Auto, Auto, Auto...

[MasterBates]

Heck, the 300' I did a real auto from, I did not have time to get scared.. Auto...FLARE...BANG. About as fast as it takes most people to read those words. From 100-150, even less.

 

[MasterBates]

Go to the back and get your coffee.

EDIT: This comment made more sense when it was in another thread. E6flyer is a girly-man and talk of helo flying made him sick.

 

[hscs]

What was the real auto for?

 

[e6bflyer]

Go to the back and get your coffee.

I will, and I will take a dump, a nap, and play a game of cards while I am back there and still log A time.

 

[squorch2]

I wonder what the scenario is for a dual-engined a/c having to auto below 300' is, other than taking damage while OEI already.

 

[bobbybrock]

I wonder what the scenario is for a dual-engined a/c having to auto below 300' is, other than taking damage while OEI already.

Like Skid kid said. Loss of T?R thrust or components.

 

[Pags]

or shitty gas, but i'd like to think you'd have at least a little bit of advanced notice with that.

 

[hscs]

Or just OEI, when you are really heavy in the desert in the summer and don't have time or the ability to dump/jettison...

 

[squorch2]

Ah-ha.

 

[MasterBates]

The real auto was a civvie Bell 204.

Brand new engine, just out of "FCF". HP fuel pump shaft broke, resulting in flameout at 3-400 feet ATL (Above Tree Level). Did a 0-0 to the tops of the trees, and pulled back stick and put it in tail first.

Bounced down thru trees and ended up stuck between two large pines about 10 feet up. Lot of smoke, kicked off the pilot door and got out. Slipped on oil on the skid, fell on rock and broke femur.

 

[hscs]

Hell of a way to break the leg...

Guess that old adage of the flight not being done till the debrief is complete holds true..

 

[Pags]

Or just OEI, when you are really heavy in the desert in the summer and don't have time or the ability to dump/jettison...

like if 1400lbs of gas is sitting in an internal aux tank.

 

[hscs]

Yeah, or just having to take the 5 sec to hold down the dump button in the 60S. Always hated that switch -- much prefer the legacy, red, guarded switch.

 

[MasterBates]

Or 3900# in the main cell, that only dumps at 836-1000 ppm. If you lose an engine on takeoff in summertime gulf conditions, you stand a decent chance of going swimming.