routine training flight

engine starts sputtering 30sec into the clip

instructor takes over and crash land in a field; all caught on tape

 

 

transcript

0:09 TOWER - AIW respond to LLMG

0:12 AIW - LLMG responding to LLMG

0:16 AIW - LLMG Hello, AIW approaching Afula (the town ahead) 1500ft for landing

0:22 TOWER - AIW LLMG 1500ft approaching afula

0:27 Student to Instructor - are you taking over?

0:28 Instructor - oh no

0:32 Student - What happened

0:34 Instructor - im taking over, im taking over

0:41 AIW (calling Tower) - Pluto?

0:43 Tower - LLMG

0:47 AIW - with you in a second

0:49 AIW - my engine about to shout off

0:52 Tower - HG 1500ft to Sharon by 2993 (instructions to LLMG for another incoming aircraft)

0:56 Instructor to Student - looks like crash landing in the field

1:01 AIW - Pluto Mayday Mayday Mayday AIW

1:07 Instructor - ooh no, what is going on there?

1:12 AIW - Pluto AIW Mayday Mayday Mayday

1:16 Tower - what's your emergency

1:18 AIW - my engine is sputtering and about to shot off

1:22 AIW - im around Afula; i will be crash landing on a field

1:27 Tower - crash landing on a field? will you be able to land it?

1:29 AIW - affirmative

1:13 Tower - roger that; do you need emergency services sent over?

1:35 AIW - going to land... hmm on the east side of Afula

1:39 Tower - roger that; east side of Afula, if you need help let me know

1:44 AIW - rgr

1:45 Student - are we landing the field?

1:46 Instructor - yes

1:57 Instructor - hold on tight

2:00 Instructor - protect your head

2:14 Instructor - going to hit the trees!

2:28 Instructor - out

I find the constant pumping of the throttle while neglecting of the mixture and mags very interesting. I wonder what went wrong?

if your volume is high enough; you can hear the engine chooking

 

i find the coolness the pilot kept

and gracefully controlling the land and crash; just phenomenal

down to the point of selecting where to hit

 

he declaers as they touch; he is going for the trees

and he is telling the other guy to brace useing the top handle

as they head toward the line of trees; amaizing

That looked smoother than every landing i have ever made in the Q400

Love the banking at really low altitude and the choice of the landing area. Two very fortunate people in that plane ...

I find the constant pumping of the throttle while neglecting of the mixture and mags very interesting. I wonder what went wrong?

 

Yes, this is very interesting. Why they were ignoring mixture control? It's essential to avoid fouling and choking. And what about throttle pumping? Is that a procedure or ignorance?

"Tape?" Showing our age Chris? :Just Kidding:

 

Seriously, that was truly a remarkable "crash", which was rather more of a controlled emergency landing, using the gap between the rather tiny trees rather effectively!

 

I truly wish the pilot had taken the GoPro out and shown the "damage." I have a suspicion that there wasn't much more than some leading edge wing dents. :Applause:

"Tape?" Showing our age Chris?

 

 

lol :rolleyes:

WOW . simply amazing . the pilot landed without even breaking a sweat 

I would have switched mags,tanks, hit the aux fuel pump,tried adjusting the mixture, turning on the carb heat ect if it still wouldn't restart and if it had a manual primer(I think 152s do been years since I've been in one) I'd run that in and out a few times to see if I could get some fuel into the engine. It sounds like the engine was responding some what to his throttle inputs so it might have had a blockage in the fuel line or carb ice.

I would be more curios to know if the full checklist was gone through and there regular maintenance for that aircraft.

if your volume is high enough; you can hear the engine chooking

 

i find the coolness the pilot kept

and gracefully controlling the land and crash; just phenomenal

down to the point of selecting where to hit

 

he declaers as they touch; he is going for the trees

and he is telling the other guy to brace useing the top handle

as they head toward the line of trees; amaizing

Glad someone here understands Hebrew.

For those of you saying you would have done things differently... then you learned nothing from watching that video.

 

Both walked away with no more than a story to tell for it. That's the best outcome possible and clearly that instructor knew exactly what to do to accomplish that.

 

The instructor did everything correctly.

right on Ed

 

here's the path the pilot choose on google maps

https://mapsengine.google.com/map/edit?mid=zglL8L_moK3s.kd-HujBBo3lw

For those of you saying you would have done things differently... then you learned nothing from watching that video.Both walked away with no more than a story to tell for it. That's the best outcome possible and clearly that instructor knew exactly what to do to accomplish that.The instructor did everything correctly.

Yes but an off field landing may have been avoided if he had taken other measures to restart the engine.