I think you could definitely say this was a close call!
A Kiwi pilot ran out of fuel and managed to land on a narrow sand bar. Friends helicoptered in fuel and he managed to take off in what you could definitely say was a close call with the wheels virtually skimming the water! Well done that man! Hope the video runs in your area:
https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-z...n-sandbar.html |
If his engine "stopped dead", why is the prop still turning at the end of his landing run and as he taxied onto the higher ground?
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pulse 1 you win the prize!
Actually I think it most probable his colleagues that flew in the fuel took the pics after refueling and during the test runs. Newshub would have bored the viewers if they had said that was not actual landing footage! Lets face it I think it unlikely anyone with a suitable camera would have happened to have been there at the time - check that out with the latter footage from a different angle. |
WOW 😳
All I can say is don’t be that guy ! I sure hope the airplane got a really really good rinse after the salt water bath. Totally non standard and non approved but the trick for a soft field with absolutely no obstacles is to pitch up so the nose wheel is off the ground and when you hit 40 kts apply full flap. STAY in ground effect until the aircraft has accelerated to 55 and then flap 20 and start a gentle climb and clean up. But to be clear this is where you have to use your superior skill to make up for an egregious failure to use superior judgement to avoid getting into the predicament in the first place |
Originally Posted by Big Pistons Forever
(Post 10706921)
Totally non standard and non approved but the trick for a soft field with absolutely no obstacles is to pitch up so the nose wheel is off the ground and when you hit 40 kts apply full flap. STAY in ground effect until the aircraft has accelerated to 55 and then flap 20 and start a gentle climb and clean up.
But to be clear this is where you have to use your superior skill to make up for an egregious failure to use superior judgement to avoid getting into the predicament in the first place |
I'm unconvinced that the story is exactly as reported. Landing a 152 on the beach attracted attention, but landing a helicopter carrying fuel in did not get video'd? As already noted, 'ran out of gas, but had enough to taxi around once down?
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Originally Posted by ShyTorque
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In a 152, OK. But do NOT try full flap in a Cessna 150.
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In a 152, OK. But do NOT try full flap in a Cessna 150. |
It's not a crime to have an accident but it is a crime to "run out of fuel", in most cases.
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Have gotten a C-172 with full tanks, 10° flaps and four aboard off dry sand. Yes the field was licensed.
The trick was letting the nosewheel down to just above said sand once airspeed alive. No worry about stopping if I decided to abort. |
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