Cessna Catastrophic Engine Failure Emergency with Video and ATC Audio

[Music] hey [Applause] [Music] uh engine uh engine just popped uh and i got smoke in the cockpit uh i need to go somewhere immediately can i get uh is that hillsboro off my nose here i'm gonna do a permanent level spot here about six miles they're still [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] all right uh i'm gonna be over the field just trying to get set up for this so uh what's the biggest runway there's the biggest one there'll be one three right four three one left basically all right so we'll figure it out as we get closer in here thank you for seven eight zero maneuver as necessary and you just want to go to hillsboro uh yeah i think i got it in sight here off my nose we'll just go there i'm uh and completely prop stopped engine it like blew up on me here [Applause] well i while i've got some time here what's the frequency going to be down there 119.3 or i'll stay with you though three right here number seven has necessary flavors approach runway one free red all right cleared for the visual and uh we'll keep you posted here yeah let me know if you need anything else uh light hill for a tower now they're gonna have equipment out for you and uh let me know when you're ready let's put forward all right roger yeah we'll uh we're not gonna text you off or anything we'll just uh stay over the field here and uh hopefully get it in and uh actually looking at the the smoke blowing down here it looks like three one left is gonna be a better bet for us no problem clear bridge through it left all right clear for three one left for seven eight zulu all right kev don't pick this up we do this somebody's doing just what you have time i think it's pulled on board and fuel uh we've got uh just me on board here and i had about uh about four hours of fuel on board probably about uh 65 gallons of original problem the wind's uh currently three one zero at four runway three one left yard third plan all right three one left we're we're clear to land we're just gonna orbit over the field here approach can you give me field elevation for uh for hillsboro i want this an elevation of uh 208 feet roger thank you and uh i can take tower now if you'd like somebody's roger and your third land actually any runway you need and uh when you're ready to switch our one one niner pointer over to 193 thanks for help sir hillsboro tower stationary 478 zulu emergency we're through 2500 in the descent trying for three one left november eight four seven eight zulu hillsborough towers where timothy three zero three seven went three one zero at four cleared to land any runway clearly on any runway uh a4780 tyler do you want me to try to make alpha 5 to get out of your way here if you cannot find if not no problem we can work around you just do whatever you can nice landing all right thank you very much i'm glad you guys were right here any preference left or right here i'll just roll as far as i can for you and we go straight in zulu you can you can go straight in you

Channel: Cessna Twoohfive

Views: 751,318

Keywords: Cessna, Cessna 205, Engine Failure, Emergency, Emergency Landing, Continental, IO-470, Engine Failure in Flight, Forced Landing, GoPro, ATC, NFlightCam, IFR, Air Traffic Control, Air, Traffic, Control, Controller, Departure, Tower, LIVEATC, Airplane, crash, Mayday, Aircraft, Failure, Engine, Cockpit, 205, 210-5, 210, Audio, VASAviation, Trevor Jacob, Propeller, Propeller Stopped, Bob Hoover, KHIO, Hillsboro, Seattle, S36, Norman Grier, KMYV, Landing, Nice Landing, Cessna 182, Cessna 172, ATP, Bail, FAA

Id: CEMlny_ExuU

Length: 9min 30sec (570 seconds)

Published: Sun Feb 20 2022

Reddit Comments

[u/megaduce104]

You can see how powerful ground effect is, even though he looked low, he had another 1000 feet+ of glide

[u/tehmightyengineer]

While we see plenty of videos of engine failures I don't think I've seen anything as textbook as this. Can you think of anything he didn't do correctly? Because the only thing I got is it looks like he didn't lower the flaps for the landing when he had the runway made but that's hardly incorrect.

Going to share this with my students as a perfect example of how to handle an engine failure.

[u/takeoff_power_set]

blows his engine

makes one of the most beautiful touchdowns he'll ever have in his career (did he even know he touched down?!)

he was a little low by the end and probably could have traded some speed for altitude and a less aggressive turn to final, but it was a great demonstration of how to calmly handle a serious situation. nice video, happy outcome.

[u/High_Flyin89]

Missed step one, which is to bail out of the aircraft immediately.

[u/BillySpacs]

Haha I love the self pep talk he started @ 4:15. There's something very peaceful about a cessna gliding with no engine but you know.. obviously not given the circumstances. I talked to a guy whose 210 engine went out at about 10K feet and remember him saying "it got really quiet"

[u/skymower]

That guy has ice in his veins. Well done.

[u/IAmTheFlyingIrishMan]

I was wondering if he might try to restart the engine but seeing those pictures at the end really showed how catastrophic that failure was. God damn.

[u/lonememe]

And still managed to clear the active runway. Legend.

[u/Gasonfires]

Beautifully done. The folks at Lycoming Continental will be interested in having a look at what's left of that engine.

Edit: Oops.