Engine Explodes In Flight - Turbulence will not be at Airventure 2023 | Turbulence Emergency
We're Alive! Turbulence aircraft will unfortunately not be at Airventure 2023 in Oshkosh Wisconsin. Emergency Landing in Rochester Minnesota, 30 minutes outside of Oshkosh. Thank you Rochester approach control for all your help and hospitality. My Engine exploded and failed in a way I've never even heard of before, listen to the decent and ATC and I go in depth on the details we know currently and possible reasons why.
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As a decade-long career air traffic controller, this is exactly what we train for. We aren’t paid for what we do everyday. We are paid for what we can do that One Day. Great work to Rochester Approach and glad you made down safe.
You guys are awesome! I always pick up flight following And I love the professionalism and safety!
As an Aerospace Metallurgist I would say a single blade failure. Could be an inclusion acted as a stress riser which led to the failure. Blade forge operations go through rigorous testing regime and there were failures in the very early days development but nowadays unheard of. Kudos to you Mike , kept calm came to a safe conclusion.
Thank you for all you do!
You’re a beast brother. Glad you’re ok.
I hope to see you at EAA with that MODCUB too!
Exactly. Declaring a Emergency and his voice is as claim as a home build video.
Would love to see you at osh
Thanks brother, looking forward to getting together soon
Glad you're OK, a turbine running at 30,000 RPM can go wrong real fast, No warning. that must of been insane. I am so glad it didn't go complete catastrophic and rip the engine off. Praise God Brother.
We're glad you landed safely and appreciate the kind words for our team members.🚒🛩📻
and we appreciate you for bringing him back
Heck yeah, kudo's ATC. You're the best.!
Great job to the Rochester ATC!
Nice work guys!
💯👌👏
Awesome story. In 12 years I had one engine failure in a single. The biggest thing that literally made me tear up was how many aircraft assisted my situation. An A330, Dash-8, Beech 1900, PC-12 a C130 and 2 helicopters were all involved in some way in assisting find me. It was absolutely amazing. 10 minutes after my forced landing in a remote location the Dash-8 and PC-12 had flown over my location to relay with SAR where I was and talk to me. When someone is in trouble, the aviation community steps up fast if they can.
As flight engineer in the Air Force for 20 years. I went to far to many funerals for heros in their 20's and 30's. I flew on the UH-1N which also uses the PT6 although the 1969 version. So many emergencies throughout my career and one of the things FE's are taught is pilots are allowed to panic FE's are not. It took years to understand that and it simply means we needed to be the calm cool crew member to calm the pilots nerves in that moment. I later had a pilot tell me he was freaking out but my calm tone immediatly set him at ease. He didnt realize on the inside I was freaking out, and that was during a rescue. I have also been doing functional check flights in the left seat with pilots and smoked an engine. Thankfully not our fault but still sucks, it was an issue from depot years earlier. If you want some help on the safety side I would love to help, I was a safety professional in aviation, munitions, and ground safety. I am now retired in southern Idaho right around the corner from you.
Aside from Mike's skills in aviation, he's also got an incredible gift to express the true emotion and passion of everything he does. You could feel the seriousness and passion through every second of this video. Glad you're safe, and really appreciate you sharing with us all.
His post flight breakdown when he crashed "Drago" is painfully beautiful as well. Takes a big man to be as humbled as he was then and now with "turbulence"
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Did he officially declare an Emergency.. Dan Gryder hypes AQP for emergencies. Glad we have both Brothers intact.
Gives a meaning for Turbulence!
@@thereissomecoolstuff I'm certain towards the end of the video he said he declared an emergency plus they held traffic off the runways so he could circle down below the clouds and make use of any runway he needed, I can't imagine atc doing all that without a declared emergency
As a recent air crash survivor I am very happy you had a positive outcome. I lost my engine at 8,500ft during a climb in a little Cessna 150 unfortunately the ground was at 7,000 and I was over a forested area. Controlling the crash into 60ft Pine trees I survived with the aircraft coming to rest inverted and while substantially injured I recovered fully to fly professionally again within four months. The insurance company said they had never seen anyone survive a crash of this magnitude. We have never spoke Mike but you said a few things using the same words I use and it kind of floored me. The biggest and best point you made, and I said this long before my accident and now say it to every pilot I can. The airplane will whisper to you that something is not right, sometimes long long before anything ever happens the trick is will you listen to it? Too often we try to rationalize by saying "oh this must be the new normal".....wrong! That was my case. I firmly believe a catastrophic engine failure without any prior warning is very rare. Your incident is certainly one of the outliers. I appreciate your comments on turbo props, I fly both Garrett and PT-6, and who knows how these engines have been abused by incompetent pilots. Fly safe Mike and thank you very much for making this video, it may save a life.
Fly professionally within 4 months? After that "controlled crash"? ROFLMAO. The insurance company never heard of anybody managing to turn "engine loss" into an "inverted" crash into a "forest" with only 1500 feet to "fall".
You are an amazing man. Thank you for sharing the experience and especially approaching them with calmness and a clear logical thought process. Good luck with all your future endeavours
I'll never fly a 150/152 again. two failures in 3 years. in 2000 hours nothing else failed on me.
@@enginerdy ... same way a Corolla never gets it's oil changed...cheap will be cheap.
What made your crash so crazy? If it’s a big insurer I would imagine they deal with Cessnas ending up in trees a lot
Wow! I’m so glad you both are safe.
Luckily, he made it to the airport - and didn't need your expertise😉 Greetings from Germany!!
Metal fatigue and one of the blades let go. I had this experience 10 times in 27T hrs of flight. Lost two engines on the B727 the same trip. As you said, someone abused the three engines. Previous crew left the fuel heat on for take off…. The engines overheated and they returned to the Airport… booked of the flight and the called us… no one reported the overheat condition… we departed to the high Arctic… as we returned from our destination one of the engines gave us the warning indicating high oil temperature. Shut down the troubled engine… 30 minutes later the next engined indicated high oil t… the third was running hotter then normal.. 200 miles to the next Airport. We thought if the next one failed we can restart the first one we shut down… finally on final approach on one engine and higher than normal oil temp. We started the first one again and operated it in the idle position… successfully landing on two crippled engines. So, to all pilots… if you f#$& up be honest and report the full story… In this case we had half the plane with passengers the other half was freight plus 6 crew member. Never respected the three pilots that returned to the Airport without reporting the details….
@@meissert Is there any chance to find out by inspecting the engine? I'm a car guy and know little about this.
Amazing, Mike, and as an Air Traffic Controller, I always trained my personnel to always remember , that when a pilot declares an emergency, be calm, cool, and collective, cause you’re not in that airplane, so someone has to be on point, and ensuring all the appropriate people are contacted, and SAR, is initiated , trucks on the field ! Practice, and practical application is a must, until it becomes muscle memory, and as we say, safe, orderly, and expeditious !
calm, cool and "collective"?? That's like saying; calm, cool, and elevator. the word for having ones "ducks in a row" is ----> c o l l e c T E D
The fact that the engine did not rip itself off the firewall speaks volumes of the quality of Mike’s engineering and building skills not to mention his piloting skills getting it back on the ground through IMC conditions. Wow!!!!
Sounds like your turbine had stress fractures that couldn’t hold on any longer and it finally failed. 31,000 RPM’s found the fault. Glad you are ok. Textbook emergency planning, conservation of battery life, glide, approach, communication, and landing. BRAVO! 👍🏻
The fact you made it safely to the ground, is testimony to solid engineering and calm management.
Mike, I’m a long time watcher, and would like to welcome you to our very exclusive and small club. A PT6 catastrophic failure with a split containment ring. Mine was a PT6A-34. Fortunately, I had two of them. When the fire was out (yes fire, thank heavens I had extinguishing), I was able to look out and see through the engine cover (which had an new 10 inch hole in it) straight into the compressor section, of which half was missing. The engine lining and containment ring, made for just this purpose failed at its only job, and had split and curled or peeled back, similar to yours, leaving a 6 inch hole in the engine. I was told by P&W Canada that I should buy a lottery ticket, as this was one of the most rare events they had ever seen. I will admit to being grateful for having the two engines as I was 250 NM from land over the Arctic Ocean in the summer, and knew the other would get me to land. A pretty funny part to the story was before we landed, we received a relayed message from Transport Canada asking us to send them an oil sample on landing. In was must have been my attempt to regain my composure, I sent the message back that if TC wanted an oil sample, they were going to have to get a boat as all my oil was either burned, or sitting 200 miles out it the middle of the ocean, because I don’t have any.😅 In the end, the newly hot sectioned engine had an improperly installed oil seal bearing (at the rebuild shop), and this was not in anyway an actually P&W problem, just my problem. NORAD (Canada and the USA) had been running PT6-20s in the 60s and 70s and 80s running generators on the DEW line in Northern Canada. Because they weren’t used for aviation, regular limit observance weren’t used, and I was told many of them were running continuously and only shut down once a year for maintenance. That means running 9000 hours a years. The most sobering moment for me was when maintenance asked me to come and look at something. There, embedded in the acrylic side cockpit window was a single blade that went through the first of two panes, about 3 inches from my temple. That brought it really home for how badly this could have gone for me and my family. I endeavoured since then to always stay as far away from “the line” as I can. Trouble finds you even when you’re not looking. I now fly B787 Dreamliners, and to this day have a slightly elevated confidence in my abilities to survive that day, and a commitment to my passengers and crew that if ever there could be something done to save the day, I’d make sure I knew how to do it. I’m glad your OK, and I believe you when you say you’re going to make sure to learn whatever lessons this can teach you.
How about getting an entire aircraft Parachute ! How about some kind of fire Suppression System too !
Oh man, i'm glad you're ok. Planes can be fixed, you're unique. Shame it happened, but that's how things go sometimes. You can plan for the worst, but the worst can end up surprising you when you least expect. Hope Turbulence is going to be easy to fix, i know it's not gonna be cheap, but you have the knowhow, you built that plane. Stay safe Mike, you represent so much for grassroots aviation and more than anything else, for your family, first and foremost. edit: and your friend was on board. Woof, what a situation. I know from experience that for someone like you, having someone else's life depend on your actions weighs down on you like the weight of the world. My uncle was like that, and he'd be down for days whenever something like that happened. It's never easy. Again, happy you're both ok.
Hearing the words “how many souls on board” made a giant lump in my throat, hard to swallow. Certainly caused a momentary pause of how real this is and then, back to work. I so wanted to be alone right when he said that. In the end, it was nice to have my friend josh there. he was calm and confident we would get down safe. Comforting friend for sure.
@@MikePatey Aye. Shattering words for sure. Good thing that Josh knew to help you in the best way. Well, i'm glad you both got out. You were both kissed by an angel and got back on the ground safe. Everyone involved in this was excellent and an example of what aviation is all about.
Absolutely flooded with emotions watching and listening to this. One impossible obstacle after another to experience and overcome to live another day. Unbelievable. Welcome back Mike saving yourself and the other soul on board.
Glad you are home. Please be safe in the future. You’re my hero. Thanks for all you do to help make aviation better.
As someone who makes his living flying behind a 1700HP PT6, this video’s a vivid reminder that yes, even PT6’s can and do occasionally quit. Glad you got her down safe!
1700 HP? Which bird is that?
@@lanceweaver5228 Air tractor, probably
You have an exciting life/job. I make my living behind a high hp computer, it’s far more boring than you could imagine.
It's pretty surprising to see, all the PT-6's throughout the years I've flown or been around, this is the first catastrophic failure I've seen with no apparent reason. Plenty of Garrett engines disintegrating (the cause was found to be a shady overhaul shop), no PT-6's though. They have a great track record, but I still scout out a few spots to put her in at every field I work just in case. No altitude to speak of for the most part, and it's not like we're punching holes through the sky with a plane that has "tractor" in its name LOL
So glad to hear you’re safe.
Good job Mike. Thanks for sharing this experience with us. I bet seeing your family afterwards was a very special feeling. Glad you’re home safe.
Love your content. Im so glad youre still here making content and that you and your friend walked away from this incident un-scathed and the plane hull is still intact. 👍👍👍
Wow! Glad you're safe! YES! A video on starting these engines would be great!! Yes, I see video's of folks starting these with parameters all over the place from each other. Once again, glad you're safe!! EDIT: I, and I'm sure many others would love to see a tear down and analysis of findings....Thanks for sharing your knowledge.
I am fairly sure Pratt and Whitney will want to find out what happened along with everyone else.
@@jginmt I said that, captain redundant. Thank you for your affirmation.
Always use your checklist.
My initial guess? A rotor disc let go. Consistent with the shrapnel, instant lockup of the engine, and explosive-like event.
You have a whole fleet of angels watching over you Mike. P&W is definitely gonna want to go over that engine in detail. Not a typical PT6 failure at all.
Like many thousands of fans, I learned of this while I was at OSH and didn't see this until now. I was instantly glad to hear that you guys were ok (altitude is definitely everyone's friend!) and on top of the way you handled the emergency. I'm also so impressed with the way you put this video together. You gave us all the details we all wanted to know in a concise package, as well as sharing your heartfelt descriptions of what it was like to go through it. More great lessons for us all to share. Thanks, Mike. Glad you made it. Love ya, brother.
I saw this when it came out. SO glad you both made it out ok. I know you’ll figure out what happened and use this opportunity to make it better and safer for, not only yourself, but for everyone.
Mike I join the chorus of fans and fellow aviators who are glad you are safe and Turbulence will live to fly another day. Your professionalism, your full disclosure, transparency and honest emotion in sharing this with us confirms that you are everything we believe you to be. A pilots pilot who loves aviation and wants to share it with all who care to listen. Thanks!!!! CobraPilot45
I feel bad that Mike’s beautifully engineered Turbulence was damaged, but luckily for the aviation community he will undoubtably make it better than ever, and increase our knowledge 👍
Wouldn't be surprised if the new motor is stronger too ....
@@fredbugden6935 I was thinking the same thing
Watch him put a Rolls-Royce T1000 in the next one. "Guys, you'll never believe where I fit the fuel. Back to work!"
@@kevintoews5656 It sure would be hard to see out the canopy, but if anybody could do it would be Mike 😆
So sorry to hear of your catastrophic engine failure...Awesome to hear of the wonderful ending of a safe landing. God bless to you and all who helped make this story have a happy ending.
I am a new subscriber to your Channel and as an aviation enthusiast, I love and admire the education that you provide with your superior engineering and flying skills! Most definitely glad to see you return alive and healthy..!
Hats off to that ATC controller, he understood and provided everything you needed. It’s great the plane stayed together and after that its good you had the time to plan and fly to an A/P and plan the approach. Would be great to know your TAS when she let go.
As an ex-Air Traffic Controller, I'm delighted you made is down safe and sound, and I appreciate you giving thanks to the Controllers. This kind of situation is EXACTLY why we do what we do, to do everything in our power to make sure you make it down safely. Glad everything worked out safely. Bummer to see what happened to Turbulence, but she WILL fly again. And kudos again to the Controllers on duty for this. Thanks for this video, as it gives insight to what was going on in your head during the decent. You can get quite busy in the cockpit, and this kind of video is very helpful to the controllers as we now know what you were thinking and doing to get down safe. Wishing you all the best. An Ex-Air force controller.
Glad you're OK and thanks for sharing this experience in such detail! That's such a beautiful plane you put together - I hope you get it flying again!
Thanks for this video, Mike. Pilots everywhere can learn from this about training, flight prep., emergency procedures, regular startup, flight and maintenance procedures, etc. Definitely an eye-opener! I never actually flew much (700 hrs), but when you talked about ATC asking "how many souls on board?" Man, that hit hard. I can only imagine what you felt right then. Very happy everything turned out like it did, and that Garmin system is unbelievable!!
"Souls on board" .. my heart is in my throat ... Mike, you are the most safety oriented person I know, even when pushing boundaries of design and performance, safety is forefront in all you do .. so glad that you and your friend are safe .. I hope you take the needed time to heal and absorb all this .. Josh , thank you for calmness and professionalism , and Mike, we love you
YOLO
I appreciate you sharing shortly after the incident because it captured your raw state; your emotions were still on your sleeve. My basic impression is that you had good equipment and you know your equipment well. This should and will be a case study for the flying community. Thanks again for keeping us, the viewer, close to the action.
Holy crap. Not a follower of yours but I watched a bunch of aviation videos lately and you popped up in my recommended. Having watched part of your videos about your accident, I want to say congratulations on your airmanship, and I’m happy to hear that you and your copilot/passenger are both ok.
Mike, I enjoy what you have to say in so many ways. Continue to take such good care of yourself and your family. Good job!
Catastrophic engine failure at that altitude was properly better than some intermittent engine failure. When it exploded, it eliminated any need to consider restart procedures, and allowed you to focus in quickly on getting the plane on the ground safely. I've seen several incidents where intermittent engine problems caused people to come up short, second guess life saving decisions, etc. While definitely not a good thing whatsoever, it was good that it was no questioning or second guessing what you needed to do. Land the plane safely. That was the goal from the get go, and you absolutely nailed it. 👏 👏
Hey Mike…..I have over 10,000 hours behind a PT-6 and I’ve never had one problem flying behind that engine. I can’t imagine what you went through and what caused the explosion. I always was very careful on startup so as to not hot start the engine. You, my friend are a great aviator and I’m so happy things turned out well for you. You did everything right. Glad you’re ok buddy!
Dude. 13:48 sent legitimate CHILLS through me and sank my stomach! Awesome to hear you're shifting your focus even more to safety. A lot of people punch holes in that lucky-to-be-alive card until it's confetti. Glad you're okay, man. Stay awesome and stay safe.
What a story for years to come! You built it strong and it brought you home. All those well thought details paid off. I'm very glad for you.
As a 63 year old machinal/electrical/avionics engineer, this video was an interesting and emotional watch. So glad you and your co-pilot are safe. Get back to work!
Thank God you are both safe! You're a skilled pilot and an amazing builder/ engineer. So glad you're safe. Mike Patey; as far as I'm concerned, You are a national Treasure!
Mate and internationally loved too all the way down nz we love him too
@@Bullshit1011and north in Canada
Glad you are both Ok. Thank you for this amazing presentation of what happened. I’m not a pilot, but get so much information about private aviation from your videos. You’re an amazing person. All the best to you and your families.
Yep, be up on your practices...wow, great recovery @mikepatey, God blesses you, surely!
What an incredible professional pilot!! Blown away how well you handled it, but guess it should be no surprise with how you carry yourself. Gliding from 20k + through a cloud deck dead stick is something I would never like to experience. You are an inspiration and we could certainly all learn something from your training and dedication.
I’m so relieved that you are still here with us and able to take the time after such a stressful event to update your viewers and fans.
Thanks for sharing great info, and more importantly, you lived to tell it. I'm glad you're both safe and ok. Keep up the great work, and stay blessed.
Mike, first and absolutely foremost I am thankful that you and Josh made it through this ordeal. I've met you at OSH (like so many others have) and beyond your mind boggling knowledge, work ethic, and passion, you remain one of the nicest, most humble people I've met. I'd also like to say it's amazing you were composed enough and had the desire to put together this video immediately after the incident. I agree with many others who have commented here; this video will indeed help the aviation community in many ways and you are commended for putting it out there in such a complete, concise, descriptive manner to make the necessary points in your usual professional way. Not a video you would have chosen to have to make for certain but one that has great importance and will make an impact to many. So thank you for that. So happy you are here to continue the passion. Peace brother.
Given that we were watching a mini series on the evolution of Turbulence, this was absolutely shocking. And when I heard the intro, my heart was in my mouth. So glad your skills and a blend of good fortune in terms of the airframe and flight controls remaining worthy, resulted in such a relief. And I never realized was a crazy touch down speed Turbulence had! Great shot of you touching down too. And good to see Turbulence in better shape after a mishap at 30,000 than Draco at 50 odd. So grateful for the outcome and happy for you, your friend and your loved ones Mike :)
Glad you made it out of that Mike. Good to see your still with us.
I love your tenacity and vision of pushing the limits of your passion. who cares what the reason is you are inspiration and a visionary we need more people like you in this world
I'm so happy the best possible outcome came after this catastrophe by you being prepared and disciplined to perform as called by the circumstances. God bless you, your co-pilot and both your families.
Not a nice emergency to have to contend with. The main 1:23 thing is that you mastered the situation your skill and professionalism clearly helped you. Well done.
Don't lose your way, Michael. Keep doing things as you always have. I met you years ago, before KZhead, and was humbled by your gift of insight and knowledge. That is one of the reasons that your videos that have veered off of the aviation path have never stopped me from watching. I am so happy that you guys are safe and Turbulence will fly again. I have also had inflight emergencies where ATC has gotten involved and I agree that a calming voice can not be beat, ever. Those guys don't get enough credit for what they do. Again, my friend, glad everything ended well. I can't wait to hear what Pratt has to say about the PT-6.
Mike - One of your best so far - Thank you for your candor and transparency
Thank God you are both safe! Sorry to see your beautiful aircraft injured damaged but your training and skills came through!
Aviation fans fly on your wings! We're glad you all have come through this event safe and sound.
Glad you and your friend are safe. Your story and content is super valuable as it hits home on how crucial this is. I have my final stage check for my PPL tomorrow and have practiced my engine failures and emergency descent procedures over and over until it feels natural. Lucky for me it’s not real and I hope never have to do this. You managed this like a pro, great job and thanks for posting this.
Congratulations on your checkride tomorrow my friend. Go get ‘em
Checkride passed! I have spent 3 days thinking about your engine out and getting turbulence on the ground. It has helped me tremendously with my thought process of engine out procedures and emergent issues. You kinda had the trifecta with engine out, loss of systems, and smoke in the cockpit and thank goodness you didn’t have a loss of control and all your control surfaces remained intact. I know you said you may switch some content to safety and I would love to see any of that content, perhaps have Pratt & Whitney would like to partner with you regarding that!
Mike I commend you for such a perfectly handled critical emergency situation. My father gained nearly 30k hours as a captain for a major airline. As a pilot myself knowing the procedures required in this failure on top of the complex airframe as another variable you did absolutely phenomenal. Pat yourself on the back you deserve it my friend. You are one of the few that were born to fly it is who you are. Again great work im thankful you are safe and have shared this learing experience with us. Every pilot new to experienced can learn from this and from you. Happy flying, Kenny
Well done, Mike - and well told. I was right there with you all the way down and could certainly relate to what you were feeling. I've been flying for 57 years and - primarily because I mostly fly VERY old antiques/test fly newly-restored "classics," & ferry-fly taildraggers to maintenance facilities - I've been through Twenty-One in-flight engine failures during my life. As a result, I treat EVERY circuit/pattern as a chance to practice Emergency Landings. I always come in high, chop the power turning base, then "nibble off" the altitude in slips - ALWAYS making sure I'm higher than I need to be right down to the "button." And - like you - I play the "If the engine quits now, where will I go" game all the time I'm in the air. So, when (not IF) an engine quits, I already know where I'm going and how I will get down. Two engine failures that stand out for me are: * 8,000' over the ocean, half-way from P.E.I. to Nova Scotia (16 miles) in Canada's oldest flying airplane {a 1929 Gipsy Moth}), the old Gipsy 1 engine started coming apart - then stopped. I had JUST enough altitude to glide to the N.S. coast and landed {UPHILL} on the first field past the beach! * A PERFECT example of what you're talking about occurred when a friend asked me to check out the Fleet Canuck he'd bought. It had JUST had a brand-new 0-200 installed and - TWO fresh annuals (one by the seller's AME and one by his OWN AME). BOTH said the plane was running PERFECTLY. After my OWN careful checks, I took off and had just turned downwind when the 0-200's front right rockers started coming apart and the engine quit. No biggy. I had enough height to land on the main runway (slip-nibbling all the way down), BUT... What NOBODY could believe was that this had happened to a BRAND-NEW, freshly-annualed {twice} Continental 0-200. So - YOU'RE RIGHT. For most Pilots, engine failures ARE rare, but they CAN happen to ANYONE flying ANYTHING. The answer - as you stated - is to Practice, Practice, Practice Emergency Landings whenever you can. Sincere kudos for handling your situation so well AND for sharing the details with your fellow Pilots so we can ALL benefit from your experience. All the best & cheers, Glenn Norman
Your calm and professionalism made this look much easier than it was. Rule #1, Fly the airplane was always your priority. Glad your safe.
We were at a top Garrett overhaul shop and they said the proper shutdown/cooldown was just as important as startup for turbine engine life. Might not be that way for a PT-6, and you don't really know the engine's history - but something to consider. Great Flying, Mike.
You are 100% correct, the PT6 needs 1min cool down after the idle temp has stabilized. Not doing the correct cool down could lead to blade scrape which will lead to catastrophic failure.
Mike, I’ve been following your videos for a couple years now. We’ve never met but I feel a kinship with you. Thank God you are safe. Love ya brother! All the best to you and your family.
Riviting Mike. I had the same thing happen back in '94 and landed in a lake...luckily on floats and ended just as well. Impressed by your professionalism and calm demeanor. Good job!
You sounded so calm Mike, even if your heart was pitter-pattering like crazy - so well handled and hats off to ATC for helping without swamping - great teamwork. Hope you are enjoying a beer now!
Nobody wants to see one of their own struggle or die in the aviation community. So happy for this very positive outcome Mike. Practice makes perfect and you did a fine job given the circumstances. Loved that you had time at altitude to digest what you needed to do. Praise God, hug your family and friends!
I owe you a subscription after this. I'm glad you made it down safe, and this truly emphasizes the importance of safe maintenance and flying practices.
That was truly scary. I'm so glad that you were able to land safely. I'm looking forward to your future focus on safety now.
I flew sky divers for 18 years and always stayed within gliding distance of the airport. It was still frightening when I lost the engine and had to make it back to the airport without it.(6 times for various reasons) This story is nothing short of an amazing demonstration of calm professional pilotage on your part. I now as BushCat Darrell fly just Light Sport and also have a few KZhead videos of my adventures, just like you I always give credit to the folks at (Syracuse) approach control for their unwavering professional calm tone of voice providing us with the help we need to stay safe. I shook your hand at Sun N Fun and I am sure you don't remember me, but I remember you, and can't begin to tell you how glad I am you were able to make it down safely. Blue Skies my friend.
Good planning. You should ALWAYS be within gliding distance of a reasonable place.. good bad or grassy.
You’ve had 6 engine failures?
@@tyyamnitz8408 hauling Skydivers is hard on cylinders....had 4 of them fail in 18 years. Then, i freely admit my fault, I only carried enough gas to get up and back so a couple times on the way down the limited supply sloshed forward of the pickup in the tank and the engine quit. Once i leveled up the remaining fuel got me back to the gas pumps. But it was exciting at the time just the same to hear the engine quit. Hope that clears it up.
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@@DarrellCCurtiscylinders are we talking a piston ?
Mike...object lesson on how to handle an emergency...Bloody good effort...huge respect...aviator legend. Primarily I am glad you are safe an no injuries resulted. This was a brilliant lesson on how to get through nan emergency. Bloody good job mate. You are an inspiration. We can all learn from you. Big BRAVO ZULU to you (Look it up, British Royal naval well done Call). What a guy WOW.
Wow, I was on the edge of my seat! Thank you for recording so soon with emotion. It delivers the emphasis on safety and preparedness so well that I'm sure you were trying to get across.
love you Mike.Thank you for sharing. Glad you and your passenger are still with us.
Not a pilot but the calmness of traffic control for the win. Love all those around you.
This one really was one of the best educational video's about emergency management I ever saw. Your intro was such a "real life" experience, it hit hard. Well done and I'm happy you guys made it without a scratch.
Great job Mike! Keep Calm and Carry On, is you buddy!! I’m glad you’re with us and safe.
So happy for humanity, your okay! You are such a kind human and the world can’t afford to lose you. ‼️🙏🤗
Mike, this video is a great contribution to the entire aviation community. Thank you for that and all you have shared over the years. By including all those details and capturing the experience while it was still fresh is truly invaluable. Having made that "two souls" call myself, I can say it puts things in perspective even when you dedicate yourself to staying on top of safety and maintaining proficiency as you clearly do.
Hey Mike. Might seem silly to you, not knowing me, but I can say I'm grateful you're still kicking. Between Turbulence and Draco, I'm really glad you're still around, as you've been a great inspiration to me to show me what a man can do in this life. Keep building cool things and keep inspiring us to build things are worth building. Still rocking my "back to work scrappy" sticker on my laptop and wishing you the best.
Through all the thoughts and emotions going through your mind, the second your engine failed, it was your professionalism, experience and knowledge of doing the correct procedures is what saved you and your co pilot. Kudos Mike, your an unbelievable guy, I’m glad your safe and the co pilot, I know you will dig deep into the engine to find the failed part and be sure to safety everything. Save travels brother. Back to work 💪🏻
Happy to see that you landed safely. Amazing- your, your co-pilot, ATC, tower, rescue services work! Greatings from Poland.
"But Mike, the prop and spinner are fine!" Man, you are the chosen one to provide real-world examples of aviation and other engineering feats. I am very glad that you and Josh survived this, and I bet Josh is very glad it was with YOU that he experienced this event. Cheers from Texas.
thank God you’re safe Mike. God bless you.🙏🏼
Thank you for sharing this with all of us. We can all learn from what happened, and I personally appreciate you doing this video. Thank God you got back to the ground and kept your cool!!!
I appreciate that
I'm so happy to see that you are safe and able to bring to life more safety factors for others. God Bless you and your family.
As the safety manager of a commercial IFR single engine turbine operation here in Australia, this video is a great resource. Thanks for being so open Mike, I’ll be taking a really keen interest in seeing how this engine failed.
I was wondering about a forensic analysis on that motor. If I were to guess it'd be one of the journals for the crank
@billvandorn5332 seeing that a turbine engine has neither journals nor a crank, I would be quite certain that is not the case. I would guess turbine blade failure.
@thebigmacd 😂
When people who are out as an icon of flying, share these emergency events. It’s huge for the community to remember it’s not just fun it’s a serious skill. Glad your ok guys.
Mike - Watched every minute. Best part is how skilled you are. Great job. Great job......
So glad you’re both okay, you are so calm in the worst possible situation: a true professional and a consummate AVIATOR!
And here is where "BEST aviation maintenance procedures" was born. :) Glad you're safe.
The way you described the explosion sound reminded me of a head crash I had running a high speed lathe years ago. I think we were running 15K - 20K RPM (could be wrong it's been decades) and the head ran right into the chucks. I had my back turned measuring the previous part and heard what sounded like a small car crash as the concrete shook. Unreal the amount of power of momentum. Glad you're both okay man!
Glad to see you both are ok. We all learn from what you share. Glad to follow you further.
Really glad you made it down safe. Although the loss is heartbreaking, in the end, the engine is replaceable. You and Josh are not. Also what you bring to the aviation community, your passion, your drive, and your influence can never be replaced! Thanks Mike for all you do!
Wow, It is sad that it happened mate, the most important thing is that you landed safely and unharmed.
Hey Mike glad that the outcome was positive for you and your friend. You putting your ordeal on KZhead shows just how real life is, regardless of who you are, how well prepared you are, bad things happen indiscriminately and posting the reality of this incident will help save a pilots life one day and potentially any passengers. The more we share our bad experiences as well as the good, provides invaluable food for thought and awareness which IMO is the best outcome anyone could ask for. Enjoy Oshkosh, thank you for all you do for the world of aviation. The aviation family thanks you.
Mike, I started flying in 1975. You are one of the most safety-conscience, and humble pilots. Blue Skies, Sir.
You did what every pilot should do in an emergency. That is to stay calm and fly the plane. Good job Mike 👍
So glad you all are still here with us. One minor guess as to why it happened. If the engine ever had a minor prop strike, Even though there is no physical connection, it is possible to have the turbine blade strike the can. This causes the damage to the tips of the blades.
Wow, Mike - Jumping into the group of folks here who are glad you're OK. Very well done all the way down, and we appreciate your candidness and look forward to some analysis on this event. Small point early in the video after you made it to the ground: You thanked ATC, and others on freq offered congrats and a 'good job'. Speaks to the family of aviators out there who were listening. We're all lucky to play this game, and super happy you made it through this one.
Awesome this popped up, I was doing JAC-ORD and we were both super impressed with how cool you kept it, nice job.
Excellent work, glad you guys are ok. I’ve worked on PT6’s for many years and they tend not to tell you anything is wrong until it is.