The Airplane Owners and Pilots Organization Air Safety Institute (ASI) has actually launched a brand-new episode in its Real Pilot Tale video collection– a collection of stories where pilots share their very own challenging, sometimes traumatic, experiences so others can gain from lessons discovered the hard way in flight.
In the latest video, “Actual Pilot Tale: Danger over the Desert,” ferryboat pilot Kerry McCauley discusses a mission he elected to desert– the only time in his occupation he has picked to do so– because of safety worry about the airplane.
In 2015, McCauley was employed to shuttle a Piper Navajo from Ft Lauderdale, Florida, to Thailand. Throughout a black blizzard over the Arabian Peninsula, he shed both air pump and was forced to shut down his right engine as a result of an oil leak. He handled to land safely in Oman, however he reduced his mission short when the aircraft’s proprietor attempted to pressure him to continue with the faulty engine.
“In this genuine pilot story, we learn more about aeronautical choice making in a really tight spot,” stated AOPA Air Security Institute Elder Vice Head Of State Mike Ginter. “McCauley makes the selection to press on during an emergency but draws the line when he’s asked to continue his trip in an aircraft that is plainly risky.”
“A few of the other lessons pilots can learn from this tale consist of the prudence of maintaining efficiency at partial panel flying, staying calm in exceedingly tough problems, and extensively recognizing your aircraft’s systems,” Ginter included. “Every pilot can come across any kind of and all of these problems, during any type of flight.”