Posted on 01/23/2023 12:42:25 PM PST by BenLurkin
The heart-pounding incident happened around 11:15 a.m. Sunday when the pilot reported losing engine power while flying a survey assignment from the West Houston Airport, local outlet KTRK reported.
The aviator attempted to land the Bonanza 35 single-engine plane on state Highway 99 in Cypress Rosehill.
“I’m going to try to bring it in over the road and land with traffic,” the pilot was heard saying in a recorded live air traffic control communication obtained by KHOU11.
Department of Public Safety spokesperson Officer Richard Standifer said the pilot reported that he apparently grazed the top of a semi-truck hauling TempurPedic-brand mattresses, before he managed to set the single-engine plane down.
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V-tailed doctor killer.
I bet that you are super-smart, huh?
Dead stick landing on a busy highway can be tricky...
If a flat bed had been hauling those mattresses, he might have been able to make a nice soft landing. ☺
Met a guy long time ago who had one
Friends were transporting it for him - flying it to another state.
They had engine trouble. Landed and attempted repairs.
Took off again.
Crashed. Both lost in the crash.
So it’s the engine, not the tail?
Maybe they all need an EV conversion?
Yep, killing doctors since 1947
Great article, hot new planes and not a lot of airtime.
Case in point, Thurman Munson 6 hours in his Cessna 501 Citation.
That’s pretty cool. Land on top of a truck full of mattresses. Some guys have all the luck.
A little trivia, it has a much better safety record than the Cirrus aircraft so popular now that actually has a parachute recovery system. The weak tails problem in the 1947 through early 50s models has long since been resolved. It actually has the same safety record as the conventional tail bonanza.
https://airfactsjournal.com/2012/06/tail-tale-what-was-wrong-with-v-tail-bonanza-pilots/
This is a better examination of bonanza V trail safety.
The doctor killer extraordinary.
Adolf Galland owned one after the war. Flew it around France over some of his old stomping grounds during the war. He loved it. But he really didn’t know much about aircraft, he was only one of the leading aces of the Luftwaffe, and headed up the German Air Force after the war.
Bonanzas and Mooneys are examples of aircraft that can get people into trouble if they lack the requisite training and experience.
Putting a 110kt pilot into a 140kt aircraft is a setup for disaster.
Nobody was injured.
The Baron kills doctors better. Best rate of climb = 5 knots lower than stall speed critical engine out. So it’s a “rub my belly” stall on departure full of fuel, golf clubs, and luggage with the family.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ljDo1vbcRnk
Galland flying his Bonanza over Calais… giving an interview.
MU-2. Gotta be five miles ahead of that beast. Fast, slippery, powerful, and likes her belly facing gawd.
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