HD Yak 50 Engine Failure, April 2010, UK
 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oU1ht...layer_embedded

http://www.aaib.gov.uk/cms_resources...KK%2008-10.pdf

if it's a repost, sorry.

Steel nerves...It is a good emergency landing lesson;)


Salute !....

Those fields look awfully small and come up very fast don't they :eek:

Good job by the pilot :)

Nice landing. Bravo for Yak pilot.

I like Yak50 - it is really lovley plane.

BTW these video show how quickly plane with stopped engine lose altitude in glide. Yak 50 is quite a light plane.

True. Congrats to the pilot.

Although my impression is that he was avoiding a fence just before the flare - hence the 'drop like a rock' final landing.

WOW! Awesome video.

I found myself trying to turn my TrakIR head to check for landing areas lol.

Just curious....why not try wheels down? Fields too short for a roll out?

Splitter

I think he had the wheels down...and he left them behind him at touch down...look at the last images when he look at the trail made by the Yak..

Wheels down landing could be fatal if he turned over.

I had a genuine feeling of joy when I saw he stepped out, and really wanted a cigarette!

Thanks for sharing that video. It was interesting to see how much time he had to weigh up his options.

Good to see all that forced landing practice done during training actually works. Although, from memory, it was a lot less dramatic when you could push the throttle forward and climb away on final approach! ;)


Cheers!