xrs135 Posted February 1, 2015 Report Share Posted February 1, 2015 Wingtip vortices and rotorwash vortices are no joke! There is a reason why air traffic controllers are constantly giving you wake turbulence advisories. Don't take them lightly, and most of all fly cautiously. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MooneyBob Posted February 1, 2015 Report Share Posted February 1, 2015 Wow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottfromiowa Posted February 1, 2015 Report Share Posted February 1, 2015 Anybody know if they lived/what outcome was? Yikes! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carusoam Posted February 1, 2015 Report Share Posted February 1, 2015 That is eye opening... Thirty seconds is not enough time for dissipation... -a- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hank Posted February 1, 2015 Report Share Posted February 1, 2015 Anybody know if they lived/what outcome was? Yikes! That plane is junk, but a door opened and at least one person is visible walking around before the next plane does a go around. Where was this? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aviatoreb Posted February 1, 2015 Report Share Posted February 1, 2015 It was good to see at the end of the video someone climbing out. The cabin seems to be in good integrity still. Fingers crossed all are fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merrja Posted February 1, 2015 Report Share Posted February 1, 2015 Holy Cow, at least thepilot looked OK when he got out. Anyone know what the airport is? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottfromiowa Posted February 1, 2015 Report Share Posted February 1, 2015 That plane is junk, but a door opened and at least one person is visible walking around before the next plane does a go around. Where was this? Watched again on pad. Glad he was able to walk away from that. Small on my pad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hank Posted February 1, 2015 Report Share Posted February 1, 2015 Apparently it was Ft Collins-Loveland CO. Saw it on AOPA Forums just now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryoder Posted February 1, 2015 Report Share Posted February 1, 2015 Wow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danb Posted February 1, 2015 Report Share Posted February 1, 2015 Holy cow! That's scary.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryoder Posted February 1, 2015 Report Share Posted February 1, 2015 Time to ban helicopters... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carusoam Posted February 2, 2015 Report Share Posted February 2, 2015 Around my home drome, on the ground... When an R22 goes buy, I quickly close the door, gather anything loose, close up the car... When an R44 goes buy, I hold onto the children (teenagers). I don't want to lose my investments... If something that large goes buy, every body is instructed to run for cover. Seek shelter indoors... Best regards, -a- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
201er Posted February 2, 2015 Report Share Posted February 2, 2015 Pilot survived, here's the preliminary http://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=20141208X21730&key=1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marky_24 Posted February 2, 2015 Report Share Posted February 2, 2015 The way the preliminary reads, it sounds more like a botched go around than wake turbulence flipping the plane. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryoder Posted February 2, 2015 Report Share Posted February 2, 2015 On my second solo I was asked to fly to the practice area and come back for a full stop. I had a great flight out there and came right back in immediately enjoying the view and my new found freedom. On the way back to KPIE there was a coast guard C130 in the pattern with me. The tower had me fly south for a while mirroring the C130s downwind. Once he turned base she told me to come in and make left base for 36R. I was on a long final and she cleared me to land and cautioned me about the wake turbulence. They always say that so I just accepted the clearance and did my normal slightly high speed landing in this big runway in my rented 172M. I didn't bother to land after the 130s touch down point and boy did I have some strange gyrations to deal with when over the numbers. At the time I chalked it up to being a super low time pilot but it was the wake turbulence. I had a terrible time maintaining a stable pitch in the flare. Good thing I carried a little extra airspeed into that landing. It might have helped me get it down. I. Ever mess around with wake turbulence now. If they say caution wake turbulence when they give me my takeoff clearance I take my sweet time rolling out into the runway, line everything up, and do a short field takeoff, and try to turn off the wake. During a landing it's harder to avoid and know where that other aircraft rotated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schule Posted February 2, 2015 Report Share Posted February 2, 2015 Wow! I have watched a snow storm develop on a clam winter morning after some heavy aircraft start generating lift for takeoff, but that video puts a whole new light on the matter. 2 and 3 min spacing plus up wind flight paths. What could have been the outcome if he flipped at pattern altitude? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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