When EVERYTHING goes WRONG!

Рет қаралды 11,561

Күн бұрын

Пікірлер: 45

@marcelb3645 Ай бұрын

Great call from ATC to politely deny the turn back into the fog without any working approach instruments. Pilot seemed no longer thinking straight even considering that.

@aviation_nut Ай бұрын

Agreed. He had a case of get-there-itis. He had visual contact with an airport, and that's what matters. Fog doesn't last forever.

@rudiklein Ай бұрын

The pilot started to sound desperate. The ATC did a great job helping him to land safely.

@user-oy9zz4wz1l Ай бұрын

God, how I LOVE to hear professional ATC help a pilot onto the ground safely. I have dealt with ATC that has vectored me into a mountain AND ATC that was professional during my initial solo. It makes a WORLD of difference when dealing with a pro like this.

@tempestmkiv Ай бұрын

I can't imagine why he wanted to go try to find Providence in the fog again when he had a wide open airport in front of him.

@rudiklein Ай бұрын

He was probably familiar with Providence. You tend to cling on to what you know.

@Flight_Follower Ай бұрын

Maybe more familiar with providence

@andyasdf2078 Ай бұрын

The tower was closed so there was probably no runway lighting, or maintenance for his shitbox of an aircraft but glad it all worked out ok

@lasagnapotato3853 Ай бұрын

You'd be surprised of how the fear of death will affect the human mind

@N1120A Ай бұрын

@@andyasdf2078 nothing "shitbox" about a Mooney

@kiri101 28 күн бұрын

Man that ATC was so cool and calm, with just enough assertiveness when needed to stop the pilot doing something stupid at the end.

@love2fly558 Ай бұрын

Don't know the NOTAM's for that day, but there's PVD VOR-DME. Set 115.6MHz in your NAV1 or 2 and navigate using the VOR. Several options: 1) Fly R-001 towards SFZ 2) Fly R-186 towards OQU 3) Fly R-165 (V405) towards UUU. All with one single VOR. Use ATC to help you with Wx for all 3 options.

@billkinzler3773 Ай бұрын

ATC offered sound advice to land instead of trying to head north to Providence in fog at night. Good call.

@mtnairpilot Ай бұрын

When I teach students, I like to use the analogy of playing poker. You want to build the best hand you can, and the cards you have to play are training, experience, proficiency, currency, aircraft equipment, proper maintenance, good weather, etc. Sometimes you can misplay the best cards, but better cards will give you the best chance of winning the game. It sounds like this pilot had a combination of bad cards: weak skills, poor aircraft equipment/maintenance, night/MVFR. He was forced to rely on luck, and he got it in the form of this controller.

@lasagnapotato3853 Ай бұрын

Man I can't thank you enough. I've only been in the atc game around 5 years and I'm absolutely fed up with irresponsible/ ignorant pilots that expect the world to spoon feed them... take responsibility of your own life, nobody else can come up and fly your plane, and on the one day you need it most you might not have the seasoned vet approach control jim bob here to save you.

@don-music Ай бұрын

What a fantastic result!!!!!!! ❤❤❤❤

@navajojohn9448 Ай бұрын

He is in the clear and has an airport KOQU in sight but wants to turn to go to an airport he couldn't find previously? Logic?

@N1611n Ай бұрын

Sounds like get home itis

@Flight_Follower Ай бұрын

KOQU, is it a military airport?

@Zaephyrs Ай бұрын

in an aircraft with multiple system failures. in IMC. The first airport you can make is the best airport. It is a pain (ie expensive) to be stuck away from your home field needing repairs, but not as bad as bending metal or worse.

@thomaslembessis6803 Ай бұрын

KOQU, Quonset State Airport, in North Kingstown, RI is a public airport

@N1120A Ай бұрын

Familiarity is a big deal

@nelsonbrandt7847 Ай бұрын

Was in way over his head and didn’t even know it. How many hazardous attitudes can you stack in one deck against yourself?

@georgesheffield1580 Ай бұрын

You are not sitting in front of your Computer in tour living room . You "might be " still flying an airplane. You are in a plane talking to a controler .

@Darkvirgo88xx Ай бұрын

He followed the controller's advice and managed to land safely. Stop judging from the sidelines; every pilot makes mistakes, regardless of their experience. Many seasoned pilots have crashed in less demanding situations. Until you've faced a similar scenario, your opinion holds little weight. Even IMC-rated and current pilots can find themselves in trouble; panic and spatial disorientation affect everyone. Numerous factors, such as health and fatigue, play a role, so it's time to stop criticizing the pilot who is still alive while more experienced ones have perished. It's time to mature; high school is behind us.

@shawon_rahaman Ай бұрын

Worst day to fly.

@Flight_Follower Ай бұрын

Yeah

@rallyden Ай бұрын

This ended well because the pilot has skills and can fly the airplane despite losing his navigation equipment. So many crashes occur when pilots were unable to cope with autopilot failure and cannot fly due to lack of basic skills.

@jbsack Ай бұрын

What is this guy doing up in IMC weather. He obviously was not prepared for it nor seems qualified.

@Flight_Follower Ай бұрын

And in addition, he got panicked after losing GPS and others

@N1120A Ай бұрын

Have a failure like that in IMC, at night, and see how you feel. He handled it just fine. Kept the airplane stable, flew headings and maintained altitude. That's great work. 😊

@mapolinski Ай бұрын

What I wanna know is how does an aircraft get in that condition in the first place? How many times have you been driving your car and everything except the engine fails? It just doesn’t happen with reasonable maintenance.