Eeessh!

MarkE · November 17th, 2008, 17:43

Found this just browsing through youtube. Guy gets into a flat spin, looses his engine, recovers to a dead stick landing in a field. Complete with barbed wire fence.

Hckey2477 · November 17th, 2008, 18:33

Geeze... Man that sounded painful.

Jpax · November 17th, 2008, 18:38

"This is it" sent shivers down my spine...and the impact sound.

amorris311 · November 17th, 2008, 18:43

thats nuts!

JEP · November 17th, 2008, 19:04

Quote:

The spin was supposed to be a normal erect spin to the right, but for various unintentional reasons the spin went flat, up until that point I had never flat spun an aircraft. I eventualy mananged to get the aircraft into a normal erect spin from which I was able to recover. This aircraft is not fitted with an electric starter motor, so I was unable to restart the engine. During the "flare" to land the main undercarriage caught the top wires of a barbed wire fence that was invisible to me. After coming to rest inverted I waited 20mins for the rescue services to come and right the aircraft so I was able to exit via the outward opening canopy. The aircraft rotated 26 times total, I was extremely dissorientated after the recovery to straight and level flight, and was unable to read the instruments. From the video I estimate I recovered at about 700ft from an entry altitude of 3500ft. If you listen carefully you will hear me say:"I think this is it". At that stage I did not think I would be able to recover. However I continued to try various control inputs based on the aircraft attitude and rotational rate, which eventually effected a recovery.
My thanks go to the emergency services that found me and allowed my escape.

Minuteman · November 17th, 2008, 19:33

I wonder if he has since invested in a good electric starter.

Looks like it fared well...

yoman793 · November 18th, 2008, 14:44

wow.

i was gonna go out and run through a few stalls today since its been a while.... but after seeing this i think i'll just take a nice trip around the city at 10,000 feet.

Matt13C · November 18th, 2008, 17:12

Wow, after that many spins, to be able to even think is amazing. To recover and put it down is incredible.

How does an airplane start to flat spin and how do you recover? I know for a normal spin, which I assume that is was an "erect spin" is, you simply neutralize the yoke and opposite rudder. If you are spinning flat, rudder wont really help to much will it?

JetsGoWhee · November 19th, 2008, 00:19

So eerie after the impact to see the blackness and hear nothing but the beeping....wow.

fast89pony · November 22nd, 2008, 10:35

the end reminds me of the end of the Blair Witch Project.. Crazy recovery!!!

popaviator · November 23rd, 2008, 14:04

WOW

November 17th, 2008, 17:43	#1
MarkE Old Skool Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Tarzana, CA (KVNY) Posts: 2,035	Eeessh! Found this just browsing through youtube. Guy gets into a flat spin, looses his engine, recovers to a dead stick landing in a field. Complete with barbed wire fence. __________________ "I know that you believe you understand what you think I said, but I’m not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant."

November 17th, 2008, 18:33	#2
Hckey2477 Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Sanford, FL Posts: 320	Re: Eeessh! Geeze... Man that sounded painful. __________________

November 17th, 2008, 18:38	#3
Jpax Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: BLM & MLB Posts: 157	Re: Eeessh! "This is it" sent shivers down my spine...and the impact sound. __________________ "Key West Clearance, Stationair 17386 ready to copy IFR to Melbourne." "Citation...uh...one..seven..six...three...hotel.. ..cleared to uhhhh, hold on."

November 17th, 2008, 18:43	#4
amorris311 Old Skool Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Los Angeles soon to be phx Posts: 2,922	Re: Eeessh! thats nuts!

November 18th, 2008, 14:44	#7
yoman793 Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: KTLH Posts: 159	Re: Eeessh! wow. i was gonna go out and run through a few stalls today since its been a while.... but after seeing this i think i'll just take a nice trip around the city at 10,000 feet.

November 18th, 2008, 17:12	#8
Matt13C Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Philly Posts: 1,069	Re: Eeessh! Wow, after that many spins, to be able to even think is amazing. To recover and put it down is incredible. How does an airplane start to flat spin and how do you recover? I know for a normal spin, which I assume that is was an "erect spin" is, you simply neutralize the yoke and opposite rudder. If you are spinning flat, rudder wont really help to much will it?

November 19th, 2008, 00:19	#9
JetsGoWhee Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: _ Posts: 745	Re: Eeessh! So eerie after the impact to see the blackness and hear nothing but the beeping....wow. __________________

November 22nd, 2008, 10:35	#10
fast89pony Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Boynton Beach Posts: 47	Re: Eeessh! the end reminds me of the end of the Blair Witch Project.. Crazy recovery!!! __________________ -Don't dress your twins alike.-

November 23rd, 2008, 14:04	#11
popaviator Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Texas Posts: 354	Re: Eeessh! WOW __________________ CMEL/CSEL CFI/CFII/MEI "Incurable is curable from within" http://popaviator.blogspot.com/

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