Gribble Posted July 13, 2012 Share Posted July 13, 2012 http://news.ninemsn.com.au/world/8499132/pilot-films-gliders-emergency-landing I dont know anything about gliding, except the fact there is no motor. So ill let the more qualified here comment on this. He survived so I guess you could say he did well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Maj Millard Posted July 14, 2012 Share Posted July 14, 2012 Not bad, looked real good until the right wing caught something..................................................................Maj.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Howard Hughes Posted July 14, 2012 Share Posted July 14, 2012 This is what happens when you fly over a built up area WITHOUT a certified engine... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PapaFox Posted July 14, 2012 Share Posted July 14, 2012 That would be this one http://www.ntsb.gov/aviationquery/brief.aspx?ev_id=20111230X50438&key=1 With the approach obstacles on either side, it could have been pretty messy if he wasn't in a glider that had such short wings (12m) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnm Posted July 15, 2012 Share Posted July 15, 2012 good work ! .............. at the time he lost a wing or 2 (presumably) ........................ the glider probably was then a land vehicle and I reckon he did an excellent job at parking it - off the street and paralell parked Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teckair Posted July 16, 2012 Share Posted July 16, 2012 To my way of thinking an out landing should be done on an appropriate clear area not on a road in a built up area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rdarby Posted July 16, 2012 Share Posted July 16, 2012 Teckair, he probably went for what was flat and straight, that may have been the best option. No one is going to to aim for a built up area on purpose, but in a glider you don't have much choice, and that country road looked pretty good until he hit a pole. I think he did well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winsor68 Posted July 16, 2012 Share Posted July 16, 2012 All this talk of not having a choice of landing in the street in a Sailplane... I thought the first principle of being a good Sailplane pilot was always being ready to carr y out a safe out landing? I reckon he made a mistake, and then I guess he made up for it by walking away from what was a no options high speed and desperate landing in a fairly congested area. Luckily there were no pedestrians on the footpath. IMO 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teckair Posted July 16, 2012 Share Posted July 16, 2012 All this talk of not having a choice of landing in the street in a Sailplane... I thought the first principle of being a good Sailplane pilot was always being ready to carr y out a safe out landing?I reckon he made a mistake, and then I guess he made up for it by walking away from what was a no options high speed and desperate landing in a fairly congested area. Luckily there were no pedestrians on the footpath. IMO Since I started flying I have had many engine failures and not once considered a road as a suitable option, there are many problems with landing on roads, camber, wires, poles, posts and traffic, my advise is a road should be a last option. This pilot was so lucky in many ways. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blueadventures Posted July 16, 2012 Share Posted July 16, 2012 Since I started flying I have had many engine failures and not once considered a road as a suitable option, there are many problems with landing on roads, camber, wires, poles, posts and traffic, my advise is a road should be a last option. This pilot was so lucky in many ways. Hi His decission appears the best choice, put the fusealage with yourself in it between the hard bits and let loosing wings and bits scrub of speed. He was on the ride to stop; with no alternative choices. It's a shame about the post and the letter boxes that caught his right wing, as the damge bill then went sykward. Good on him for fessing up that he got on the wrong side of the hill, all his doing, down low, got no lift to get back onto the other side (I expect he would then be within reach of his airfield) and then had to select his best landing area option. All the fenced paddocks or allotments look too short. Good he's Ok and good to share the experience. Cheers Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icebob Posted July 16, 2012 Share Posted July 16, 2012 I think he did very well, the last sentance of the report said it all. How many of us would of done so well as a "trainee"? Bob. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ballpoint 246niner Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 I did about a dozen outlandings in gliders when I flew them heaps and worst I managed was a broken U/C door in a stubble paddock, and a few de-rigs as they were too short/ soft to tow out of- it was a carton shout for outlandings in those days! It seems weird to have a soaring site so close to a built up area, once you go over the back you're committed. I reckon he did an awesome job to thread it in there if that was all he had by way of options, hate to see his bar tab though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exadios Posted August 12, 2012 Share Posted August 12, 2012 All this talk of not having a choice of landing in the street in a Sailplane... I thought the first principle of being a good Sailplane pilot was always being ready to carr y out a safe out landing?I reckon he made a mistake, and then I guess he made up for it by walking away from what was a no options high speed and desperate landing in a fairly congested area. Luckily there were no pedestrians on the footpath. IMO As you say this pilot made his mistake probably about half an hour before he landed and flew himself into a corner. Our training is that a road are not a landing option. Having said that we did have one of our pilots land on a Haulpak road. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J170 Owner Posted August 12, 2012 Share Posted August 12, 2012 Not being a glider pilot I won't judge... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exadios Posted August 12, 2012 Share Posted August 12, 2012 Not being a glider pilot I won judge... Actually, the decision making process is the same whether you are flying a glider or a power plane. You can usually tell if a pilot flying a power plane is also a glider pilot just by the way they fly. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XC-Buzzard Posted August 12, 2012 Share Posted August 12, 2012 If he was released at 4,500 ft , then he had ample altitude to make a few sorties back and forth trying to sniff out some lift, before the sink / lift instrument buzzing its head off in a continuous deafening squeal Indicating nothing but Sink for his efforts, would of caught his attention. He should have proximate d himself over the Strip well before dropping below the height of the Ridge. That was his downfall (literally) , But all said and done , once he realized his predicament , as a student, He's done very well under pressure to make a silk purse out of a pigs ear in IMO. As they always said in WW1 , any landing you walk away from is a good landing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teckair Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 Not being a glider pilot I won't judge... Just keep flying and you most likely will be. The decisions you make early on will determine how successful you are. A lot can be learned from this example of what not to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J170 Owner Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 Sigh.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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