Author Topic: Talk about keeping your cool: Emergency landing on Florida street (Read 7315 times)

RocketMan · « **on:** April 23, 2009, 12:03:43 AM »

Pilot and Flight Instructor Kyle Davis makes an incredible landing on a Florida street after his engine fails not once, but three times.
His passenger is a professional videographer, and he had two cameras recording the event. They were on their way to the annual Sun 'n Fun fly in Sunday morning when it all happened.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7HDZIrfn4HA

zahc · « **Reply #1 on:** April 23, 2009, 12:08:05 AM »

Very impressive. And more than a little bit lucky.

Jimmy Dean · « **Reply #2 on:** April 23, 2009, 12:12:02 AM »

Shoulda pulled into the gas station, and told the responders/onlookers that he ran outta smokes.

RocketMan · « **Reply #3 on:** April 23, 2009, 12:16:50 AM »

Quote from: zahc on April 23, 2009, 12:08:05 AM

And more than a little bit lucky.

He admitted as much in a news interview.

digitalandanalog · « **Reply #4 on:** April 23, 2009, 03:51:18 AM »

I like how he seemed to steer into a parking lot at the end. No sense in blocking the road with your broken down AIRPLANE

S. Williamson · « **Reply #5 on:** April 23, 2009, 04:12:32 AM »

Damn good piloting. As a soon-to-be mechanic, I wonder what the heck happened...

Fly320s · « **Reply #6 on:** April 23, 2009, 06:25:20 AM »

Quote from: Dionysusigma on April 23, 2009, 04:12:32 AM

Damn good piloting. As a soon-to-be mechanic, I wonder what the heck happened...

As a well experienced pilot, I can tell you. The doohickey ran out of stuff which caused the thingamabob to fail.

RocketMan · « **Reply #7 on:** April 23, 2009, 07:32:30 AM »

Quote from: Fly320s on April 23, 2009, 06:25:20 AM

As a well experienced pilot, I can tell you. The doohickey ran out of stuff which caused the thingamabob to fail.

I hate it when you pilot-types get all technical. Try explaining it in layman's terms for the rest of us.

RaspberrySurprise · « **Reply #8 on:** April 23, 2009, 08:38:12 AM »

Airplanes are like computers, powered by wizards, magic, and gerbils.

griz · « **Reply #9 on:** April 23, 2009, 08:41:51 AM »

Quote from: RocketMan on April 23, 2009, 07:32:30 AM

I hate it when you pilot-types get all technical. Try explaining it in layman's terms for the rest of us.

The way it works is that fan on the front is there to keep the pilot cool. When the thingambob falls off and the fan stops, the pilot starts sweating and has to land the plane.

AZRedhawk44 · « **Reply #10 on:** April 23, 2009, 10:44:42 AM »

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZadSpa-SjU&NR=1

This one's pretty good too.

Not quite as real, though.

CNYCacher · « **Reply #11 on:** April 23, 2009, 11:35:31 AM »

Quote from: RaspberrySurprise on April 23, 2009, 08:38:12 AM

Airplanes are like computers, powered by wizards, magic, and gerbils.

Helicopters, on the other hand, fly because they are so ugly that the earth repels them.

Fly320s · « **Reply #12 on:** April 23, 2009, 11:41:30 AM »

Judging by how the engine restarts twice, I'm guessing it's a fuel flow issue. Bad fuel, no fuel, bad pressure, etc.

Or, maybe the hamster tripped and broke a leg.

AZRedhawk44 · « **Reply #13 on:** April 23, 2009, 12:00:09 PM »

I think the pilot just got tired of pedalling.

MillCreek · « **Reply #14 on:** April 23, 2009, 12:40:06 PM »

Quote from: Fly320s on April 23, 2009, 06:25:20 AM

As a well experienced pilot, I can tell you. The doohickey ran out of stuff which caused the thingamabob to fail.

This would be the very model of clarity and conciseness for a FAA report.

RadioFreeSeaLab · « **Reply #15 on:** May 15, 2009, 01:53:47 AM »

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eADLzMOWgFo
He even taxied to the ramp :)

vaskidmark · « **Reply #16 on:** May 15, 2009, 08:06:07 AM »

Who was it that said the fan in the front of the plane is to keep the pilot cool, and when it stops spinning the pilot gets hot & bothered?

This guy seemed to be fairly cool throughout. And the passenger had a BIG grin on landing.

stay safe.

skidmark

Sergeant Bob · « **Reply #17 on:** May 15, 2009, 08:19:19 AM »

That is pretty impressive however, it was much more impressive the first time it was posted.

http://www.armedpolitesociety.com/index.php?topic=19193.0

Nitrogen · « **Reply #18 on:** May 15, 2009, 08:24:51 AM »

A pilot co-worker of mine said, when he saw that:
"That's not an emergency. An emergency is when the plane stops flying."

RadioFreeSeaLab · « **Reply #19 on:** May 15, 2009, 10:24:17 AM »

Quote from: Sergeant Bob on May 15, 2009, 08:19:19 AM

That is pretty impressive however, it was much more impressive the first time it was posted.

http://www.armedpolitesociety.com/index.php?topic=19193.0

Ah crap, dupe, sorry

Harold Tuttle · « **Reply #20 on:** May 15, 2009, 10:44:59 AM »

Sans squirrel powered spinny thing, his craft seems to have a predictable glide

I can't find what homebrew machine he was piloting...

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Kyle Davis, the pilot who landed his plane on a major Winter Haven, Florida street says this was not a stunt.

"I really was very, very upset that anybody would think that it was staged," said Davis. "You don't kid around about things like that. They're real, live emergencies."

Davis was beginning a short flight from Winter Haven to Lakeland. His passenger is a videographer and had cameras set up, but just after take-off the engine cut out. It restarted briefly, then went out again. When he saw the open road with not too much traffic, Kyle made the decision to put the plane down on Havendale Boulevard.

"When I landed on the street and I realized I hadn't damaged the airplane, anybody, I was okay, it was... it was incredibly relieving," said Davis. "It was a feeling like no other."

After touching down, Kyle was cruising on the same road he usually drives to work on.

"He was just awesome. I hope if I ever have a situation like that I can be as cool as Kyle was."

Davis eventually brought the plane to a stop in a parking lot. But it was 10:00 on a Sunday morning, so the furniture store wasn't open yet.

"I was incredibly, incredibly lucky," said Davis. "There was a whole, whole bunch of luck involved in this and maybe just a little, tiny little bit of experience."

Davis says this is something he's trained for and hopes the video can teach others what to do in a similar situation. In the meantime, he is a bit of a folk hero now.

"Our motto around the office now with Kyle is if you don't like the way he flies, stay off the road."

Jamisjockey · « **Reply #21 on:** May 15, 2009, 11:06:03 AM »

Topics merged.

CNYCacher · « **Reply #22 on:** May 15, 2009, 11:26:06 AM »

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"Our motto around the office now with Kyle is if you don't like the way he flies, stay off the road."

never_retreat · « **Reply #23 on:** May 15, 2009, 10:24:25 PM »

And he parks it off the road. Nice

Perd Hapley · « **Reply #24 on:** May 16, 2009, 12:46:27 AM »

Quote from: Harold Tuttle on May 15, 2009, 10:44:59 AM

Sans squirrel powered spinny thing, his craft seems to have a predictable glide

I can't find what homebrew machine he was piloting...

I don't know all the particulars, but I heard it was a Capissen 38 engine.

Also, you can see the primary buffer panel flying off of it, at about 0:14 in the video.

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Author Topic: Talk about keeping your cool: Emergency landing on Florida street (Read 7315 times)