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Passenger[0] lands King Air, with his family aboard, when pilot died shortly after take-off: https://youtu.be/aqPvVxxIDr0 https://youtu.be/aqPvVxxIDr0 The vid

by js2 6y ago

Passenger[0] lands King Air, with his family aboard, when pilot died shortly after take-off: https://youtu.be/aqPvVxxIDr0 https://youtu.be/aqPvVxxIDr0 The video is a reconstruction from the radio recordings. I learned that air traffic controllers are rarely themselves pilots and that finding someone with King Air experience during an emergency isn't easy. This video is recent, but the incident happened in 2009. News story from that year: https://www.aopa.org/news-and-media/all-news/2009/april/14/unintentional-king-air-pilot-an-interview-with-doug-white https://www.aopa.org/news-and-media/all-news/2009/april/14/u... [0] He'd earned a private pilot's license 18 years prior, but had quit flying shortly after with only 80 hours total time logged.

Waterluvian 6y ago
80 hours decades earlier is probably enough to have the fundamentals down. Even just knowing how to use the radio puts you quite far ahead. It’s kind of the argument for basic first aid training and other things like that.
- js2 6y ago
  He only knew how to use the radio because he'd had the pilot show him before take off. He described the King Air as being so different from the plane he'd learned on that it might as well be the space shuttle. One of the controllers who helped get him down realized she had to simplify the plane for him. He had been struggling with the autopilot and she got him to turn it off and fly it manually. He was fortunate to have some great controllers to help him and a clear day with no wind. After the incident, he started flying again and went on to become a rescue pilot.
myself248 6y ago
Youtube's been trying to get me to watch that for eons, and I kept clicking away from it because it's simulator video. I thought it was just someone roleplaying. Now knowing it's an actual event being recreated, I might have to go give it a watch!

by js2 6y ago

Waterluvian 6y ago

80 hours decades earlier is probably enough to have the fundamentals down. Even just knowing how to use the radio puts you quite far ahead. It’s kind of the argument for basic first aid training and other things like that.

js2 6y ago
He only knew how to use the radio because he'd had the pilot show him before take off. He described the King Air as being so different from the plane he'd learned on that it might as well be the space shuttle. One of the controllers who helped get him down realized she had to simplify the plane for him. He had been struggling with the autopilot and she got him to turn it off and fly it manually. He was fortunate to have some great controllers to help him and a clear day with no wind. After the incident, he started flying again and went on to become a rescue pilot.

myself248 6y ago

Youtube's been trying to get me to watch that for eons, and I kept clicking away from it because it's simulator video. I thought it was just someone roleplaying. Now knowing it's an actual event being recreated, I might have to go give it a watch!