I noticed that it appears that his engine, indeed, was dead ie the prop was not turning in the video as the officer was facing the aircraft on approach.
Under the circumstances, I think the pilot did an excellent job avoiding a crash and the cars on the road. Notice in the video how he avoided the street lights, and the on coming cars, the car stopped at the red light. I noticed he was side slipping as he descended and prior to that he was more than likely trying to keep his airspeed to enable last minute maneuvering. I believe, that some may think this was a bad landing because the pilot forced the touch down and bounced as a result, however, I will remind everyone that this pilot was trying to get down and STOPPED before the intersection as well as avoid the obstacles including civilians in cars and sidewalks! As a Kr2 pilot myself, and owning N54PB, which is a conventional kr2 with retracts and NO flaps or belly board, I think NO ONE can fault this pilot on his EMERGENCY landing! I also think that the police officer did a GREAT job HELPING the pilot and protecting the public by his quick thinking and reaction to this EMERGENCY! This officer took the phrase/motto “To protect and serve” literally and did a great job, we need more of his kind. Signed Parley Byington Vietnam era veteran N54PB > On Aug 3, 2019, at 11:58, Flesner via KRnet <krnet@list.krnet.org> wrote: > > On 8/1/2019 8:16 PM, Patrick via KRnet wrote: >> https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/01/us/washington-plane-landing-trnd/index.html >> >> N5391M - flown by David Acklam. Built by Gary Glasgow. Saw the video on ABC >> news - not a pretty landing, but didn't appear to break anything! > > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > Hard to tell in the fuzzy video but it did not appear that the KR had a speed > brake or flaps. Low flat approach. Either might have been a positive factor > in this case for better speed control. > > Glad it all turned out well for plane and pilot. > > Larry Flesner > > > _______________________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at > https://www.mail-archive.com/krnet@list.krnet.org/. > Please see LIST RULES and KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html. > see http://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet_list.krnet.org to change > options. > To UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@list.krnet.org _______________________________________________ Search the KRnet Archives at https://www.mail-archive.com/krnet@list.krnet.org/. Please see LIST RULES and KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html. see http://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet_list.krnet.org to change options. To UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@list.krnet.org
