the street (the crash) is in Pomona. The airport is in La Verne.

[@wolfemcgill6091]

Well done, your takes and research at tip top

[@jackmaxcy]

Thank you, sir! Great content.

[@andymunnings9109]

"Thank you for the detailed report Blanco. It was cast in a timely manner and explained coherently."👍 ~I love your fast research and accurate responsive input on this matter.~

[@kmrtnsn]

We were on approach to Bracket a few years back one night when the plane on final in front of us dropped into the same spot, people, buy gas and watch your tank selector position……..

[@pistonburner6448]

Should small single engine planes have some sort of JATO on board?

[@JoshuaTootell]

No ​@@pistonburner6448

[@oleran4569]

@@pistonburner6448 No..too dangerous.

[@nelsonbrandt7847]

Excellent analysis

[@blairbernard6509]

I live right off of puddingstone rd and when my mom told me a plane crashed into the dragstrip i thought the worst…but honestly it’s probably the best place to crash…happy everyone survived thanks for making this video…its really cool seeing your hometown (la verne) and brackett field being covered like this

[@ReflectedMiles]

Good thing the pilots were keeping an eye on everything. ATC might have been catching up on a blancolirio video or something. 😁

[@olympiashorts]

If I only learn one thing from Juan it will be to hold my comments until the end of the video. This is probably the third video where I made a comment (what I thought was a real hot take) only to be humbled shortly thereafter and delete it. I'm guessing there's a life lesson here as well. This pilot did exactly what I hope to do in this situation. I'm wondering how difficult it is to remain committed to your plan and not stall/spin in the last seconds when you see hard objects beginning to fill your windscreen. I think it's almost always the best plan. I agree with others, it would be cool to hear an interview with the pilot. Do it quick before Dan G. snaps him up!

[@kevinmurphy3464]

I’ll be looking forward to Juan’s review of this crash in several months after the NTSB puts out its preliminary report. Happy to hear that everyone survived. Well done…

[@yan4174]

Happy Birthday, Juan🎉 !!

[@edchester1773]

Lucky to land near the drag strip next to an airport! Most airports strictly regulate Noise from any aircraft, and most people don't want a dragstrip in their backyard because of the very loud noise! A lot of race/dragstrips have been shut down because of residential encroachment for decades! Even The Silver Dollar Racetrack has had it's fights over noise, and the racers have had to make changes to their noise output! I have lived on 8th Ave for over 50 years and could hear the races very loudly! I hardly hear it at all now!

[@dougsrepair1060]

I learn so much about flying on this channel. Unfortunately it is often due to a crash.

[@bradmarcum2927]

Highly suspect mismanagement of fuel system. I see so many people who switch to the “fullest” tank too late in the landing sequence. It should be done with sufficient altitude to be able to switch back to the known good tank before hitting the ground.

[@MrShobar]

Agree.

[@josh3771]

Yep, had a blocked vent catch me out. Thankfully was at altitude and had enough remaining to divert

[@jiml5837]

Come for the drag racing, stay for the crash landing.

[@EXROBOWIDOW]

Cat litter for the win! Thank you for showing some of the details in the video. The news stations were showing most of the video, but not the end. I looked at google maps last night, as I'm only slightly familiar with the Fairplex. I saw the RVs and thought they were in the RV park (which has grass & trees), but a closer look shows they were in a parking lot. A lot of people had a narrow escape yesterday!

[@bobwilliamson5993]

Nice report Juan, solid info as usual!

[@questr123]

Great advice from Bob Hoover, as reiterated by Juan Brown: "When faced with a forced landing, don't give up on her! Fly the the airplane as far into the crash as you can!", (or something to that effect). Summer of 2000, I flew ~365 hours in the Cherokee 6 for Skagway Air Service, with a majority of the flights at Max Gross wt. The sink rate is such that you need to carry a lot of power on final to have a shallow enough glider angle. Also, had two Cherokee 235s set up for glider towing when I owned my glider operation 2005-2013. The fuel selector system is identical on both models. If the selector isn't EXACTLY in the detent, the fuel flow will be cut off. I found this out when climbing out of Sedona one time in a 235 when I lost power just after rotating. I was able to put it down on the remaining runway, but there was a lot of luck involved in that landing. I discovered that the fuel selector (it was positioned for the right tip tank) handle was about 1/8" out of the detent, even though I'd checked it/moved it/wiggled it during the before TO checks. It is possible that my right seat passenger had unknowingly bumped the lever with her leg. After that incident, I was MUCH MORE VIGILANT about making sure the selector was in the detent AT ALL TIMES, and especially after switching tanks or before TO/landing.

[@DanielC__]

Thats a miracle there were no fatalities. WOW...

[@Grandpa82547]

Could be some good airmanship, too.

[@pistonburner6448]

@@DanielC__ That Cherokee scalped a Ford though.

[@RowanHawkins]

No miracle. Please don't denigrate the considerable skill presented by this pilot who for better was in full control all the way down. Once the engine stopped that close to the ground all you have left is not losing control.

[@GEM15037]

So a supreme being decided to make the crash survivable instead of intervening to make the plane reach the runway. Mysterious ways indeed.

[@keithrobertson2401]

Great coverage as per usual. Would be super neat if you somehow got the pilot on a post accident interview. Sounds like they did a lot of things correctly that greatly improved their survivability and that of those on the ground. Would make for a really interesting interview, maybe once they have changed their pants. 😅

[@dennychaput4689]

Plop landing is better than nosing in. Very complete report and informative,I never knew the difference between fuel starvation and exhaustion .

[@SimonWallwork]

Flying the aircraft is a bit like steering your car. You have to keep doing it!

[@d.t.4523]

Thank you Juan, keep working.

[@doctordave4247]

Thanks!

[@BassRowe]

wow very lucky for everyone

[@pistonburner6448]

Except for State Farm

[@dks13827]

Great video Juan.

[@TechGorilla1987]

@0:57 - That moment gave me a seriously Pink Floyd vibe. "Look mummy. There's an airplane up in the sky..."

[@kutto5017]

It's haunting that song...

[@DanFrederiksen]

If flaps were deployed that would seem to be a significant mistake as that alters the glide ratio substantially.

[@GWNorth-db8vn]

He had slowed down for landing when the engine went out with the flaps already deployed. Then he was really landing, and glide ratios were the last thing on his mind the whole time.

[@blancolirio]

already extended for landing...think about it...

[@GoldSeals]

The first responders had their Simpson Fire Suits on and couldve pulled them out of the wreckage had there been a fire..Really lucky.

[@nightwaves3203]

I learned top off after landing so the fuel tanks don't have allot of surface for condensation due to the moisture in the air being in there. You can test the fuel draining off water but if the tank has condensation beading on the walls maybe there is going to be more water once the plane starts moving around. Bad accident no matter.

[@TheGospelQuartetParadise]

I also saw this on the news yesterday, and the media sometimes reports things that don't make sense. They reported 4 injured - 2 moderate, and 2 critical. No life-threatening injuries. My understand (as a former combat medic) is critical IS life-threatening. It was a miracle that no one on the ground was injured. Pilot did a good job. I was a little miffed at a comment I saw right after the incident when the casualties were en route to the hospital. Someone said controlled flight into RV. This wasn't the time for that.

[@B-System]

The pilot gets to make that joke, I don't.

[@HarryBall-fw7pv]

He was too busy aviating and navigating to communicate

[@dennism8346]

As Juan said, the pilot aviated the plane all the way to the scene of the crash.

[@chriskroenung4825]

I always had problems starting pipers

[@nicholasscott350]

You Tube ads are causing your video to start already into the video. I skipped through the two ads. When your video started it was already several seconds into the video. I used the mouse to return the indicator to its starting point. This happens on many of the You Tube videos. I do not know if this is just my system or is a problem everywhere. Otherwise, a great informative video.

[@anthonyx916]

My father owned a 1971 Cherokee Six. One thing I remember is that the fuel selector can be a bit tricky... although there is a detent at each tank selection, it's possible to leave the selector out of detent (between positions) in which case the engine is unable to draw fuel from any tank. He had a close call when this happened on climb out just after taking off. The engine lost power, but a quick re-selection re-established fuel flow and the flight continued with no further issue. If I recall correctly, the procedure he would follow involved selecting a tank for start-up and taxi, switching to another tank for the run-up, and switch back to the first tank for take-off. This would confirm good fuel in two tanks. What this meant was that the most recent tank selection was made just before take-off. Most likely, the selector was not firmly in the detent, interrupting the flow, with only enough fuel in the system downstream for take-off. After that incident, he would always check that the selector was firmly in the detent for the selected tank. Makes me wonder if the pilot in this case switched tanks as part of his landing checklist but left the selector out of detent.

[@narcoosseefl]

Serious question: Are we going to be running out of these planes soon? They don't make these kinds of general aviation aircraft anymore, from what I understand.

[@JoshuaTootell]

New planes are being sold every day.

[@pistonburner6448]

@@JoshuaTootell As Matthew McConaughey's character famously said in Dazed and Confused: "I keep getting older, but those new planes stay the same age!" (I'm paraphrasing, he said something like that)

[@elosogonzalez8739]

Great Job Juan!

[@dennisclapp7527]

Thanks Juan

[@cylonred8902]

I am recording the NHRA race tonight - interesting to see if they mention it.

[@mykofreder1682]

Fuel is something I would check twice with all the mistakes people make doing that, with a mental delay to the 2nd check to look at it new.

[@andymontemayor175]

Luck and skill, it’s good to have both on your side!

[@Тольяттинец-н6ъ]

Why, why, WHY people hold phones vertical when filming???

[@obsoleteprofessor2034]

During my early days of training, one of my fellow classmates (with instructor on board) barely made it to the runway when they discovered the engine wouldn't rev up to stretch the glide. Subsequent inspection found the carburetor heat door broken such that pulling the knob would still give no heat. One thing my instructor drilled into me was to listen for the drop in power when carb heat was pulled. Speculation, I don't know if this airplane is carb or injection but an ice up in the intake might have been a factor.