IN-FLIGHT SYSTEM FAILURE! - WHAT A MESS!
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Update on the problem. They replaced the Starter / Generator with a new refurbished one and it’s been working good since.
So at the end of the video under the engine cover that car alternator looking thing is the backup generator that was making the whining noise?
What was the problem with the one that failed?
@@elky82 I think i'd have the alternate gene replaced also. Sounds like it has a bad bearing, the ford generators are bad about winning and the bad thing is, when the bearings go, you don't know they are going because the whining noise covers up the failing bearing.
Steveo cool video mate and super interesting perspective of a single pilot IFR at night in abnormal ops. May I please offer some advice with my Air Traffic Controller hat on. If you’re rolling your eyes and thinking “whatever ATC just clear me to land bro and drink your damn coffee” that’s totally cool! If you’re still reading then awesome! As an ATC I’d be SUPER SUPER KEEN (deliberate caps) to know that you’re not ops normal. You might not consider it an emergency and you obviously don’t have to declare a PAN if you don’t feel it’s warranted (it’s ALWAYS the Captains decision) and therefore not want to announce it to the world but I can assure you that I’d treat you a wee bit differently if I knew you were dealing with an in-cockpit irregularity. Me personally I’d give you less time critical control instructions or group them in order to allow you more time to resolve what ever it is you’re dealing with, that sentiment is probably shared with the vast majority of Controllers. Unless it’s turned into a full blown emergency and you need to hold for a while it’s more than likely not going to effect you position in the landing sequence or forecast landing time. I acknowledge the ‘Aviate, Navigate, Communicate, Administrate’ mantra within pilot community. As such I come at the end of the initial ‘actions on’ for abnormal ops but I’d still keen to hear from you that something isn’t quite right. You don’t have to give the full details of course just a little “Approach I’ve just got a light going off in the cockpit I’m just going to run a checklist” and I’ll be totally cool with that. I’m not going to jump backwards through my own bum, hit the crash and roll out the emergency services. At worst I’d just speak to the Tower and let them know you’re working through something and to treat them with kid gloves. Hope that helps or offers a different view, happy to discuss further.
Not related to this topic...but Bobby from sailing/flying doddles channel is in Exumas and need a lift from there to TX for his sick dog Maverick. Know anyone who can fly him and his dog?
Stevo you are a phenomenal multitasker - Dealing with what could have turned into a fairly significant emergency during the busiest part of the flight, didn't miss a radio call or instruction, AND continued the show, calmly explaining what was happening and what you were doing to fix the problem to us viewers. Glad everything worked out. Keep the great videos coming!
New addition to the pre-flight checklist: "Do NOT utter the phrase 'Easy Money' at ANY point during the flight." Lol ;)
Murphy's Law or " No extra Innings" means extra innings.
I agree …you are trained ad as commercial pilot; as an ATP pilot and flying as an Executive pilot, I spent too much money and time to prepare for emergencies at all times … EASY MONEY is a poor description for any commercial pilot …
...or if your on a final leg of your trip, don't say, "This is my final trip..." or "This is my last trip..." ;-)
Negative on "Piece of Cake" "No Problemo" and "Easy Money"
Cops are absolutely forbidden to say the word 'quiet' in almost any context at work for the same reason.
Steveo: "This is what they call easy money." Airplane: "Hold my generator."
Right!!! 😂😂😂
Fabulous!!!
SO overused
@@destryjones7740 "WAAAAAAAAAAAA! That guy got a couple of laughs and almost 500 thumbs up!! WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!"
I am 60 years old and have flown with my father quite a few times. My father is deceased now but was in the Canadian Air Force flying many aircraft including a Lancaster bomber then onto an air ambulance pilot for many years followed by Transport Canada and then Canadian International Development agency in Barbados and retired and flew charters for a while and managed a local Flying Club in Saskatchewan. I could see how much professionalism is involved and I really enjoy your videos! My father survived a crash in a Harvard just to get up very soon afterwards and continue his career. You sir have a very professional cool calm matter and I appreciate you taking the time to explain things. Before I lost my leg to cancer above-the-knee I took some lessons and had 9 1/2 hours of logged instruction without Ground School. I was able to do so many things in those nine and a half hours but I did not continue flying and instead made artificial limbs for my career before I retired. My joke was that I was a male prosthetist. Very very cool video and thank you😊👍👍👍
A few years ago, I was flying from Louisville KY to Dallas TX on an Airbus jet, one of those smaller, older passenger jets. I was lucky enough to get the seat right in front of the main door, by myself, and was responsible for the door in an emergency. Sure enough, I noticed the entire flight how the jet seemed to be leaning to the left the whole time, as if we were constantly turning. I could hear alarms up in the cockpit, since I was right up front. The flight attendant tapped me on the shoulder, and said "Sir, I'm gonna need you to be aware that the plane is having hydraulic problems, and you need to be prepared to open that door if needed." I confirmed, looked back, and they were moving people to the right side to try and balance it out. Luckily, we landed safely.
19:50 lost generator
thank you
I am instrument rated private pilot, owned a Lance T tail with DME, fully loaded in 1990. Live in Largo, Florida flew to the Bahamas and mountain certified in Colorado. I am 82 and can't fly anymore except with you guys. I enjoy flying with you. Thanks for the memories.
Spoke too soon on that “easy money” there Steveo! You handled it like a boss though 👌🏼
Eeeeeeeasy money !
Commentator's curse!
Easy money best saved for post flight! 🤣
What would have been really "dicey" is a blanked out instrument panel from total generator(s) failure. All this sophisticated electronics is great until a big malfunction occurs. Like sailing a super cat & both the chart plotter & GPS fail while crossing the Pacific Ocean. Very few "peeps" know what a sextant is let alone know how to use one.
@@robertfrederick9061 ASA 105 & 106, and their RYA equivalents, cover celestial navigation in detail. Commercial captains' licenses even more so. All electric aircraft instruments and systems essential to flight are required to be on separate battery backup systems with at least 30 minutes of power. Hope this helps.
It was 22 years ago yesterday that my dad, an RAF flight engineer on Lancasters, died. On the 21st of Janury 1951, he was almost killed in a night time crash when he lost three out of four engines in a Lancaster bomber. Unable to restart them, and with a full load of primed bombs, they crash landed on the runway, near the munitions store, and the pilot was killed outright. Sitting right next to him, my dad was trapped by his left ankle. Thankfully, even during the severe danger (the aircraft full of bombs was on fire) the navigator went back and pulled my dad free. It would, I'm sure, be a dreadful thing to watch but how technology that wasn't available then has moved on. It was great to see and hear your calmness in handling that situation Steve. Welll done.
May he rest in peace, Mr. Neale. I often am reminded of my dad's generation of MATS, flying C-124's out of Hickam AFB. Hauling incredible loads, incredible distances, incredibly slow, with incredibly unsophisticated avionics, compensated by incredible pilotage and crew skills! Imagine landing one of those beasts with two engines feathered, or the Nav hitting the block within 15 seconds from Tachi to Johnson by sextant!
Thanks for sharing this with us, sir.
I remember pilots saying those things could barely fly w/ 4 working engines.
@@snoopstp4189 Most pilots loved the Lanc as it was actually a powerful aircraft. You wouldn't put a 10 ton bomb on a plane that could barely fly with all engines working even in the depths of a war. Yet 10 ton bombs did get flown during WW2 and only on the Lancaster.
@@cjmillsnun They "loved it"? Or did they just not want to fly the worst plane in WWII, the Stirling.
Captain Steveo, truly you deserve to be made a "flying" ambassador to the Bahamas; but it doesn't stop there, Steve-O. Your videos allows a lot of people young and old flyers and hanger flyers to enjoy and experience of the "Ride-along" with you owned each episode. Your professionalism, and obvious great flying skills, well being paired with a great personality and humble attitude, makes you a winner with everybody that watches and follows you. The extra stuff you throw in after the flight is over is really the kicker!! Everybody I sure your videos with says the same thing, "SUPER COOL". Your work makes the other guys look sadly boring. Do you put these videos together or is that done by company?? Which GoPro series would be right for me to use while skydiving. I just started checking them out on eBay about a week ago. Have no knowledge of them @ all. May GOD bless you, my frd!! (Please advise me when you've got a new release coming out)!!!
..spot on post. Steveo’s piloting AND editing skills are A+ across the board..
28:57 - Gets out of plane hurrily, places camera on floor, climbs into plane again, walks out **GLAMOROUS**!! 😎
Same as 1:13
and then battery goes dead for having to open/close door 2x
Hey, BOSE ain't payin' for duh mundane!... GOTS ta be GLAM-o-ROUS!... focus-group it on chixx named Candi and Brandi... ;')
..such cool thinking and great skills.. ...you the rocket man....way to go Steveo...
Whether it’s Steveo1 OR someone else..WHOEVER does the editing, etc in these vids (I really don’t doubt it’s Steveo himself)..THEY DO A SUPERB job!
Steve: "Bare in mind you still have things that could go wrong with the airplane" 5 Minutes Later The Main Generator: Ight Imma Head Out
Yup. Be careful what you ask for...
Aviate, Navigate, and Communicate. Well done on handling the emergency. It's where the sim time pays dividends.
You handled it really well. Kept cool, didn’t drop any radio or tasks, and tried a few times, checked emergency checklist. At no time did I think you didn’t have it all in control, and backup plans. Im a student pilot, and loved your running commentary on the flight. Grew up as a kid as a passenger with my dad who was a private pilot, and I too always loved night flights the most. Thanks for sharing this I’m glad I found it.
"What a mess!", yet I didn't pick up any tension in your voice. Stayed in control, worked the problem, landed the aeroplane. Bet your pulse didn't go over 80. Nice work.
I would have had dirarea!
Aneta Johnson a new generator and a new seat pls
Steve is a professional through and through. Very impressive.
..Steveo’s a ‘Blue Ribbon’ pilot, he’s a great ambassador for GA flying that’s for sure.
@@samdajellybeenie14 …absolutely.
Taking bets on Steveo not using the term EASY MONEY again while flying.
In 2009, I walked away from aviation as a fully certified MEI. Watching videos like this makes me want to get right back into it. Thanks for the quality content, really like your channel's style. Cheers from Denver/Seattle.
I remember your Instagram story when this happened. I've been waiting for this video to come out. Man, you made that look easy. Like you just blew through an ILS capture or something. Very nice job! Thanks for sharing!
I’ve been watching you for a while now Steve and you have one of the best aviation channels on KZhead! Cheers from South Carolina!
Wow, good job Steveo, I could hear the stress level in your voice kick in when that generator crapped out. You had your hands full, busy airport, ILS approach, emergency check list and you didn’t miss a beat. Great job, kind of prophetic how you just mentioned the importance of always flying the airplane first right before the incident. Impressive.
Great job steve-O, 😁👍 glad you’re back, hope you had a good new year
Hey Stevo I volunteer to fly right seat with you! This is a perfect example of how an "easy" flight can turn into work overload and the "snowball" effect. I teach about this type of event. Great video, good job handling the situation. Thanks for sharing.
Much respect, Steveo. You make it seem so "easy". Thank you for sharing the "not so easy" bits too.
You handled that like a routine Tuesday afternoon sim session! Great job!
Steveo, there’s just something great about your videos, always makes me smile when a new one comes out! What a great job you did under all that stress - losing main electric power at night over the ‘glades, good grief. And you kept up the narration of your flight thru the whole thing! I would have been like “uh folks, too busy to chat, see ya!” I don’t know if you ever worked as a CFI but you’d be a great one. Glad you’re safe and sound, and THANK YOU for letting us share your piloting experiences. Happy New Year!
@11:55 Yes, I have seen the "green flash". Once as a child in my single digits on a flight with my parents in our 172XP/RG, and once in my mid 20s with my wife on the Oregon coast. It takes some very special atmospheric conditions to create it, and I am incredibly blessed to have seen it twice. Many people go their whole lives and never see it at all. I credit my life's experiences and the amount of time I have gotten to spend in the air and on the water. I sincerely hope my daughter will get to see it in her life.
Good emergency process SteveO! Thanks for keeping us in the loop regarding your thoughts and procedures! Busy but a solid learning experience!
I admire your calmness and professionalism in handling the generator failure.
Hey S1K! Yessir, The tough get goin' when the goin' gets tough. Poised, responsive, impressive.
Nice video.It's always an inspiration to see an experienced and competent person in action making the extremely difficult look easy.
Nice job dealing with a messy situation Steve. Calm and kept it together! Inspiring!
Just found your channel. I never thought I would like watching someone fly aircraft but it is actually amazing to see what you guys do. Now I want to be a pilot haha.
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Stevo was the man who got me into aviation and now I'm working on my pilots license. He does a fantastic job at flight vlogs and I still watch every episode
You better sell that boat before you buy a plane.
Me MyselfandI haha I cant sell the boat! It’s too fun!
@robgoald I’d also recommend Aviation101, CitationMax, FlightChops, The Finer Points, MzeroA, and Mentour Pilot. All are amazing pilots and have a wide range of experience, C172 to 737.
Again, awesome music. I love these videos. No fluff, just flying, ATC, radio, explaining simply what your working and why. Keep them coming!
Steveo - Thank you for a great video on how to stay calm. I even pick up a bit of excitement in your voice when you picked up the generator issue. It is almost like you enjoy having a out of normal flight. Cheers and thanks for all your dedication to your channel.
...great job as always steveo. ..as a long-time subscriber...love all your videos..always reacting to the problem and quickly finding a solution..and always good to know exactly what to do during an unexpected emergency...training..training.. training...
Steveo - Thank you for all your hard work publishing your videos. My boys and I always look forward to watching. They are 7 and 10 years old - you are helping a dad inspire their kids to become a pilot. My 7 year old says "Coffee Time" every time he see's a cup of coffee... Many blessings this new year Steve.
Tell your boys I said hi! Thanks for following along.
I feel sorry for your kids. By the time they are old enough to become pilots, AI will control all commercial aviation. In the whole spectrum of aviation, the weakest link is the pilot - the human factor. As AI continues its breakneck pace of development, it will soon outpace human cognition by leaps and bounds. Unmanned aircraft control, (as is the case with self-driving cars) will be far safer than with human pilot control. Flying for pleasure will always be with us, but commercial aviation will look vastly different in ten years than it does now. Just a head's up for your boys and their future.
@@grunthum110154 Thanks for looking into your crystal ball and telling us the future.
Ronald Orosz No need for crystal ball my friend. A simple Google search will do.
Jim Rogers I am pretty sure human pilots will always be in the loop for the foreseeable future. I think AI will impact combat aviation to keep more pilots out of harms way as we already do this with sophisticated drones.
Steveo: "This is what they call easy money." Airplane: "Did you just challenge me?"
This just goes to show, that ANYTHING can happen during flight. A pilot must be able to mobilize his/her resources rather quickly to rise to the challenge.
This is when you make your money
@Schlo 7G You are correct, in the political fucked up world that we live in where people feel the need to think they are cool by replying by correcting grammar mistakes on a public website. Also people who correct grammar mistakes are usually lonely people with low self esteem and un athletic, so they turn to the one thing they know that the other people that do those things don't really acquire. These people do this to build confidence in social environments as there low social involvement has made them unaware of what people actually do and communicate. These people are also the most annoying of all humans and are generally close minded Liberal chasing losers.....
Simulated Reality Best answer to a grammar Nazi ever and 100% truth.
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loved this! thank you for sharing all this insight! Very professional. Good luck on future flights
Glad to see you are safe and well,and thank your trainer and training for keeping your head in the game.keep flying and keep safe.cheers.
Steve-o managing in flight emergency and comms like a boss meanwhile other pilot can't respond to ATC : D
If things are going to quickly. First rule: Always keep fly the aircraft, communication comes second. One of the easiest ways to give yourself more time, is by simply slowing the aircraft down. Keep in mind that while you are slowing the aircraft down, you keep vigilant about unwanted behavior of the aircraft. If the speed reduction are causing other issues (new vibrations or sounds) notify ATC that you are experience some issues with the aircraft. Electrical issues can cause all kind of weird issues. Luckily on these smaller aircraft, most important systems are mechanical. Most EFB applications can also essentials information like speed, heading and general altitude (all calculated from GPS) and can help you navigate if the primary instruments go dark due to power issues.. Still wondering why comms and the orimary 6-pack often do not have their own emergency battery, so they keep working in case of power loss..
aviate, navigate, communicate. In that order.
Hi, that must have been a very tough flight. Everything looked good from take off till the generator failed! You handled the situation very well! Especially as a single pilot.
Great job Steveo. Thanks for having us all on board. Happy New Year !!
Love your channel. I've been fascinated with airplanes since I was a little kid. Now that I'm a old man, I'm flying through you. I really like the way you explain things and not just make it a sightseeing trip. Thanks for the videos and stay safe.
wow man you handled that well and kept your cool ,, my heart started racing when the gen failed 2x and all the lights are goin on , atc calling and on top of it all fly the plane ,, holy sheeeeeeet good job
Appreciate you describing every step you make, i.e., start-up, operating the auto pilot, etc.
…dude’s solid. A GREAT pilot for sure…
Mad respect for what you do. I really enjoy how you talk thru everything you do. I'll never be a pilot, but I love it.
WOW Steve glad all worked out. Knowing your stuff helps and constant training helps as well. Good job!!!!
Your comments on every adjustment you make and what you are looking out for at all times are much appreciated. Your content stands out from the crowd. Thank you for the effort you put into these videos, I’ve learnt a lot from your channel!
Well done Stevo. Nice to see you give a quick glance to the emergency procedures section on camera and left it in during post editing. All that aside, what a beautiful view in the office for this flight.
Steve, I've really enjoyed following your flights and was a 25 year avionics technician in the Air Force... so it's really enjoyable to watch those ILS and in flight instruments working. (retired in 1995 E7) been following you for a couple of years and it's really entertaining to me to watch all your escapades !!!!
Nice video to show pilot load and calm and collected way to deal with problem during flight Steve. You make it look too easy, some people can't understand the raise in stress and load when something goes wrong. But having clear knowledge and verifying with emergency checklists are essential to keep on top of the situation. Always it's so important to be prepared and have clear options for when things don't go as planned. Nice video, and excellent demonstration of dealing with problems calmly to achieve a safe and controlled flight and landing. Good to see you made it back safely!
WOW!! What a great job making what could have been an emergency into a minor sqwak on the ground. I liked your response to the problem and your commitment to keep flying the airplane. What an awesome example to us all.
I've been wanting to become a pilot since I was 5 or 6 - I gave up around 15 or 16. Your videos have brought back my interest so much that now at 28 I'm finally taking lessons - at 4 hours at the time of writing this. You make flying seem like so much fun and what you do is my ultimate dream job, flying around Florida and the Caribbean and getting paid for it. I didnt really know what I wanted to do for the rest of my life, but I think your videos have answered my question! Florida + planes, the two things I love most in life lol
Glad to hear you're back at it. I started flying when I was 16. Life got in the way and I never finished it until I was 43. Sure glad I did though! You will too!
Great job Steve! You handled that like a true pro! Love your vids. Keep them coming!👍🏽
Just getting my private now. Really awesome to have these videos to look through. Thanks man.
Handled like a true Pro!! And so calm. Well done Stevo!
Training makes all the difference. Well Done.
You are a smooth dude....love how calm you are. Your voice is perfectly relaxing wow. Subbed after watching 2 videos!
Outstanding Steve-O !!! You appeared Totally Calm - wonderful Job Of flying the aircraft!! I was amazed how calm you remained and knew the aircraft and systems so well You performed admirably!
“Easy money".....you sure earned it tonight, Steveo! Good job.
Wasn't( Easy money) the name of a uh67 gunship in Vietnam.
Great job handling that failure. You were extremely calm and even kept on narrating the video without a hitch! Very impressive! Glad to see you made it down with no other issues. 👍
I wonder if having the video keeping the mind occupied helped a little - I know that if I had an imaginary group of people to vocalize my train of thought to, even if just for the video, I'd have an easier time keeping things straight.
@@GP1138 ..a “double-edged” sword of sorts. Some couldn’t handle the ADDED pressure from cameras MUCH LESS actual passengers. MOST actually. Steveo’s shown numerous times he’s VERY capable..
Outstanding poise and cockpit management with the inflight emergency and load shedding from the main generator failure. I have watched several of your flights and particularly enjoy how you cockpit manage. Great stuff! Kind of makes me miss the glass cockpit. Would love to fly with you some day.
You stayed calm the whole time. I hope I get a cfi like that when I start my instruction. Well done, sir!
Well done, glad everything and you are safe ;)
One thing that impresses me every single time throughout your videos is your ability to mantain your cool no matter what gets thrown at you. Great video man! Very inspiring.
..Steveo’s an outstanding pilot for sure. Very conscientious and self-aware..
Steveo, you handled that situation like a pro. Very important to stay calm and keep a clear mind. Happy you didn't smell smoke. That's never a good thing in flight. Love the videos bro. Keep them going!!!
That sunset...Wow! I love flying at night too. It's so peaceful... Nice job handling the generator failure. Thanks for sharing-great demonstration of keeping your cool during unexpected events!
What a beautiful video in spite of the generator malfunction. The camera views and clarity great. The pilot constant commentary made this video priceless so a viewer can retain interest and understanding of everything occurring. I would have like to seen instrumentation overlay in the lower right corner as constant display, compass, add altimeter. I was wondering who determines when to start the downward glide path. Is it calculated to achieve the most fuel efficiency?
You handled that perfectly Steveo. Calm and cool as a cucumber.
Awesome watching a pro handle in flight emergency calm, cool and collected Steveo. GREAT music, love the night flight. Great job Steveo 👍👍👍.
Thank you for your professional aviation videos.I would never be able to experience any of this without your videos. It is real helpful to be able to experience this. I surely enjoy watching the real flight.
Do a vid on the REPAIR/REPLACEMENT/FIX!
YES!!
Agreed!
Yes. Was it the Generator or the wiring, relay, etc.
Yes!
Wow . I love when explain what your doing as the flight progresses. That was incredable Stevo. That was a very serious failure. I wish I had time to really express what we just witnessed. Awesome ,
I don’t understand the problem but I know Steveo made it look easy. Whatever it was.
Essentially, his generator is a primary producer of electricity for all of the aircraft systems. If neither his main generator nor his standby generator worked, his battery would have run out of power and his entire cockpit would have gone dark - no instruments or anything.
Matt Damm thanks. That would be spooky.
Enjoyed ! Thank you for sharing a "non-routine" flight issue. Impressed, plus, admiration for skill !
Mashed ‘like’ and subscribed. Never have I enjoyed learning from someone in such a long time. You easily explain what your doing and then show it in your videos. I look fwd to seeing all of your content!🤙🏼
smashed potatoes.
That whine on the line reminds me of alternator whine on my ham radio in my car... Ferrite beads usually do a decent job at filtering that out...
You handled it like a true professional. Well done.
What a beautiful night flight from Tampa down to Miami! The sky and the Horizon is so beautiful and colorful. You're very fortunate to be able to see from this point of you. I appreciate you filming this video or all of us who are not able to fly to get this beautiful view. Thank you Steve01!!!
Damn, that is one clean engine bay.
Great job handling the situation and staying calm.
Hey Niko, I saw you handle an in-flight emergency very professionally also!!! The arçing of the wire could have gone the other way for you. Glad it didn't!!!
You stayed nice and calm. That is the mark of a professional! Well done, Steveo!
Steve - excellent video! Not only was it a beautiful night flight, but your commentary and instruction on the instruments and what you were doing was terrific. I'm a new PPL and find videos like this so so helpful. Plus, of course, us viewers got the "bonus" of observing a great pilot calmly handle a real electrical failure (you don't need to do this for us, btw!). Great job all around, and very glad the issue was handled fairly easily.
Great job handling that emergency situation. I can hear the prognosis from Socata already: too many audio and or video recording devices running concurrently. LOL Love the videos, keep up the great work.
When I heard the words, "Easy money," the first thing I thought was "Famous Last Words!" There's an old Irish superstition about saying aloud something is good bringing on bad luck. All that aside, it's good that we see these hiccups and see how you handle them. The thing I love about your videos is your running dialogue on what you're doing and why you're doing it! You have a natural talent that has been refined over these past several years in explaining the "whats" and the "whys."
If you want to see people get upset, try going into a hospital emergency department on a quiet night and saying aloud: "oh, it's so quiet in here tonight!" LOL
It's been years since I've flown (got too expensive on a schoolteacher's salary) but I still enjoy riding along vicariously. I appreciate your professionalism in this video, and how your self-control allowed you to make an uneventful approach and landing despite equipment failure. Any pilot who follows the example you demonstrated in this entire video will be able to manage such an incident without losing composure or control of the aircraft. THANK YOU for your good example. p.s. Once upon a time, I had a starter stay engaged with the flywheel due to a Bendix failure during takeoff from the old, grass SCE. I noted slow climb performance, 150 rpm less than normal, and extreme low voltage (since the starter was now a generator, but reverse polarity!) I pulled the master breaker when the smoke started, and headed for UNV which had CFR facilities and longer, wider runways. That was the longest 5 miles I ever flew!
Very interesting flight. Just shows how important it is to be familiar with emergency procedures! Thanks Steve.
I lost my alternator in a piper warrior a few months ago. Resetting it didn’t work, so I immediately reduced load and landed safely.
During my flight training over 15 years ago, I lost the engine in the climb out and landed in a farmer's field. On my solo (Piper Cherokee 140), 3 circuits with the instructor and let loose by myself, on my second circuit the engine temp was headed near red on downwind, on final it was off the scale with the smell of burning oil. Called Pan, Hobson's choice for a solo student, try and glide it in without power, yolo it and get as much power before I lost it or land on a very busy motorway. With an 800 ft restriction because of an expertly placed electricity pylon on final, I decided to push it and cut the engine to glide it down once I passed the power lines. Landed on one wheel at about 100 kts and rolled out and off the runway safely. Clearly, stressed out from this, the controller calmly said 'Well done! Now taxi what is left of your aircraft to back the control office' LOL - turns out the A/C had been snagged the previous day for a faulty oil pump and the log of that fault was only seen by my instructor and yet it had been cleared for flight, went on as a near-miss - he was not happy! My logbook still states 'sh*t!'.
On my very first solo flight the day after taking and passing my solo check ride, I had my Beechcraft Musketeer's engine decided to die at 600 feet on final (fuel pump figured I needed a small heart attack apparently and died I found out later) was very glad at that point, that my flight instructor had been a former Alaskan bush pilot with a thing for simulated in flight emergencies, so it was just one of many engine out on approach landings I had performed. When I was training with him I use to hate the simulated emergencies, after that solo I was happy he had been my instructor ;-)
Great to see up front videos, thanks and safe flying.
What a fantastic composition....Thank you for posting this flight in the cockpit.
I've heard old salts talk about the green flash but in my 12 years in the guard, I never saw one either.
I was on the USS Midway aircraft carrier for 5 years,I saw many green flashes. More visible just prior to sunup.
In Hawaii you can see one every few months at sunset.
@@hawaiirealmedia5610 I've seen them from Wheeler AAFB, but too dumb to know what I was seeing. I always thought it was my imagination!
Can you show the repair? Good job using the backup..
This is amazing to watch, thank you so much for posting these fascinating videos!
Steve - Love your videos! You handled that inflight gen issue calmly and professionally. Although I'm sure there were some anxious moments I would be hard pressed to hear more than just the slightest inflection of stress in your voice. Amazingly kept up your narration but I think it helps to talk out loud about what you're doing to keep yourself on task and on track. Awesome work! Stay Safe Greg
Steve, after 27 years of flying Army, I have found that when those hours of boredom are interupted by a distraction....why is it our voices all rise a 1/2 octave? NIce job, single pilot, night time....oh yeah...nice job. Love your vids.
Stress. Our voices are deeper when our vocal cords relax, and higher when they're tensioned. Like your shoulders or your jaw, your muscles in your neck react to stress by getting tense.
I am not a pilot, but kudos for being a single pilot flying at night mostly IFR I guess, handling an emergency situation while keeping ATC comm alive, and still calmly commenting on every step you're going through to make this a great video on KZhead.
I love the way you take this so calmly! Enjoyed this! Best aviation channel for me!
Nice work Steveo! Way to stay calm, cool, and collected and flying the plane first! Also, sweet Puscifer bump at the end!
"Easy Money" hehe - well handled sir!