Aspen Man Glides Plane To Safe Landing

[DoctorDoom]

A pilot managed to land safely after the propeller fell off his plane and oil splattered on the windshield.

Barry Cox had to glide 8 miles and navigate without being able to see out the windshield before landing smoothly at Aspen-Pitkin County Airport on Wednesday.

"(Cox) just did a tremendous job," the airport's assistant aviation director, David Ulane, said. "Not only did he land without a propeller, he wasn't able to see out the front...It's one of the more tremendous things I've seen."Aspen Man Glides Plane To Safe Landing (http://cbs4denver.com/local/aspen.landing.safe.2.619038.html)

Now THAT is a helluva pilot!

[Incident_command]

Great plane for it to happen in. They glide well. Also a good job by the pilot in knowing his emergency procedures.
As for the mechanic, thats another story

http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief.asp?ev_id=20001212X21552&key=1

[BabyBeastie]

Altitude is life.

[DesertFox]

Whew! Bet he's gonna look up that mechanic, who shouldn't have a job after this.

[ThomasMore]

Altitude is life.


Especially in the nasty terrain surrounding ASE.

[Rhino]

Great plane for it to happen in. They glide well.Especially without the drag of a stopped propeller. :lol:

Also a good job by the pilot in knowing his emergency procedures.
As for the mechanic, thats another storyThe link you posted was for a Cessna 421 incident in Mississippi back in July of 2000, not for this incident.

[Rhino]

This is the preliminary report for this incident.

http://www.faa.gov/data_statistics/accident_incident/preliminary_data/events01/media/09_47BC.txt

No word on if a mechanic is to blame.

What's the glide ratio of a Mirage?

[ColonialMarine0431]

"It was exciting," he said. "This was just one of those freak things."


LOLOL...Mr. Understatement. :biggrin:

[DoctorDoom]

DESCRIPTION
AIRCRAFT AFTER DEPARTURE, EXPERIENCED AN OIL PROBLEM, ON RETURN TO AIRPORT,
CRANKSHAFT BROKE AND PROPELLER SEPARATED FROM THE AIRCRAFT, AIRCRAFT GLIDED
TO A SAFE LANDING, ASPEN, COThe prop loss can't be pinned on a mechanic, but the oil problem might, depending on what actually happened.

[Incident_command]

Especially without the drag of a stopped propeller. :lol:.

Yep. And 60-70 pounds less hanging of the front.

The link you posted was for a Cessna 421 incident in Mississippi back in July of 2000, not for this incident.

Sometimes I tick myself off. Like now. I got the story and that link together. The link was to show how it may have been related. I should have read it closer.You should do Q/A for a living.

[Beowulf]

DESCRIPTION
AIRCRAFT AFTER DEPARTURE, EXPERIENCED AN OIL PROBLEM, ON RETURN TO AIRPORT,
CRANKSHAFT BROKE AND PROPELLER SEPARATED FROM THE AIRCRAFT, AIRCRAFT GLIDED
TO A SAFE LANDING, ASPEN, COIf the crankshaft broke, that one will be pinned on either the engine manufacturer OR the overhaul facility that last worked on it.

An airframe and powerplant technician isn't allowed to split the case of an engine to work a crankshaft.

[Rhino]

Probably a Lycoming. They've had crankshaft problems the last few years.

[Rhino]

I was wrong. The engine was a Continental.