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XabbaRus
04-22-09, 01:59 PM
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/8013060.stm

A lot of luck and just as well it was quiet.:rock:
SteamWake
04-22-09, 02:12 PM
This kind of thing happens more often than one might think.

I personally helped some poor guy who had to ditch a rental Cessna 102 in a vacant lot several years ago.

"Check the gas for water"... duh... uh... :doh:

Anyhow glad it was a safe outcome.
GoldenRivet
04-22-09, 02:27 PM
he did a good job... i watched this earlier this morning:up:
Jimbuna
04-22-09, 02:48 PM
Very lucky there wasn't much traffic about at the time.

This somehow reminds me of Mathias Rust....he obviously wasn't as lucky :DL

http://englishrussia.com/images/rust.jpg
Etienne
04-22-09, 03:17 PM
Something simillar happened less than a block from my high school when I was in the 11th grade. In the middle of math class, some guy tried to crashland an ultralight on a nearby boulevard.

It... Didn't turn out well for the two persons onboard.
bookworm_020
04-23-09, 05:22 AM
Lucky for him, but many don't have the same level of luck!
Enigma
04-23-09, 08:22 AM
"Check the gas for water"... duh... uh... :doh:

There was water in his fuel?
Digital_Trucker
04-23-09, 08:51 AM
This kind of thing happens more often than one might think.


You're sure right about that one. Coming east out of Memphis quite a few years ago, I watched a Rolls Royce Silver Shadow pass my truck going in my direction about the same time as a single engine small aircraft was trying to dodge traffic to land on I-40 on the westbound side. The pilot did an excellent job of merging into traffic, but I almost broke my brain trying to figure the odds of those two things occurring at the same time and place.
SteamWake
04-23-09, 09:01 AM
There was water in his fuel?

One of the first things you do in pre-flight checks is test the fuel tanks for water.

It used to be a much more serious problem but it still is something to be checked.
FIREWALL
04-23-09, 09:11 AM
Since Golden Rivet is a professional in this area, I would like to hear his spin on this. :yep:

Especially preflight fuel quality check.
FIREWALL
04-23-09, 09:31 AM
This kind of thing happens more often than one might think.

I personally helped some poor guy who had to ditch a rental Cessna 102 in a vacant lot several years ago.

"Check the gas for water"... duh... uh... :doh:

Anyhow glad it was a safe outcome.

I watched that clip closely a second.

Where do's it say anywhere about water in fuel ?
XabbaRus
04-23-09, 01:54 PM
It doesn't, steamwake was refferring to the guy he helped.
SteamWake
04-23-09, 02:10 PM
It doesn't, steamwake was refferring to the guy he helped.

I dident help all that much other than drive out to him, saw that he was okay, and took him to a telephone. This was before everyone had a cell phone.

But checking fuel qaulity espically in a rental is a must. You dont know how long its been sitting around.
Enigma
04-23-09, 03:48 PM
One of the first things you do in pre-flight checks is test the fuel tanks for water.

It used to be a much more serious problem but it still is something to be checked.

Yeah, I'm aware, because I'm a pilot. I'm asking you if in this specific case, there was water in the fuel as you stated....