Cessna engine failure, full prop stop.

[geeks]

Chap handles this superbly, cool as a cucumber and a landing smooth as silk! I am so impressed by how cool and calm he is.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEMlny_ExuU

[fat80b]

Nicely done.

My flying instructor had similar but the engine deposited its oil all over the windshield and it was the last flight of the day so dusk as well. As such, they were completely blind on top of the engine failure.

He turned towards the field, stuck it in best glide and hoped for the best.

They came down short but on grass and anchored up stopping the plane 5 yds short of a ditch and a dry stone wall.

I was up with the instructor the following day in the sister plane.

[dvs_dave]

Nice. I’m guessing he didn’t have any fire extinguishers strapped to his legs.

[808 Estate]

Superb job.

[mikef]

I'd be happy with that landing with everything working. Good that he had altitude to start with. Great handling

[Sheepshanks]

How common is this? Friend of ours had flown from England to Ireland and the crankshaft broke - he was told it's unheard of.

He was in a retractable, so had to pump the wheels down. Landed in a field.

[ben_h100]

Sheepshanks said:

How common is this? Friend of ours had flown from England to Ireland and the crankshaft broke - he was told it's unheard of.

He was in a retractable, so had to pump the wheels down. Landed in a field.

It happens from time to time, however given the amount of GA flights that take place around the world it's a relatively infrequent occurence. A lot of the SEP (single engine piston) engines have been around for decades, so many of the early day issues have been engineered out.

Training for this sort of event does still form a notable chunk of the PPL course, however.