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Re:FAA investigating controversial crash video by lumost on Wednesday December 29, 2021 @04:57PM (#29730609)
Generally planes are good gliders. The only reason to bail out is if it is impossible to find an airport/landing strip within glide range and the aircraft is in a remote location where the aircraft crashing won’t matter.

Even in the latter case - there is limited benefit from jumping early vs. gliding towards civilization/possible landing sites.

IIRC dealing with engine out/glide contingencies is part of pilot training and licensing in the US

EDIT: the commenters on the FA also point out several distinct troubleshooting steps that are missing from the video including pre-engine failure signs + recovery steps, radioing ATC for guidance, flying above roads to ensure proximity to off field landing sites, and maintaining an updated list of off field landing sites along the route.

At the very least, several flying mistakes were demonstrated.

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Re:FAA investigating controversial crash video by haney on Wednesday December 29, 2021 @07:09PM (#29731819)
> IIRC dealing with engine out/glide contingencies is part of pilot training and licensing in the US

Recently got my Private Pilot License, emergency descents and planning for emergency landings is definitely part of the check ride.

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Re:FAA investigating controversial crash video by NikolaNovak on Wednesday December 29, 2021 @07:50PM (#29732163)
And early, way earlier than I expected as a student. In my flight club at least they taught you engine failure explicitly early on, then practiced it frequently throughout rest of the lessons and training. I. E. My instructor would literally pull out throttle during a different planned exercise which was my signal for "oh crap I guess we are doing engine fail sim now" :-D

There are very very very few situations where I'd imagine trusting my parachuting skills over my Cessna gliding skills. That thing is meant to protect you all the way down.

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Re:FAA investigating controversial crash video by tomcam on Wednesday December 29, 2021 @11:50PM (#29733738)
Congratulations on the pilot’s license!
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Re:FAA investigating controversial crash video by avereveard on Thursday December 30, 2021 @03:46AM (#29734938)
recently got gifted a plane ride, it was a something something pioneer, a low two seaters, and a dead stick landing was part of the routine, and was almost menial.
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