Slave I Emergency Landing

Whoh! Scott I'm sure you didn't but I would have lost about half a stone in a matter of seconds when that happened....

(opens window due to smell)

Glad your all safe bruv...

Wow, you took the whole situation like a pro, calm as can be. Yeah, I think I would've had my own emergency in my pants if I were in there with you :P

Wow! Glad you were OK, Scott.

Tell the truth now. . . you were attacked by TIE fighters weren't you??

Wow Scott,

first to say I´m happy that you landet save man
You acted absolutely cool.

The students can be happy that they have a teacher like you.

Awesome flight

Thats what I thought about me

Originally Posted by sewbacca

I would've had my own emergency in my pants if I were in there with you :P

Great piloting skills Scott! I'll fly with you any day.

Did you ever find out what the problem was with the throttle?

A day in the life of Scott hehe
You are a prof!

Glad you were OK

Ruben

Whoah Scott! Looks like you had an adventure...glad to know you're safe bro.

Stay safe,

Tim.

That was tense. Notice how everyone onboard broke up in laughter once the plane touched down and all knew it was a good landing. Afraid or not, that was a tense moment, and you could feel that watching the vid. Your student handled things really well too.

I already hated flying...NOW...I will NEVER FLY AGAIN!!!!

I gotta say it....."You been drinkin' today Captain?" I'm ssssooo happy to hear nothing else happened and you guys landed safe!!!!!

P.S. - I could see my house from there.

Naw, it was IG-88. ;-)

Originally Posted by superjedi

Wow! Glad you were OK, Scott.

Tell the truth now. . . you were attacked by TIE fighters weren't you??

Great use of your training Scott.
Glad to hear you made it through the "whiskey tango" situation unscathed.

Nice work, thats almost exactly how i did the same thing a few years back... Except i was the 'student' and my co-pilot examiner panicked and tried to take control of the plane..

Im used to random stuff with flying... especially Cessna 152's and 172's with the nefarious doors falling off :P

Nice work Scott, I didn't doubt your skills for a second bro. me on the other hand, I would have crapped my pants in a heartbeat

WOW that was kind of cool how yall did all that.

I didnt see any crash trucks out there just an Eng and a water truck; kind of looked like a foam trailer in the way back.

BTW tell the cam man not to quit his day job

I definitley want you as my pilot. That was incredible man!

you can be my wingman anytime.

/cue top gun theme

oh yeah? well the other day at work, a server lost one of it's CPU fans mid-day, and we had to hot swap it!

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ok, so your job is way more exciting than mine.

Are they counter rotating blades in that plane?

hey scott just wanted to know what type aircraft you wer flying, i am a mechanic for delta and i think people would be surprised how often things happen like this, but hey thats part of your job being the best at what you do. glade that you had fun and i bet ya cant wait for the next beeping red light comes on in the dash!!

*exhales sharply*

Excellent control! Truly a testament to BH nerves of steel.:thumbup

David.

That was a pretty remote airpark. Red fire truck though....I'm thinking either Carefree or Buckeye area. Am I even close?

Good to have you back safely.

Bravo Zulu man. Great Job!!

Thanks for all of the compliments, everybody ... I truly appreciate it!

In regards to some of the questions asked, the aircraft is a Piper Seminole (PA44-180.) It has counter rotating props (I know my camera shows the right engine spinning clockwise, but that's how my camera records videos. It is really rotating counter-clockwise.) I can't believe nobody here has figured it out yet. The plane wasn't attacked while airborne. It was sabotaged by somebody on the ground causing this to happen during cruise flight. And there is only 1 person who would do that: Han Solo!

OK OK OK ... what really happened. Nobody is 100% sure of the exact details yet as it is still too early to determine. But one thing is for certain: the throttle was jammed forward because the throttle cable (which connects the throttle in the cockpit to the throttle value in the engine) got stuck. How that happened remains unknown at this point.

The airport I landed at is Deer Valley Municipal (KDVT.) It is located about 15 miles north of downtown Phoenix near the I-17 Loop-101 stack. It is by no means remote. The flight academy I work at typically sends over 150 flights out of the airport per day. That combined with another flight school's operations plus additional commercial and corporate operations makes the airport the 18th busiest airport in the nation just behind LaGuardia!

why do you need to land with one engine running?

holy smokes BufFETT! Glad your all right! You are a true pro! I was in a scary landing situation in my buddy Darryn's twin-engine Aztec (yes, I said Aztec, what a heap) back in 98'. We landed okay (uneventfull flight that is) but since the brakes are on one side, my other buddy Greg, who was in the co-pilot seat, and supposely had taken flight lessons in this plane, wasn't working the brakes (there was 5 of us) We nearly ran off the runway. I couldn't swing worth bantha at the golf course in Monterey cause I still was shakin' an hour later LOL!

Good Lord Scott! The title of the thread scared me... Glad you're okay. My second thought was - Hope he wasn't gonna crash anywhere near my house! (Because I live near Scottsdale Airpark - and unfortunately it has happened)

True Mando piloting there!

If this had happened in a movie you would've landed on that highway

But seriously dude, you've got some mad piloting skills

Originally Posted by corvettenck

why do you need to land with one engine running?

Because only one engine was functioning properly. The other one's throttle was stuck at full bore and couldn't be fixed in midair. Therefore, the engine couldn't be brought to a speed that would make for a safe landing, and had to be shut down in order to land safely. This is particularly difficult to do, since with only one wing-engine going, the plane has a natural tendency to turn, which must be combated while keeping the plane level and bringing it in for a safe landing.

And be thankful... one of my buddies was flying his helicopter and lost the Jesus bolt. He survived without injuries, luckily, but he DID have an emergency in his pants when it happened. (For those who don't know, the Jesus nut/bolt/whateveritscalledonthegivenhelicopter holds the blades on. It comes off, the rotors come off, the 'copter falls, and you pray to Jesus. Hence the name)

All hail the great Scott

well done buddy. Just think, you saved peples lives that day

I'm glad you're doing good!

Scott, you're the man! I would have been flipping out! You've got nerves of steel my friend.

I was watching the video and was like "oh that doesn't seem so bad, they don't seem too worried" and then the camera panned over and I saw the prop just sitting still!

So when you gonna fly up to Pulliam airport and take me up for a spin

After a week, I finally found what the cause of the jammed throttle was. There was a small deformation in the cable itself. As the throttle was moved to and fro during many flights, the deformation in the cable eventually caught itself on the sheath and began to kink up. There are two ways this could have been caused, and one is the more likely one. First, it could be a factory defect ... the cable was nearly brand new. But the more probable reason was it had not been installed correctly. Somebody probably bent the cable by accident ... and once that happened, the bend / deformation to the cable could not be removed. It's similar to bending a paper clip and then trying to get it straight again.

Nonetheless, The plane is back in service, and I was flying it yesterday with no incident.

Originally Posted by TeamFett

So when you gonna fly up to Pulliam airport and take me up for a spin

As soon as it isn't so hot that the plane won't even get off the runway.