Engine Failure on Takeoff! P-51D 26 March 2023 

Yep me too. Lots of ag time in my twenties and again in 2008/09. He did a great job getting it down in one piece. I recently retired for the Airline.

I was an F-14 pilot with 85,000 hours, and have 27,000 on the Space Shuttle. I also think he did a fantastic job, and I’ve also just retired from the airline…..

@@Jimmythefish577 News flash. I don’t care that you don’t believe me.

@@mdbryan9525 im just impressed you crop dusted with a 747.

@@lostonlongisland6845So if I had said that I was a former surgeon AND a former truck driver, you would assume that I was doing both at the same time?

Most probably he was one of those great "Stick&Rudder" true pilots from the great B727 era, when they HANDLED the airplane with muscle and finesse, instead of just pushing buttons on a completely automated FBW craft...

Dont be afraid to drop that baby on its belly if you have to.

rivetrider - "He bought me a round of beers that afternoon!!!" I'm sure he did as "fix bent gear" much cheaper than "Replace Airplane", & he didn't lose student also a thought! Had similar deal with regular lesson just to touch down when big snow devil under L. wing shot it up w/Rt. wingtip at runway. Instructor KO'd by Rt. glass on correction. Bounced one wheel landing 3 times until one stuck left blind in whiteout, sitting in middle of runway...maybe. It was at Ypsi in Mich, so Ford Heavy right behind went around, Controller straight, left, righted me to Air Service only too happy to get plane back. Ford Pilot & Controller entered same thing for best probable outcome of Incident, "Firey Cartwheel Crash with no survivors", but listed description, "Best worst landing they had ever seen". Guess weather changed to non-VFR!! That was last lesson early '70s as learned Pilot not me!! As for Instructor, he finally came around, glanced at me and said, "Ready for that lesson?" Owner of Air Service about sht!! Instructor insisted he be listed PIC as taught Ground School at local Community College. On 1st day of class he'd show incident report of what couldn't happen, happened locally, and could happen to you using his little slide show for proof. He had their complete undivided attention.!!

I was practicing the other day and couldn't help but mutter the runway behind you, mantra. That extra 500 feet or so is enough for me to get off the ground twice. Then I got the entire runway to climbout and make a safe turn. It's just safer.

Useless things in aviation, fuel on the ground, runway behind you, altitude above you.

And in regard to landing an aircraft, land and hold short operations (LAHSO) are a bad idea. An unplanned go around or stopping problem for whatever reason, wake turbulence, runway incursion, brake/antiskid failure, late touchdown, puts you in a conflict with another aircraft.

...or it’s happened on this plane before so he was ready.

@@tomtheplummer7322 Maybe , but let’s not minimize his performance.

First of all, fly the plane.

Practice Dan Gryder's AQP (actually no, Dan did NOT invent it. He just promotes it!) and this is the outcome. Still, and all, it was a fantastic pilot.

The gear up light never had a chance with his reaction, he sent that gear back down before it was halfway up lol

Terrifying.

No time for a checklist. Had to be prepared memory items.

@@ericfielding2540 I don't think DG meant it literally ;)

DG 1 Not knowing the difference between "past" and "passed" really screws with your credibility. This may seem like a strange question but, can you fly?

One with it.

@@richard1472🤡

Had to ditch one of these into a volcano lake once because of the same type of issue

Wow, amazing story. Brings to mind the guys who originally flew these.

as opposed to it going quiet all of a sudden,...yes

Brother I can't begin to describe how envious I felt from that statement! I don't remember but I'm sure I've dreamed that 2 hours.

Envy!

@@SteamCrane envy, envying, envious. Yes, definitely.

I agree with all you said. I too, have been fortunate to have 1.0 in Crazy Horse 2, including formation with Crazy Horse. I would be very curious to know if this pilot went through the Stallion 51 Mustang course for new Mustang "drivers". My instructor in Crazy Horse 2 (John Posson, August 2006) told me that Lee Lauderback and his staff brief and practice this very scenario extensively with their student Mustang pilots to "handle" just this situation. Superb airmanship demonstrated here.

Yup, this is the kind of pilot who briefs for an engine failure on takeoff every single takeoff. The time between the engine quitting and him starting the gear down was actually even less than the 3 seconds Juan pointed out.

@@AureliusR I can't pick a delay between the engine spooling down and the gear halting it's raise. I think his hand was still on the lever, and pulling it back down was instinctive.

His name is Uan not Juan

@@co2588 What?

2:50 Good job Juan you just explained pressure carburetors in one minute than my power plant two instructor did in the first half of the day!

Precise analysis too!

Yeah it was built so well the engine failed…Jesus

@@daveclark3829 lol, just stay away from topics you aren't familiar with...

@@daveclark3829 Has it been tough going through life being thought a fool because you talked of those things you knew nothing about, Dave?

@@daveclark3829 Engine and aircraft are of different manufacturers 😉

Skills on display!

Hello YT. "The only good news..." is part of a bad news story alright. And that was one. What a terrible shame. No good choices for that pilot.

@@yt650 oh! I grew up watching planes at Wings Field in Blue Bell. My father flew there

@@vibratingstring I guess now the big place for small planes now is Van Zandt airport. I do remember Blue Bell.

@@yt650 Very nice story (stories?) YT. We only go around once as they say. Unless you're pilot.

Pretty much!

As a side note, Juan, the quality of your videos just keeps getting better. Will you be doing CFI and your own video production company in the future? With students available, there is potential for a variety of situations. Really like your work. Thanks for all your efforts to give us the best. Even us enthusiasts keep coming back for more. 😊

Back seat ride in a 51, this scenario was discussed before turning over the prop...plus I pull you out and you pull me out!

The most worthless class in A&P school in 1971 pressure carburetors.

@@davidisaacson9543not for this guy it wasn’t. If someone maintaining the Mustang paid more attention, we wouldn’t have these issues.

Gotta remember these airplanes are almost eighty years old. The parts for em got to be scarce and there is probably very few if any companies making any aftermarket new replacement parts either. So they are maybe using new old stock and refurbished parts. That being said stuff breaks yah know?

@@alexnutcasio936 True that. By 1965 I was maintaining DC-3s and Convair 240s with...pressure carburetors.

A chamber is impact air, B is Venturi vacuum air, C metered fuel pressure D unmetered fuel pressure. I realized they wanted to keep the P51 original but the fuel system and Ignition needs replaced with modern systems. I wish there was an STC… to bulletproof these systems as well as a blow down gear system. It’s a beautiful bird .

That high speed left turn on the ground did the trick!

@@bigjeff1291 Drifting like a true pro...awesome !!

Unlocking the tail wheel was a detail that hadn't occurred to me until you mentioned it. This pilot was really on his A game.

The tailwheel lock is sort of automatic on a Mustang. Full forward stick and the tailwheel unlocks. Anything but full forward and it locks. It’s not the only airplane that does that. I think the AT-6 is the same way. No matter, that was a fine piece of work by the pilot!

May replace the tires too… 😂

They'll have to inspect the gear. Just because they didn't collapse, doesn't mean they weren't damaged. Lots of stress on all the parts.

Had the failure occurred one second later the outcome may have been quite different.

I agree, it sure does looked practiced though, so maybe a little muscle memory of the mind! Ice in his veins!