ACTUAL DUAL ENGINE FAILURE IN A CITATION JET 

Bruce Monnier: an otherwise Regular Guy doing his Regular Profession, dealing with a Non-usual Occurrence, resulting in Regular Results while Passengers were Largely Unaware of Potentially Catastrophic Results. Confident, Analytical, Controlled, Humble. THAT is all, Incredible. Well Done & Bravo to you Sir. Excellent interview.

Pilots... The only people in the world bringing you hours of boredom and moments of terror so calmly no one knows the difference. Nice job, great flying, excellent interview. Thanks!

My experience of flying airlines for 30 yrs, i was shocked that he didn't inform his pax about a duel eng. failure. But when he commented about not wanting to hear screaming passengers in the back, I get it. Especially in a smaller cabin acft. I could envision the chaos. Great job. You can tell that's a cool cat under pressure. Great story.

He did what is the more important thing, fly the airplane. Excellent interview. Calm, collected and knowledgeable pilot, a hero.

A Great Pilot, a Great guy, a Great Captain, a brave guy & certainly was the RIGHT guy to have in this aircraft at this unfortunate moment & certainly a guy who deserves more recognition for what he & his copilot did, enough said......

Yes. Fly the plane, evaluate you options, as conditions change, re-evaluate your options, and fly the plane. Bravo, well done!

I was there, just finishing up a flight lesson at KSAV. Certainly caused a bit of excitement on the ramp that's for sure! It was about THE smoothest landing I have ever witnessed, great job in bringing it in that smooth! As far as media, it was reported on the Savannah local news that evening..But nothing on the national news outlets as far as I know..Good job, Bruce, in fulfilling your promise to the nervous flyer passenger!

This reminded me of something when he said he had a nervous flyer on that flight. I used to do volunteer medevac flights out of Boulder County, Colorado for the company I worked for. We’d normally haul printed data and support hardware and software between various stations around the region. So one night I got a call to see if I would volunteer transport a liver transplant recipient and his wife to SLC where there was a matching donor. The guy was super cool and thankful. But his wife........she was a pain in the ass. She told us about 10 times before we had even taxied out to the departure runway how much she was afraid of flying and hated it. After we were airborne, she would scream at even the slightest bit of turbulence. At one point she was even yelling at her husband for getting her into this. I felt so bad for him. Mind you: the man was going to a hospital to get a new liver and his wife made it all about her. Lol. After we landed and as they de-planed, not even a thank you from her. But her husband said, “I’m so sorry about that”. That poor bastard. Cheers!

Heard this on AOPA podcast, thanks for getting the video interview! I believe that Bruce also had the presence of mind to alert his company to relay to the other Jet that fueled with him in FL as they were likely going to be same issue and they did divert without symptoms but went flame out on short final too! Hero is right Mr Baron Pilot. Great job Bruce and Co-pilot.

Amazing. I am sitting here , type rated in the Citation V and when you said not knowing your systems..... yeah, I’ll admit I don’t fully know my systematic of what will, and what won’t work in the unlikely event that I will ever have to go thru a dual simultaneous engine failure... I think by the end of the month or middle of next month I will have the systems etched into my memory. I already started researching my type fuel systems. Most definitely puts things into a higher perspective for me. Baron Pilot, I’ve been following you for a couple years now, I enjoy your videos immensely & I think this one has got to be the icing on the cake. Bruce, you truly are a hero. I have never heard of anyone (other than NASA) pulling off what you did. I hope your patient was grateful even though she’s terrified of flying. Maybe she’ll go up with you again..... hope she got or gets better from whatever she had/has wrong. Captain Bruce and Captain Baron Pilot: Clear skies and safe landings sirs.

I have never been as glued to a RU-vid video as I was watching this. Really interesting. I love how the passengers never noticed the other engine quitting. Probably for the best. So great to hear how a professional pilot handles critical situations.

Chris, that was a fantastic video. Probably your best work. It flowed so well and of course, was interesting as hell. I really enjoyed it. Great Job. Thanks so very much for the extra effort you take to make your videos not only fun but informative.

One of the best videos you've done. Thank you.

Amazing and heroic story, truly inspirational. The first and only guy to fly a Citation glider to the air field! I am impressed.That's one you won't ever forget. ;-) Well done sir!

Great interview. Thank God for this strong intelligent calm man who is really needed in this country

Wow what a story But, @baronpilot the way you interviewed and presented this to us literally blew my away Carefully extracting the info from the pilot without leading him or interrupting was just perfect Thank you for bringing this story to us 🙏🏼

I have had an engine failure in a Comanche during my IFR exam prep..WORST feeling in my life I have no clue how you guys stayed so calm...Great story greetings from Tanzania East Africa.

Well done, the pilot is the most chill person I've ever had the privilege to listen to!

No power sucks. BTDT in a caravan ifr, The audio of that is on my channel. Didn’t get to the airport, but lucked out anyway. Busted out at 800’ and saw a field that was handy about 3 miles from the runway. As Max Smart said, “Missed it by this much!”

Thanks so much for posting this vid BP! Great interview and absolutely fascinating to see the mindset of a pilot when something goes wrong.

What a breed of Pilot. Rare stuff. Baron Pilot I really liked the Q&A calm discussion style without interruptions. Great airmanship Bruce.

Wow... amazing story. So glad everyone was ok.

Well I usually don't comment on vlogs, but have to say "what a good piece of work"...he did everything by the books, calm cool and collected...hats of to him!...what a great pilot!

Omg that dude is ICE MAN literally!! What I’m going to take from this video as I go through PPL training is to stay calm during a Emergency.

WOW, this guy is totally a professional

I'm surprised that plane could handle the weight of the pilots massive balls.

This is a great illustration of the first rule: fly the airplane.

Great work Baron Pilot. Bruce Monnier has some angels flying with him. Congratulations to him for the job involved for landing safely.

Great Story. Thank You for sharing and thumbs up to “ Baron Pilot” for producing, filming, editing and interviewing.

These guys did a fantastic job and a great ending. Great video.

This video was considerably more interesting than I thought it would be. Stud pilot.

Having had a career in the fuel business I found this very interesting and informative. Many complements to the pilot and co-pilot. Hopefully this led to better fuel handing procedures.

This was a real emergency unlike others who post videos saying 'REAL EMERGENCY'. Great job.

THE rule: aviate, navigate, communicate. You must always fly the plane, especially when you realize there is no magic incation you can recite or a hidden button you can push to unscramble the situation. You're back to needle, ball and airspeed flying. I was reminded of that mantra when you said that the souls in back never knew what, exactly, was happening. VERY nice job, sir. My cover is off to you.

Awesome job, I really enjoyed the conversation and listening to his story first hand. Thank you for a great chat.

Great pilot with a great understanding of flight characteristics. BRAVO my man WELL DONE!

Great video with all the right messages to pilots. Much appreciated!!

Last thing I want to hear is people screaming in the back anyway. Oh man.

very scary when he said "13 miles out landing in the wrong direction". it just seems very far. this guys a hero.

Incredible event and outcome! I have had a few issues while taking my PPL and I can tell you it’s hard to remain as calm as Iceman there!!

Very interesting, just reinforces when things start going bad the best thing you can do is stay calm and focus on all options. True professional.

this is a great interview!!! totally captivating...

What an amazing story and a pleasure to hear the story from a great professional pilot. Safe travels.

Thanks Bruce & Baron Pilot

Truly awesome awe inspiring story. Learned a tremendous amount. Thank you

As a retired Part 121 (heavy) A&P, I have a few observations. First, I listen to the differences on how PIC's handle EM situations on channels like VAS Aviation. Bruce, you are a "steely-eyed-missle-man" of pilots. You handled that situation like the best of the 121 drivers, NASA astronauts, etc. Second, hats off the Cessna on this aircraft. I have been of the opinion that there seems to be too much "push" on computerization/fly-by-wire in aircraft. MCAS is a prime example of that IMHO. Cable control allowed the crew to maintain positive control. Last, it is absolutely inexcusable that ground vehicle fluids were able to be contaminated into aviation fuel. When I worked in/around POL in the Air Force, we had strict proceedures to prevent this from happening. The airport authorities I've worked with, that were responsible for aviation fueling have these in place too. It would appear that the FBO (if they were the one responsible for this) was clearly negligent. There are proper protocols for them to follow. Hope the FAA drops some serious repercussions on whoever was responsible. Clearly this could've ended in disaster. Kudo's to all who worked to make this a happy ending.

Fantastic story and glad everybody was safe - thanks to the pilot!

Thank you for sharing this story. These types of events are invaluable for the aviation community to learn from. I personally am very appreciative to have the opportunity to hear about these incidents and have the opportunity to learn from them. Thank you!

I knew a guy once that dead stick’d a Lear 25 in for a landing. It changed him...got really arrogant and took more risks. He died in a plane crash less than a month later. You are very lucky...stay humble!

Great interview, he is the man you want up front and center!

Thanks for the video. Always good to hear what a pilot does in this type of situation for training purposes.

Wow, what an amazing story! Thanks for sharing it.

Awesome job Bruce and what a great learning story. Had a friend that wanted to store some 100ll in a diesel can once told him probably not a good idea if its going back in the Cessna. He could'nt understand my logic but used my new gas cans anyway. You never know.

Wow, what a experience. Had asked for you to film in the Citation before, but then doing this story, which thankfully had a happy ending, is appreciated. Sounds like the correct guy was in the seat, and he handled it as well as it could be handled..but don't think I could have resisted telling that ground ATC when he asked parking.."right here" ;)

Well done Bruce…Congratulations! Thanks for sharing the story with us!

Amazing experience. Thank you for sharing.

"It reminds you the importance of knowing the systems."{...of the specific airplane you are flying.} Excellent "I Learned About Flying From That". Thank you.

Bob Hoover would be proud! Great job guys!

Well done Captain. And Thank You EPA.

Great interview. I was the A&P mechanic overseeing the fueling and was immediately questioned by the owner of the company if the Prist was added. I told him I was positive the valve was on because I had noticed the fueler forgot to turn it off after he was done fueling. Anyway I just played the video for my class of 20 students trying to get their A&P license here at Aviation Institute of Maintenance in Atlanta where I'm an Instructor and they were fascinated with the story. I shot my buddy Bruce a text letting him know. It's a cautionary tale that luckily had a happy ending.

I(CJ2) got fueled from the same APF truck at the same time as those guys and had a voicemail when I got on the ground asking if we had any fuel issues. Sumped the tanks and filters and all was ok. Then some dealing with the FAA before it got traced back to PGD. Glad I didn't get caught up in it. Great job with the landing!

Kudos - and very good interview!

My understatement. AMAZING. Great video. Thank you!

And that is why, after watching so many cockpit videos and "meeting" the pilots, I would rather be in a plane alongside one, than being in a car... thousands of feet in the air or not. You are the kind of people who restore my faith in humanity. Happy New Year, Frederick "Rik" Spector and by the way, I hope the ailing passenger was OK.

Very interesting, thanks for sharing! Happy landings

WOW ! What a great and amazing story & Interview .Great story that the pilots were able to land the Citation jet w/2 flamed out engines . No injuries & damage to the fuselage .

I am supremely impressed! I have been flying large jets for 37 years and everyone onboard that aircraft is fortunate to the extreme that this amazing pilot quickly and accurately calculated a glide ratio with no engines running that brought them to a suitable runway. I am so delighted to be learning about this successful event from this video rather than a crash in the forests near Savannah from an NTSB report. Well done, sir.

Wow....This will be an epic video in the avaition community for decades to come...BRAVO!

Isn’t it strange that DEF stands for diesel exhaust fluid AND dual engine failure? Just sayin’.

Mr Monnier is indeed the consummate professional! Take Care

Awesome job Bruce. Interesting video!

I have a new hero. Seriously Bruce... that was humbling. I'm a student pilot and I've been struggling with glide approaches, but your wisdom and attitude have completely altered my thinking. I have a new benchmark of calm to aspire to!

Imagine if this had happened sooner after takeoff rather than at FL 350. So fortunate that the contamination took so long to damage the engines and they had that energy available. Crew did a perfect job. PIC exudes calm and confidence.

Great work/flying/CRM/professionalism Captain and your co-pilot on that day!

Thanks for sharing this story. Amazing to hear.

A great video, and a super job by a totally confident Pilot. Hats off to him, and his co-pilot. Thanks for the video Baron Pilot.

I love the comment about breaking out of the clouds as a new instrument pilot. When he said that it took me right back to my very first solo approach. Oh yes that is quite a Feeling.

Had many ,many emergencies in thousands of hours of flying..one thing I learned is,,,if you are well trained and confident..all emergencies happen in slow motion...when untrained or weak..things happen fast.

This man pulls off an amazing feat and then tells us what weaknesses he worked on from the lessons he learned. That's rare. I hope we all never stop learning or trying to improve like that.

Wow ...great account of a truly wonderful pilot who has taken the time to study his craft. Thanks foe sharing

Airmanship of the highest order

Awesome! Smart pilot! Love ya, Baron! Awesome vid! Freaks me out!

Excellent storytelling. Thank you.

Much respect for the pilot. Well done, sir.

Maybe he should write the engines out check-list for the Citation. I'm surprised one wasn't written by Cessna.

Well done, Bruce!! That's an understatement. I've been looking into buying a jet and reading the POH for a Phenom 300. I'm a 30-year pilot with lots of private time, but, when I couldn't find dual engine out procedures in the book, I was quite surprised and contacted Embraer to find out where that procedure was located. They told me the same thing; it only happens due to fuel starvation or contamination...which never happens. Well, I didn't believe them when they said it and you are living proof...it happens. Seriously, well done. The sphincter-factor was must have been climbing when other stuff (altimeter) started to go off line. Getting 3-green would have been a major relief. I've experienced gear issues twice; it's not pleasant. To make it to the runway as a glider, and then land gear-up would have been satisfactory. But, tragedy averted. Not only was it piloting skill and knowing the systems, but also knowing the character of the aircraft that saved the crew, passengers, people and property on the ground, and the aircraft. Sitting here thinking what other factors might have played a factor and the only thing I can think of is winds aloft. At 8k-feet, you don't have a lot of time, but it would have been interesting to compare altitude lost at 160K glide and distance covered over (for example) 2 minutes, then at 150K Did they inform you as to their process to re-certified as airworthy?

Thanks for sharing. Great explanation and storytelling. Way to go pilots!

A great example of training, systems and buckets loads of chill coming up clutch after a dodgy batch of fuel. Much respect sir.

Wow, what an amazing story.

Wow, great interview to begin with. Very impressed with this professional pilot! Great job, to pilot and first officer. Luck will get you so far but proper training and discipline bring good results. I bet DEF scenarios will be in flight sims very soon. Amazing story. 👍👍👍

Amazing. They kept their cool and went back to basics. Great story tx for sharing.

Awesome video! Thank god there are pilots like you!

Another great video as usual. Interesting enough is that that jet is run by Air Trek and I actually did all my private training with them back in the early 80s when they were a flight school and FBO at PGD (Charlotte County back then) and before they had branched out to Med Evac services. Another ironic thing is my son use to fly as a Paramedic with Air Trek a few years back. Great family owned company and I'm so glad everything worked out and all were safe.

That was a very insightfull interview. Talented and lucky crew.

Awesome story... thanks for sharing.

What a pilot. Cool, calm and collected all the way down. Excellent flying and thanks for the video which was well worth watching.

I'm reminded of that little joke about wanting to die like my father: quietly, calmly in his sleep, not screaming, crying, and clawing at the windows like the passengers in his car.

Takeaway: Everyone should regularly practice dead stick at least in a simulator.

Excellent video. Thank you. Good Job on the whole emergency.

Thank you for sharing your experience.