Magda: MZeroA Nation, Magda here.
Welcome to our new series, "Flying with Family and Friends."
Jason: Hey, MZeroA Nation, Jason Schappert here of MZeroA.com.
And, as we continue in
with our "Flying with Family and Friends" series,
I have an excellent clip from, well,
like the archives I want to share with you a little bit.
Our focus today is how can our non-flying copilots,
that's our son or daughter, our spouse, our best friend,
someone who's not a certificated pilot yet,
emphasis on "yet", that's flying with us.
How can they assist us in the event of an emergency?
Now, I don't mean an emergency that happens to me
where you talk about that, like,
"What if my spouse becomes incapacitated and I have to land this plane?"
That's a subject for another day.
I mean we're flying together, we're both fine,
but there's an emergency, like an engine failure.
If you remember how we started the year 2021,
we started strong with something called the 31 Day Safer Pilot Challenge.
And, I hope you had a chance to watch that.
If not, I'll make sure the MZeroA team links to the playlist.
It's 31 amazing, amazing videos.
And, I'm going to share with day three with you here today.
In day three, Magda and I are flying, and I simulate an engine failure.
And, while I'm focused on flying the airplane,
I asked Magda to serve as the pilot
who's helping me work through the checklist.
Here I am, about to make the most important landing in my life.
Again, we're simulating it.
I want to be fully focused on that.
To have somebody who's comfortable enough to work through,
that studied and reviewed the emergency checklist,
just goes such a long way, even in the simulated environment,
where we practice like we play.
You'll hear me mention that in there as well.
She also does a great job helping spot some traffic and everything else,
because even in the simulated environment, it's still important that,
hey, we're doing something out of the norm.
We need to keep our head on a swivel with that.
So, let's go back just a few months and let's check out day three
from the 31 Day Safer Pilot Challenge.
I will be the flying pilot.
Magda is really going to help me out as my copilot, eyes outside,
running through the flows, the checklist, good CRM here,
as we do a simulated engine failure
all the way down to landing to a grass strip.
Because, so often, I think we cheat on engine failures.
We pull the power back, we glide on down,
we pick a field, we get to 500 feet AGL, and we go missed.
Very few times we take it all the way down to the ground.
So, that's what we're going to do here today.
So, let's not waste any time.
Let's dive right into it in three, two, one.
Here's my engine failure.
Magda, would you mind running me through
my engine failure in flight checklist, please.
Magda: Top left starting with the ABCs.
Airspeed, 70.
Jason: Alright, pitching for 70, trimming for 70.
Magda: Best landing area?
Jason: Best landing area is the Williston Airport grass strip
Runway 36 right here in front of me.
Magda: Checklist flow, fuel selector, both.
Jason: Alright, both.
Magda: Mixture rich.
Jason: Mixture is confirmed rich.
Magda: Carb heat on.
Jason: Carb heat's on.
Magda: Primary lock.
Jason: Primary in lock.
Magda: Attempt restart, doesn't start?
Jason: Crank, crank, crank, didn't start.
Magda: Squawk 7700.
Jason: 7700 on the box.
Magda: 121. 5 or any towered frequency.
Jason: Alright, well, at Williston, we'll just make a call.
Williston traffic, Skyhawk 2-3-Mike-Zulu, right over top of field 3,400 feet.
I'm going to be spiraling down to the grass Runway 36,
simulated engine failure, Williston.
Magda: Three Maydays.
Jason: Alright, Mayday, Mayday, Mayday [unin] to say.
Good.
Magda: Doors open.
Jason: Alright, we'd open our doors so it's easier to egress.
Now, I need to work--
Is that checklist complete? I'm sorry.
Magda: Checklist complete.
Jason: Alright. Super. Thank you.
I have got the grass strip right down here.
And, if you, sweetheart, can help be my eyes outside,
because we're still flying--
Radio: [unin] 23 full-stop for a Bonanza [unin].
Jason: Bonanza 23 full-stop, I got one down there.
So, that's good.
And, now, we're spiraling and working our way on down
to the grass strip.
And, this is where we don't do ourselves a service.
We practice these simulated engine failures.
We go down to 500 feet AGL.
This is always pesky, congested, non-congested area rules and regulations.
And, we go missed.
But, money is made, team, from 500 feet to the ground.
You have to practice like you play.
There's an old story of a law enforcement agency
doing some training.
They're training how to disarm an armed bad guy.
And, they would train with the other officers.
They'd pull the gun and the other officer would perform maneuver,
take the gun, give it right back.
They'd pull the gun, perform a maneuver, take it right back,
and went back-and-forth, back-and-forth.
They built that primacy in how they do things.
And, what do you think when it happened in the real life?
Officer had a gun pulled on him.
He took the gun away.
Perfectly execute it.
And, gave the gun right back to the bad guy.
You can imagine the look on the bad guy's face.
You can imagine the look on the officer's face--
Radio: [unin].
Jason: He's turning final.
As all of this unfolded and happened.
Practice like you play.
Practice engine failures all the way down to landing.
Magda: Hey, baby. Traffic 10 o'clock.
Jason: I got it.
He shouldn't be a factor, he's heading out that way.
Thank you, though.
It's super.
Good CRM we got going on here.
We have to practice like we play.
I'm going to keep working this thing around here.
I have not added in any flaps, by the way.
I want to wait until I know I have the field made.
Williston traffic, Skyhawk 2-3-Mike-Zulu, over top of field 2,000 feet,
spiraling down for landing on Runway 36.
That's the grass runway at Williston.
They don't use the grass runway much, so that's why I emphasized it so much.
So, let's see which camera
is going to pick up the grass runway here first for you.
You see it that way.
I'm at 1,700 feet.
Way too high for a base.
But, watch what I'm going to do here.
It's much easier to get down
than it is to get back up in this situation.
So, I'm going to treat this
at 1,600 feet like a downwind, in this way.
I'm going to give my engine a little clearing burst
because it's very cold today.
I don't want to shot cold or anything like that.
And, at 1,500 feet, which AGL and MSL are about the same here,
I'm probably more 1,400 feet AGL, I'm on the downwind.
And I'm going to start treating it like a normal landing.
I'm actually going to go 10 degrees of flaps.
I know I have this thing made here.
Magda, clear right?
Magda: Clear right. Jason: Clear right. Let's go.
And, I'm turning right base.
Williston traffic, Skyhawk 2-3-Mike-Zulu is on a right base now for Runway 36,
the grass runway at Williston full-stop.
Everything is looking really great using my glide techniques,
Magda as my eyes outside helping me so I can focus on where I'm landing.
Who here has ever landed--
By the way, I'm going with my next notch of flaps.
This is looking good.
Who here has ever landed on a real grass strip?
If you haven't, you need to get out there and do it.
The last thing I want you to do
is your first real soft-field landing to be in a situation like this.
This isn't an actual emergency, but in an emergency.
The odds already so far stacked against you.
I don't need anything else stacking up against you with that.
This is looking good.
I'm turning final at about 800 feet, about 700 AGL,
200 feet higher than I would normally be.
But, I'm power-off, so let's watch this here.
Williston traffic, Skyhawk 2-3-Mike-Zulu is final 36,
the grass runway full-stop, Williston.
I'm actually going to be able to go full-flaps in this configuration as well
because we did good altitude management.
Speed's looking great at 68, 69.
System: 500.
Jason: There's my 500-foot alarm.
Looking good.
I'm just going to keep this old girl coming down.
Looking good.
Magda: Birds at 1 o'clock.
Jason: I got them in sight.
No factor.
Thank you.
Looking great as we work our way on in.
Those 40 degrees of flaps are making me look good, though, huh?
They're out there working hard.
A little bit of crosswind.
I'm going to turn carburetor heat off
because we are landing on a real grass strip.
My hands are going back on the throttle, just in case, there's an issue here.
And, we, my friends,
are coming in for a nice soft-field landing.
A little gust of wind there.
And, down on the grass.
Not too shabby.
From 3,500 feet, I think, we started,
all the way down into a nice real soft-field landing,
avoiding breaking,
letting this thing roll out, watching outside.
So, there you have it, a little bit of a look back.
Again, if you haven't seen the entire 31 Day Safer Pilot Challenge,
links below to check that out.
But, how are you and your non-co-pilots working together in the cockpit?
Are you watching this series with your aspiring aviators
or your non-flying co-pilots as well?
Leave us a comment down below this video
on Facebook, on YouTube, on MZeroA.com.
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Have a blessed, amazing, outstanding rest of your day.
And most importantly, remember,
that a good pilot is always learning.
Have a great day, everyone. We'll see you.