184 Boeing Test Pilot Has IFR Engine Out Emergency in a Beech Bonanza`
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🗓️ 19 April 2021
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184 Boeing Test Pilot Has IFR Engine Out Emergency in a Beech Bonanza
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184 Max talks with Boeing Experimental Test Pilot and former naval aviator John Tougas about his engine failure in a Beech Bonanza. In August 2020, John was flying IFR at 5000' above multiple cloud layers. At approximately 7 miles from Jacksonville, FL the crankshaft suddenly broke and the engine stopped. ATC gave him two vectors to the field, and John broke out of the clouds over the numbers.
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| 0:00.0 | Mayday, Maddie and, Maddie, Pananda, 1957 Leam, emergency aircraft. I need to land. |
| 0:07.0 | Number nine seven Lima, Roger Jackson, National. It's your, about four miles or all left to your position. |
| 0:12.2 | You can have runway three to up and advise if you need any system. |
| 0:20.2 | Hello again, and welcome to Aviation News Talk, we talk general aviation with relevant news and flying tips for pilots and student pilots like you to help keep you safe. |
| 0:28.6 | Hi, Max Truscott. |
| 0:29.7 | Now, this may be one of our most important episodes to date as you may learn one or two nuggets of information that could save your life if you have a total engine failure. |
| 0:38.1 | That's what happened last summer to Boeing experimental test pilot John Tugus, and today he shares |
| 0:42.8 | what happened. As you listen, take note of not just the things that John did after the engine |
| 0:47.4 | failed, but also the things he routinely does in flight, so he's prepared in case he does have an |
| 0:52.8 | engine failure. In episode 183, we talked about |
| 0:56.5 | the Garmin G3,000 and G5,000 glass cockpits and about my brand new book that teaches you |
| 1:01.9 | these systems. So if you didn't hear that episode, you may want to check it out. And since |
| 1:05.9 | today's episode is so important, now would be a great time to share aviation news talk with |
| 1:10.6 | your friends, |
| 1:11.4 | because an engine failure could happen literally to any of us. |
| 1:14.6 | And there may be things that you and your friends learn from this episode that could help |
| 1:18.3 | you survive if you lose an engine someday. |
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| 1:30.4 | Or if you prefer, just send a text or email to your friend and tell him or her to go out on |
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