A Plane landed on 680 in Fremont
01-05-2006, 10:02 AM
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A Plane landed on 680 in Fremont
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercu...ntent=sjm_news
My girlfriend was coming home from work yesterday, going northbound, and asked me to look up traffic for her. She had gotten on at 237. I look up 511 and only found minor things. Then she calls me like 15 mins later and said there is a plane on the southbound lanes of the freeway. There's the story about it.
My girlfriend was coming home from work yesterday, going northbound, and asked me to look up traffic for her. She had gotten on at 237. I look up 511 and only found minor things. Then she calls me like 15 mins later and said there is a plane on the southbound lanes of the freeway. There's the story about it.
01-06-2006, 03:25 AM
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haha i heard about that at school yesterday. apparently the guy with his wife/kids in the plane didn't know how to change over to the reserve gas tank and had to make an emergency landing. he was too embarassed to talk to the media or somethin
01-06-2006, 09:26 PM
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From the story:
""An instructor pilot and a student had departed Reid-Hillview Airport in East San Jose at 2 p.m. They were on their way back when the two-seater Piper Cherokee 140 began encountering difficulties.""
""he would not confirm other CHP reports that the plane had run out of gas.""
They could not have run out of gas and still been able to taxi. The only source of propulsion in the air or on the ground is the engine that runs the prop. They would not have enough momuntum to turn the airplane around as it appears they did from the pictures.
On a Piper Cherokee 140 there is no reserve tank. There are two tanks on a 140, a left tank and a right tank. The "switch" is a BIG red toggle on the left side of the pilot down by the floor. This switch is a VERY BIG part of the initial training of new pilots. A few times a newer student will accidently switch the fuel selector to "off" by turning too far or being confused.
Also, there are quite a few things that can make an instructor determine that a controled emergency landing is necessary. Control problems could have been an issue; possibly indicated by the witness saying the plane was "tipping and tilting" on a day with "perfect" weather. If my controls were malfunctioning I would land immeadiatly.
As for the drivers coperating... what choice did they really have? Not give way and cause a bad crash? I would really hope that if I ever had to land on a busy road that the drivers would realize that this is probably an emergency and not my first choice and then get out of my way.
""An instructor pilot and a student had departed Reid-Hillview Airport in East San Jose at 2 p.m. They were on their way back when the two-seater Piper Cherokee 140 began encountering difficulties.""
""he would not confirm other CHP reports that the plane had run out of gas.""
They could not have run out of gas and still been able to taxi. The only source of propulsion in the air or on the ground is the engine that runs the prop. They would not have enough momuntum to turn the airplane around as it appears they did from the pictures.
On a Piper Cherokee 140 there is no reserve tank. There are two tanks on a 140, a left tank and a right tank. The "switch" is a BIG red toggle on the left side of the pilot down by the floor. This switch is a VERY BIG part of the initial training of new pilots. A few times a newer student will accidently switch the fuel selector to "off" by turning too far or being confused.
Also, there are quite a few things that can make an instructor determine that a controled emergency landing is necessary. Control problems could have been an issue; possibly indicated by the witness saying the plane was "tipping and tilting" on a day with "perfect" weather. If my controls were malfunctioning I would land immeadiatly.
As for the drivers coperating... what choice did they really have? Not give way and cause a bad crash? I would really hope that if I ever had to land on a busy road that the drivers would realize that this is probably an emergency and not my first choice and then get out of my way.
