Definitely an excellent landing!
The pilot walked away and the aircraft looks re-usable!
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That looks like the 101 between Santa Barbara and Ventura, slim pickings for landing areas, it's the very narrow beach, or the highway. Lucky folks
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Listening to ATC, the emergency airplane informs us that "fuel indication is reading zero, we have a sputtering engine"...
The landing might have been good, but the fuel planning was apparently not the best. |
Kata have you a link to the ATC?
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It was on a busy section of the 23 freeway at around 4:45pm local time in Moorpark. This is a regular rat run from CMA to VNY.
It was not yet sunset and it was pretty risky (or rather stupid) of the instructor to land on a busy freeway when there is a golf course etc just a short distance away which would likely have been much safer at that time. Had a member of the public driving on that freeway been injured, the outcome could have been pretty bad. Never put somebody on the ground in jeopardy. |
Poor fuel monitoring, especially from an Instructor, even with a leak it should have been picked up before getting to this stage!
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Originally Posted by Gomrath
(Post 9236735)
It was not yet sunset and it was pretty risky (or rather stupid) of the instructor to land on a busy freeway when there is a golf course etc just a short distance away which would likely have been much safer at that time.
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It made our local paper. The Director of Operations at Encore Flight Academy - quoted as saying...
"...The aircraft didn't have any damage or mechanical issues, rather the two just didn't check properly to see if they had enough fuel... The aircraft was found to be in perfect condition..." I wonder if that instructor is still employed by them? The FAA might invite him in. |
FAA might invite him in. |
Ah, always nice to see a DA-20 Katana, even in unusual surroundings!
Flaps in LDG configuration. I believe the nearby golf course is just not feasible due to the nible gears on this bird. The operator I rent from doesn't even allow them on grass airfields. |
Listening to ATC, the emergency airplane informs us that "fuel indication is reading zero, we have a sputtering engine"... The landing might have been good, but the fuel planning was apparently not the best. |
due to the nible gears on this bird Whatever, I think I'd prefer (possibly) bent gears over (possibly) making victims among unsuspecting civilians on a busy public road. |
Ah, always nice to see a DA-20 Katana, even in unusual surroundings! Flaps in LDG configuration. I believe the nearby golf course is just not feasible due to the nible gears on this bird. The operator I rent from doesn't even allow them on grass airfields. |
Oh, I always knew the DA-20 is great chick magnet. But this... look at what kind of student pilot was in there! :O
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