Forced Landing-Have you?

[88_MALIBU]

I am curious how many people have made forced landings because of engine failure? I made one near Sturgis, SD in an ultralight once.... Just curious.

 

[labbats]

Yes

Instrument student, was VFR though, preflight/runup all good. Takeoff to lousy climb rate, then BANG! Blew a cylinder, which partially clogged the exhaust. Limped back and landed.

 

[lowlycfi]

About 14 years ago I was in a Cessna 152 on the upwind at about 700AGL. Piston connecting rod broke. The engine would only make about 1200 RPM at full throttle and felt like it would shake itself apart. Turned downwind for a crossing runway and landed about a third of the the way down it.

 

[B GUMPS]

My experience wasn't a complete engine failure but was pretty interesting. I had a rather large body building student and we were on about a quarter mile final and a little high and fast so I told him to pull the throttle in a C152 to idle and he proceeded to pull the throttle out of the instrument panel completely. Luckily landing was assured but we needed to be towed to the ramp. One more reason to stay on glideslope or above if you have lots of runway.

 

[88_MALIBU]

B gumps

Yahhh, I can relate. Happens all to often to me....

 

[RightPedal]

Lost about 8" off the tip of a wood prop on a J3 once. Landed on a taxi way.

Franklin 220 broke an oil line, put it in a hay field.

When the throttle cable breaks on a cessna ag wagon it locks wide open. Had to go back and land full power with a load. That was fun.

 

[bigD]

Deadsticked a 182 from 10,000' (I was directly over the airport at the time).


The skydivers or jump pilots on this board can guess what happened.

 

[88_MALIBU]

So can I an I dont jump!

 

[PropsForward]

Deadsticked a 182 from 10,000' (I was directly over the airport at the time).


The skydivers or jump pilots on this board can guess what happened.

Had the same problem. Somehow lost the keys about the same time the skydivers exited...

 

[Vik]

Wait till avbug replies to this .. he could probably write pages

 

[dav8or]

Lost an engine in a PA44, 100 degree day and the other side wasn't exactly making published power. Best I could do is 50 fpm down and made it to an airpark with a 4000' paved runway that was in the gps data base. Thankyou NEAREST DIRECT.

Flap split in a 172 on retraction after a t&g, RTF

Lost an oil seal in a 152 in the practice area, RTF

 

[JetBlast2000]

I was at about 600ft in 172 and had a partial power loss. Did a 180 (calm wind) and brought her down. Training paid off that day…

 

[Mmmmmm Burritos]

Yes, complete loss of oil within a few seconds in a 182 (seems to happen often in 182's). Con rod broke apart, shot through crankcase and some went through cowling. See avatar on left. Engine kept running for 1-2 minutes on 5 cyl though losing power progressively as it seized up, but by that time we were over a grass strip at 2000agl. No sweat. Engine was under warranty too- it was a Millenium rebuild on a Continental with only 250-300 hrs on it. Cessna chose well by putting Lycomings in the new 182's I guess. Kept the broken con rod as a souvenier (sp?)

By the way they tried to blame us for flying without oil but we had been flying for 2 hours already and had checked it at the last airport we stopped at (it was full). They never did find the reason the engine grenaded, so it was probably their fault

 

[TundraT]

Yeap. Bell 206 engine gave up the ghost in the dead of winter on Kodiak Island in Bushin pass. 2 pax, 300' Agl and one of the few level, no obstacle spots to put it in. Landed in about 8 feet of snow. Wasn't sure whether we were going to stay up right because at the bottom when I flared, the rotor wash picked up the snow and put us in a white out condition. Ended up right and a Coast Guard H3 heard my may day call and flew cover until company came and picked us up.

 

[DashTrash400]

While working on my CFI I had a partial loss of power at 800' while doing ground reference maneuvers in a Cherokee. Wasn't developing quite enough power to maintain altitude, but there was a small strip only 5 miles away...was able to make it in.