Spin-off from forced landings...closest calls.

[Bernoulli]

Total electrical failure while in IMC at night with high terrain nearby. Flew away from terrain then descended into known VFR cond then got back lost com. Interesting flight.

 

[JediNein]

You know you are truly jaded when the student under the hood sees the wingtip of the other plane in their side vision, looks up, and in answer to his "WHA? *#*%!!", you ask if he thinks the other pilot's rolex is 5 minutes fast, too.

Fly SAFE!
Jedi Nein

 

[Cpt. Underpants]

On my last flight they ran out of caviar and lobster from First Class and we had to make do with regular crew meals!

 

[NookyBooky]

On my last flight they ran out of caviar and lobster from First Class and we had to make do with regular crew meals!

Finally a close call that rivals my own. The rest of you are pu$$ies.

 

[schoolio]

I was taking a friend flying from ILG to Bader Field in Atlantic City to get a good look at the strip in a 172SP. I'll admit I wasn't completely familiar with the airport, had no idea what the winds were, and was just coming in to land. So we're on final, I'm definitely going to be long, but I think I can still squeek it in on the runway. Winds were throwing me all over the place, and I bounced the wheels once, realized I wasn't going to be able to stop, and about pushed the throttle through the firewall. I had full flaps in, and was climbing out at about 45 knots. I made a very shallow turn and retracted the flaps very slowly to make sure I wasn't going to lose any lift. Needless to say, I scared the crap out of my buddy, and myself, and it was probably the stupidest thing I've ever done in aviation (not being familiar with the airport). That same week, another plane ended up in the bay off the same runway, killing the pilot.

 

[navigator72]

I got em.....

I have had way too many but I guess I'm still here so that's a good thing.

 

[NoPax]

Two engine shutdowns (not failures)
- loss of oil pressure/leak on cowling so I stopped it before it started making metal. Push-rod seal folded on #5
-seized throttle, part of magneto cooling tube came off and jammed my throttle full open. routine shutdown, secure and landing
Three main hydraulic system failures - had brakes and steering
-on second one, I lost enough altitude to put me in the clouds below, with ice.
Two near-misses and numerous encounters with ''short yellow' planes around LA
-IFR student under hood spotted plane in haze, directly infront of us at our altitude
-Student in pattern turned final and asked me- 'what's this clown doing?' I couldn't see it - blindspot - so we dived the airplane after seeing student turn insta-green. Same airplane cost Jet Blue an ILS approach and missed - RA. Student didn't fly again.
-struck by lightning - blew the beacon off

Just because your in Class D doesn't mean pilots won't mess up - violate airspace, remember transponder mode C, get into wrong pattern, fly at wrong altitude, fly at wrong airport, follow wrong landmark etc. some multi-taskers can do this all at the same time.

 

[EatSleepFly]

-IFR student under hood spotted plane in haze, directly infront of us at our altitude

LOL!

 

[HMR]

Anyone who instructed out of the L.A. basin knows what JediNein is refering to. It's not a near miss until you can tell what brand of sunglasses the other guy is wearing.

 

[Occam's Razor]

Cold cat shot, USS Midway, at night. Heavy F-4S (centerline, 2 Aim-7, 2 Aim-9). RIO keyed UHF and ICS foot switches at the same time...so we didn't hear Air Boss yelling, "Off the Cat, Eject! Off the Cat, Eject!"

Instead all I heard was, "Did that feel right to you? Aren't we a little slow?" in an urgent, yet conversational tone.

I punched the jettison button and cleaned-off the tank and missiles.

No idea how close we came to the Sea of Japan, but the video shows our lights dropping out of view below the bow. Thanks to the audio tape, "Did that feel right to you?" became the running gag line in the squadron for the rest of the cruise.