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Hey everyone!! Give this video a BIG LIKE for these pilots who landed the aircraft safely without a propeller. Kudos to them! *QUESTION --> Had you ever seen or heard anything like this; an aircraft losing its engine or prop?* Let me know! :)
VASAviation - There was a flight whose prop sheared off in flight and cut some control cables. There is even a documentary but I cant remember what plane it was.
I also remember hearing of one that happened back in the 80's on a plane going between Seattle and Alaska, the prop flew off and cut the cabin, luckily, no injuries, however this had happened over the Pacific ocean, st they had to fly the plane for a while before landing. Was a safe and successful landing with no injuries, However the cause of the prop falling off was never found, as the answer was on the propeller, which is somewhere in the pacific ocean
Some clever thinkers plotted the actual location/time/trajectory of the prop leaving the engine and with NSW Police helicopter, located the prop in thick bush (near a housing suburb), and winched it out safely for forensic examination. Pretty amazing that it was located in this way.
+James leicher : Could you expand on that theory James, so I can follow your line of thinking more easily? My sense of humour is Australian-based, and foreign jokes don't always include the punch-line very well with Google Translator.
dav snow haha gathered someone wont get it.a Tile is a small device thats on market 25mm x25mm x4mm thick .works with blue tooth tracking via mobile phone.up to 100 feet but you can call all uses in sydney to have a look for its unfortunately its not gps .can glue it to you wallet or hook it up to your keys.can ring it or you can ring your phone.
Imagine sitting in the seat next to the wing and looking out below and then randomly you just see the propellor just fall off of the engine. I'd probably crap myself tbh.
it's funny to see how different people react to different situation. I was once in a propeller aircraft (around 50-70 seater), up in Northern Norway a winter night with a bit.... interesting weather, to put it mildly..! out of nowhere one of the engine stopped after it started to vibrate more than Normal.... with some funky sound... The first word in my head was: "Interesting!"
Rest of world: Toilet overflowed, MAYDAY MAYDAY MAYDAY Aussie: Sorry to bother you guys, half our aircraft fell off but we're not crashing yet, pan pan.
For sale: 1 slightly used Turbo prop. Has a few dings, and nicks. Would suit someone handy with a hammer to sort out some minor bends in the prop. Pick up only. Located in the woods. Cash only...
That actually is quite entertaining, compared to sassy pilots complaining about not getting the runway they want or private aircraft not reporting correctly.
I thought the same thing when I noticed that. Medical pan was like we have right of way, then atc said no. We have a plan that lost an engine you're second... lmao
Propellers dont do anything but act as a big fan to keep the pilot cooled off, when they stop turning or in this case come off completely you can actually see the pilot start sweating profusely
2x critical situations handled EXCEPTIONALLY well by center/approach. Great work, gents! Props (pun not intended...ok...maybe) to remaining traffic for keeping their cool
I love how these people can think on their feet! Propellers falling off can only happen once or twice (if that!) And yet ATC just helps the pilots down with no problem.
Great example of staying calm which allowed clear thinking on the pilots end. They handled it very professional and followed the main rule of fly the plane. Kudos to the tower as well. Great example of team work.👍🏽👏🏽😎
I have to say one thing after listening to this audio. These Aussies are much easier to understand than our controllers here in Arizona LOL. Evidently they speak much slower. LOL thanks for posting. Great video...
As a former resident of Sydney I can tell you that the propeller came off near a densely populated suburb, but by pure luck fell down in parkland near a river. It took about a day to find it.
So impressed with the professionalism of the ATCs and the various pilots. I cannot imagine the stress I would feel handling so many planes & the two PANs!!
Interesting that it was declared a PAN-PAN and not a MAYDAY. I understand the other PAN aircraft with the medical emergency - providing, of course, that the emergency was not immediately life-threatening - but a damaged or otherwise non-functional piece of essential flight hardware (like, say, an engine) would, in my mind, warrant a MAYDAY. On the other hand, they got the plane back on the ground safely, so major kudos to them for keeping it cool. And let's give a hand to the ATC controllers for making it sound easy when they had two flights declaring urgent situations simultaneously.
Yeah, its a Challenger 604 used by the RAAF for VIP transport (i.e. dignitaries, governor-general, etc.) Heres a link to the list of callsigns, aircraft, squadron, etc: www.swld.com.au/pages/aus_raaf_callsigns.htm
Wow it was truly amazing that the Prop didn't tear through the cabin. I recall an very small Alaskan airline operating a combo, I thing it was a DC-4, that back in the 80's or early 90's, lost a Prop which then tore through the undercarriage, severing most all the control cables. Somehow they got it down, the saga is told in one of the Mayday! Air crash videos on RU-vid. I saw some video of a TWA 727 that had had damage and decompression due to a flying turbine blades from an uncontained engine explosion. The blade went ripping into the fuselage. It seems like Southwest had a similar incident.
Electra methinks it was. Saw that video too. Sadly it wont be long before the older more interesting aircraft stop flying and aviation will be as uninspiring as your local bus services. I hope I am wrong though. Flying is cool.
usually.... because its spinning it actually spins off forward ahead of the aircraft before gravity pulls it down. centrifugal force. the same way hubcabs or wheel covers fly off your car if youve ever seen one. They speed up and out past your window before falling away. crazy to see.
What if I told you it's in fact a regular turbine engine, but instead of compressor fan it has propeller connected to free air turbine mounted in the engine 🤔?
you’d be happy to know that rex are upgrading their aircrafts to jets now. just sad that the chinese are involved with the company now. like all others in aus
I have landed a SAAB with OEI. Propellor auto coarsened due to a sensor failure and destroyed the engine. In the flair I was a bit taken by surprised by the amount of asymmetric drag caused by reducing the OE to idle thrust. Good times.
Thanks for following the medical PAN until they were cleared to land as well, VASAviation does a great job! And kudos to the cool heads of those pilots!
I flew with Rex not long after they’d had this happen *twice* ! Believe or not, this wasn’t an isolated incident. I was just a tad anxious..but the flight was uneventful, and it was one of the smoothest landings ever, just gorgeous but the trip wasn’t without some excitement... The regional terminal at Tullamarine is just a big shed and as us passengers walked into it from the gate a loud alarm went off, as we were waiting around the alarm changed to whoop whoop evacuate now..I worked in a healthcare facility and had fire training..so, I’m thinking, this isn’t good, and am looking around for airport employees, but can’t see anyone, while the alarm keeps going evacuate now..so I rounded up all the passengers and got them evacuated out of the building, because I knew that even if it was a false alarm, the fire department still had to come, check it out, reset the fire board and declare it safe before anyone could re-enter. Even when we were outside, no staff were there for well over 5 minutes. Finally a manager showed up, after the fire brigade came and cleared it and escorted people back in to collect their luggage. It was a balls up, good thing it was a false alarm.
My flying has been either in the Window or Aisle seats, but it was extensive when I was younger. Flying from TPA to ATL on Eastern Airlines DC-9 (I'm pretty old). Shortly after take off and climbing, there was a very loud bang sound from engine #2. I was on the port side close to the rear. The AC went off line, the plane leveled out and started a turn to the left (IIRC) I was a bit more than apprehensive. The cockpit announced "Ladies and Gentlemen we are returning to Tampa International Airport". That was it until we landed. I saw the fire trucks on the side of the runway when we landed. I will take a delay any time vs. being the first one to the crash site! Other than a rather harrowing flight from Tyler Texas to DFW I don't remember the carrier. But it was during a thunderstorm, one passenger used the airsick bag, I was pretty scared. I can't remember the equipment, maybe a Twin Otter? Those were the memorable close calls in 15 years of being the self loading cargo.
every time i see a recommendation in my youtubes, i think to myself "meh... it's gonna be boring..." i am happy to say that more often than not i am terribly, terribly wrong
It only takes a quick look at the airport to know why both PAN aircraft prefer 16R, because 16L is off the coast basically on it's own artificial island, meaning taxing (or an ambulance), would take much longer than from 16R.
The accident you aré talking about in some comments was The Revee Aleutian Airwais 8, where a Lockheed Electra lost its engine, and it "cut" some of the control cables. Afortunately, the pilots landed the Electra safely in Anchorage. And a great video VASA!!!
Quite the ingenious engineering being able to maintain flight and land safely with one engine on a two engine design. Redundancy built right in. Quite thankful they were able to land without incident and the prop managed to land, seemingly, in a vacant area where no one was harmed.
Contributing factors: - The propeller shaft failed as a result of a fatigue crack that had initiated at the dowel pin hole and propagated through the shaft until it could no longer transmit the required loads. - The engine manufacturer did not have specific inspection procedures in the maintenance documents of the propeller shaft to detect a fatigue crack originating from the dowel pin hole. [Safety Issue] Other safety factors: - The form used by Regional Express during a propeller removal and installation, HM-26 Revision 5, included the task to inspect the propeller gearbox, but did not provide for recording of inspection findings as defined within documented procedures. Consequently, this did not provide for the best opportunity to ensure potential defects were identified, recorded and monitored.
@@raidzor5452 it ends in water. And it's located in a line with the terminal, and even a highway before it. Go short, you hit the road, go long, you get the dip. Also 16L is like, half the length of 16R
@@xXCursedWorgenXx And its a shitload more taxi time to the terminal. I suspect that is why QLink didn't want 16L. 16R also ends in water, but a fair bit further down the runway than the other.
Actual pilot here....... 1) We practice stuff like this enough to just take it in stride. 2) Lose your cool, lose your life. During any kind of an emergency, our main focus is always to get the plane on the ground, preferably in one piece.
@@rrknl5187 also, seeing as how y'all are in the front of the aircraft, you have a very good incentive to put it down in one piece. Ah! So that's why we're never going to have drone airliners!
Took my first flight on a Turbo prop a few weeks back, and my seat was right next to the prop and my first though was, what happens to me if a blade comes off ? So i see it does actually happen.......
In this case the entire prop came off. If just one blade came off, you could be in for a very bad time if it decides it's gonna go through the fuselage on its way off.
Unfortunately the PAN engine failure needed a RWY inspection immediately after landing assuming it could move off the RWY. Although not ideal, 16L was the best and quickest option for the PAN medical aircraft to land.
Actually it was corrosion in the prop shaft flange behind the locating pin. Inspections in this area were not required prior to this incident. There were vibrations felt in the right engine, engine shutdown procedure was followed, As the prop was put into feather, this caused the prop shaft to break behind the flange and the prop moved upward, then over the wing and horizontal stabilizer. Could have been a different outcome if fitted to the left side.
@@volador2828 Actually, the point was that you can usually take off and fairly easily climb out with one engine out, unless you are in a DC-8 at gross.
Cathay was only cleared to approach, and was a fair distance out, I believe ... so would be better than 5 minutes out when the PAN landed. Lots of time to hold for a bit if needed, and if not, it saves some time.
The Rex pilot was so calm cool and collected after losing a prop. Sounds like losing a prop mid flight is a routine thing, no big deal. He kind of reminds me of the Crocodile Dundee guy.
It is much easier to control an airplane that loses a propeller and not a portion of it. When you lose a portion of the propeller the imbalance tries to tear the engine from its mount and the CG changes may make the plane impossible to fly.
That same thing happened to Comair. I think it occurred in the late 1980.. thank the Good Lord it was the right engine as well.....I performed all the hub inspections as required by the FAA and I believe it was a clean breakaway no damage to aircraft or lose of life.
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