'almost died today

[jsoceanlord]

I don't mean to sound like howard stern the shcok jock (as far as the title for this post), but it's true. I almost crashed.

someone posted about favorite approaches and i almost entered culebra, puerto rico, which is a lot like st barts (approach at a 45 degree angle to the runway and go through a valley on short final).

in the middle of this valley today ,while on short final, i got blown into a 80 degree bank (toward the ridge). i had full opposite aileron and nothing was happening. i braced to hit and couldn't believe that i didn't. i hit full power. finally i leveled out.

anyway, i've been drinking to calm down. for anyone who has been pissed at me in the last couple years, i'd like to say we have a clean slate and the past is the past and we're all bro's of the sky.

 

[TDTURBO]

Glad to see you're still amoungst the living, what kind'a plane were you flying?

 

[jsoceanlord]

cargo trislander.

there was a cold front passing through and the sea was really rough.

next time it's gusty, i'll drop down over tamarindo ridge - about a 60 degree pitch over, but more into thne wind

i need a raise if i'm gonna be coming through that pass sideways.

 

[flydog]

Dude its time to come clean. Are you really a pilot? or are you breaking into daddy's computer when he is away on trips?

 

[chperplt]

twice in two days

Expressway vis to 31 at LGA... 3 1/2 behind a 319 and got walloped from the wake.. Turned about 80 degrees to the right before it came back..

ILS 24 at ISP today...3000RVR and nasty turbulence.. Loss of 30 knots at 200 feet.. Aircraft didn't like that and to show it's disgust, took a direct route toward the ground.

If you drink every time you almost die in this business, you'll be a broke son of a gun pretty quick..

 

[Dieterly]

jsoceanlord, you crack me up!!!

 

[skyking1976]

VOR approach to mins at ASE. The mountains have been known to eat Lears, Gulfstreams, tired cargo pilots, etc.

 

[LearAv8r]

I remember when I was in PR that there was a N260WA or something like that (???WA). It was blue and white. But I don't think it was with Vieques Air Link.


L-

 

[A Squared]

I've flown the same approach at Culebra in a C-310. It's sporty. You have to do a very abrupt dogleg though a small notch in a ridge, or you have to fly over the ridge and do a hellacious power off descent to make the runway. I don't think I'd like to do it when the winds are gusty.

regards

 

[Flat-tire]

Seems to happen in threes. I had three emergencies in one week. Life goes on then you die. I'm still loving my job......

 

[TDTURBO]

Life goes on, THE YOU PAY TAXES, then you die.

 

[toneal]

Life goes on, THE YOU PAY TAXES, then you die.

Then your family takes your insurance money and pays more of your taxes...

 

[spitfire1940]

A while back, I read a story by Bill Kershner about using rudder instead of aileron to get out of really steep banks and other upsets. The adverse yaw created by a huge aileron correction can actually make the problem worse. Couple weeks later, I just about got rolled over by turbulence flying traffic survey in the DC suburbs. We were probably around 70-80 degrees to the horizon when I jammed in full top rudder. Recovery was immediate. That experience has made me want to take some aerobatics lessons.

 

[PilotoHalcon]

The BASIC rule is to keep the ball centered (Spitfire) and of course you will have adverse aileron yaw if you do not use your feet while using ANY aileron. If you put in the approriate amount of rudder while using aileron (You really need to try gliders by the way) the ball will stay centered and you CANNOT spin. If you use just rudder you stand a chance of a spin in the direction of rudder travel. Keep the ball centered. I think too many of the new pilots forget about foot work and rely on yaw damp.
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[crash-proof]

cargo trislander.

there was a cold front passing through and the sea was really rough.

next time it's gusty, i'll drop down over tamarindo ridge - about a 60 degree pitch over, but more into thne wind

i need a raise if i'm gonna be coming through that pass sideways.

Where you operate from? I've never seen trislanders, didn't know they still fly em. See plenty of islanders though (here in south florida).

What do they call em? Puerto Rico DC-10s?

 

[jsoceanlord]

lear av8r; you got the colors right, but none of the #'s.

apprarently there was a cold front passing through that morning. i swear i rolled to the exact amount of bank from which it wzs recoverable. the word knife edge comes to mind. i came through like a champion (to whoever above was doubting my skills).

i've heard about picking up the wing with rudder. a couple years ago a heavy UAL 747 400 lost on an engine departing san francisco. the FO picked up the wing with aileron instead of rudder and they almost hit a mountain.

if you ride motorcycles, sometimes you swerve to avoid cars, etc and it's just pure reaction and instinct. i thought for a split second about power on the right engine only bu was afraid i';d hit the wrong throttle - better all three. i was empty and more apt to be blown around.

our other pilot told me he hurt his foot and that i have to fly for him on xmas eve. he's full of it. but it'l be a little getting back on a horse tomorrow, after being thrown.

that culebra approach is even better when it's cloudy; some guy's track the st thomas localizer and it takes them right over culebra.

 

[TurboS7]

Sounds to me like you need to pick up a good book on mountain flying. Stay away from the pretty chicks and the parties.Merry Chirstmas and Kings Day.

 

[jsoceanlord]

i took another look at the approach today.

you come through this valley on short final and then bank a little right before turning left to line up with the runway.

when i made that slighty right bank the wind caught my wing and i thought i was gonna roll over.

the approach is hairy without being on knife edge. i couldn't've been more than 50 feet high

first time in 3 years that that happened to me there

 

[flydog]

Oh boy. When will the FAA require psychiatric exams as a prerequisite for operating an aicraft