There was nowhere to land 45 seconds earlier. Airspeed and height above terrain when they lost power may have been chosen for best video flyby. A witness that was located on airport property reported that he observed the airplane on short final, and the right main landing gear appeared to be retracted, but the left and nose landing gear appeared to be down. And still, even if you miss a couple of things in the limited time that you have to react, you can still survive what seems like a worst-case scenario. This started out as just a fun day with our friends. Looks like he had the field EZ-and-safely to a normal touchdown speed but neglected airspeed and got a left wing stall. In other words, 'lean' the fuel mixture so it will run correctly. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. Saturday morning, Brewster County Deputies responded to a remote location, in Southeastern Brewster County, to investigate a helicopter crash. In this scenario, the Cessna was flying way slower than recommended. A new theory has emerged about what caused a plane carrying 72 passengers, including one Australian, to crash in Nepal minutes before it was set to land. Officer Ponzo is a 23-year veteran of the Stoneham Police Department and he was the right person to be there when this man needed help. Sometimes things work out, sometimes they don't.Stuff happens. I wonder how many things this pilot has faked in his life. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. Gentry and Shad, who were at the front of the plane, suffered back and spinal injuries and remain hospitalized. There's going to be blood!" Flight Conducted Under: Part 91: General Aviation - Personal. I could feel him the whole time.. To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a The FAA and the Sheriffs Office are investigating this incident. The track then decreases in altitude as it turns southwest approaching a large canyon. I have 2000 hours in that make and model plane.The pilot has poor judgement. $100k would be the cap if you're low time. Mikesell said she was the first one out of the plane as nearby campers ran to their rescue. God speed to both of these men, and the others involved in the crash. Yes, definite error. RIVERTON Tuesday morning was the moment Gentry Mikesell had been waiting for. Passenger Tim Leibbrandt sustained more serious, non-life threatening injuries. Its been amazing seeing all the support, said Betsy Mikesell. But Feild had neither speed nor altitude to work with. The second option was an open field. VFR required minimum reserves fuel is 30 minutes so.about 7 gallons on landing.With that, do we have additional information to even assume anything yet? It's a standard crash - engine failure and he handled it about as well as possible. The lake, a beach and sagebrush all offered places to land. The pilot's whole spiel on video about how he would never do anything dangerous is a sad joke. I didnt know if he was going to make it, honestly, said Betsy Mikesell with tears in her eyes. Im so grateful for everybody, for the people who came and helped, the people at the hospital, for our hero pilot, Shad, that somehow landed the plane.. It landed not far from the grass airstrip on the property. He initiated a forced landing in an open field where the airplane experienced a hard landing. gear collapsed. The pilot reported that the engine experienced a loss of power during a turn over mountainous terrain. I didnt want to flip over and hurt the people in the back., For some reason in my mind, I was just so calm, Mikesell said. In Perkins County, the pilot of a crop plane died after his aircraft went down in a cornfield seven miles south and a half mile east of Grant, or about three miles north of the Chase/Perkins county line. The pilot was flown to Alpine, by DPS aircraft, and treated for injuries. There is a video of the entire crash on youtube. The debris left an approximately 85-foot-long path with the engine and left wing. The 333/730 location is a few miles southwest of Enders Lake. A belly up landing would have been fine if he was concerned with the plane flipping over. The pilot and passenger received minor injuries. The plane has a useful load around 1700 lbs. I don't detect "god's hand" in this at all. you can see the effect here from having the gear down- the airplane pitches nose down, rather than sliding, and the g-loading is much higher. Enough, okay so anyways, there's so many quick cuts in the video you have to pay attention or reduce playback speed, lol.So assuming it's not a fuel gauge malfunction (we're supposed to visually and physically inspect and measure fuel before each flight, so we know if we have a malfunction or not with a gauge, or leaks); 30 gallons (1.75 hours) total fuel on a turbo T210M that consumes up to 17 gal/hr, starting on the 20 gal tank (1.15 hours). Watch the vid. Note the under wing mirror for visibility of landing gear. Find flight for cheapWith its premium plus plan, youll be able to browse flight deals going for up to 90% off in business, premium economy, and economy class. i will be interested to hear what happened here, but the engines on the 210 (and 206) have a tendency to be finicky coming back up to power after a power-off descent (i've had them cough on me many times in different planes pushing the power back up at bottom of descent) i wouldn't recommend power-idle descents to any of my students. EDIT: He flared when he was like 30 feet off the ground. The airplane then impacted the corn, resulting in substantial damage to the right wing and fuselage. That is not an option, it is required. The Mikesell Family 193K subscribers Subscribe 1.3M views 2 years ago This past Friday morning, Aug 7, 2020, our lives changed forever. Super great. The pilot stated that this was his third passenger carrying flight of the day and he determined his takeoff weight was about 146 lbs below max gross weight. In 2016, "When you reintroduce desert bighorn in a landscape such as Elephant Mountain here, it's really a trickle down effect,". ?I can see three major issues that any professional pilot would recognize ..1) flight below safe minimums, very limited glide and landing possibilities2) no use of shoulder restraints3) stalling the airplane into the crash to high above touch down point.It doesnt matter what failed, turbo .. fouled plugs .. fuel level. Maybe he rolled on mains and then stubbed in.Perhaps the rear raised up for a "almost" flip but went back down hard and mashed the right main gear. The investigation was unable to duplicate any operational discrepancies with the landing gear system. You should be spring loaded to pitch for best glide when you feel the engine go out. Two people. The plane sank into the water right after the crash and the man was able to get himself out before we got there. Nice plane.https://www.instagram.com/p/CDq_DoSAklO/. According to state police, around 3 p.m. Marine Patrol Officer Zachary Cobis was on patrol on the lake when he was flagged down by a passing boater reporting a plane crash. Betsy Mikesell is a married woman and a mother of three children. This time, a video by the Mikesell Family YouTube channel shows how pilot Shadrach Feild handled an engine problem with a full plane of six people. It literally makes me cry every day. We may earn a commission from links on this page. Aside from armchair speculation.? The right seat passenger is filming this flight and experience for youtube. And maybe god should have recommended some glider training (minimum energy off-field landings, effects of wind and heating in mountainous etc) But it does make for a lot of new subscribers to the family youtube channel! Texas wildlife officials have been instrumental in restoring numbers of desert bighorn sheep after the population decreased. So he briefly retracted the flaps and gear then aimed for the sagebrush. Betsy had a hair salon according to Google. I want to concur with others statements about the lack of airspeed on approach to the selected landing spot, and the possibility of turbo failure or lack of leaning for altitude. The open field is on the banks of Moon Lake at an elevation of 8,100 ft mean sea level (msl). He and other boaters worked to pull Grapes out of the water and onto his boat. Feild explains that there were people on the beach and he feared that the plane would flip over in the sand. The other tank has 10 gal (0.6 hrs). Looks like this aircraft had a prior engine out (water in fuel related) hard landing a long time agohttps://app.ntsb.gov/pdfgenerator/ReportGeneratorFile.ashx?EventID=20001214X42456&AKey=1&RType=Final&IType=FA. This is preliminary information, subject to change, and may contain errors. A property owner discovered the crash site around 2 p.m., about three-quarters of a mile west of the airport. Feild and his front seat passenger Gentry Mikesell both received severe injuries. Ended up stalling the airplane, at glide speed it would have been a routine landing. The fuel metering will be off to the rich side and the engine will drown in fuel and stop producing power. The Brewster County Sheriffs Office, Texas DPS Aircraft Operations, Texas Parks and Wildlife, US Border Patrol, Marathon Volunteer Fire Department, and civilian volunteers assisted with the incident. Perhaps the plugs are somewhat compromised from carbon build-up or perhaps vapor lock occurs, but the engine stumbles. He was identified as David Grapes, 78. hope the claim is denied and these idots pay for all the emergency services they used. One thing nobody mentioned is that the pilot & front passenger that received the worst injuries were not wearing their shoulder belts. It looked like he had plenty of room in the sage brush field, I am not sure why he was so intent on trying to slow the plane down to as slow as possible before touchdown. That pilot's landing skills are about as rusty as the zero key on my keyboard. I thought it would be better to try and land in the sagebrush flat, Feild said. I thought it would be better to try and land in the sage brush flat, Feild said. As Shad looked for a landing spot, he spotted two possible locations. But remember the ABCs ,,,Airspeed for best Glide , Best place to land and Checklist if you have time. So many things wrong with the hateful posts on here. @goldy he says "it's going to be hard!!" . Brock managed to walk away from the crash. Ride the stall horn and you may not be able to roll out on landing to arrest your high vertical speed. I wondered how it flew and landed safely after seeing the result of the failure. Some experts had wondered if the crash was a publicity stunt. The prop was hanging down about 25 degrees below level. Fuel mixture leaning is the purpose of the red handle control knob coming out of the dash. As Shad looked for a landing spot, he spotted two possible locations. He never said, were going to crash, Mikesell said. The Texas Department of Public Safety, Federal Aviation Administration and Texas Game Wardens are investigating the crash. I haven't heard much on how Shad is but poor Gentry! At approximately 3 p.m. Sunday, Stoneham Police Officer Joe Ponzo was off-duty with his family on vacation on a boat in Lake Winnipesaukee, when he observed an ultralight glider plane crash land into the lake. Hopefully the insurance gets rejected and these people pay for their fakeness and stupidity. The video from December shows Trevor Jacob cursing in panic before leaping with a parachute out of a small plane. For the terrain that we were in and how it all unfolded, it takes more than a good pilot to get through this, he said. Lots of 210 crashes lately what gives? Details from 1:35 mark onward include height, speed, flaps, gear operation, power setting/response and landing. I remember telling them I would take care of them, Feild said, holding back emotions.