A passenger with no flying experience landed a plane in a Florida airport after the pilot became incapacitated

[VySky]

Incredible.

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(CNN) — A passenger with no flying experience safely landed a private plane in a Florida airport Tuesday afternoon, May 10, when the pilot became incapacitated.
As the situation unfolded, the passenger can be heard telling air traffic control that he doesn't know how to fly the plane, according to LiveATC.net audio CNN obtained.

A passenger with no flying experience landed a plane at a Florida airport after the pilot became incapacitated

"I have no idea how to fly the airplane."

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[Allan]

That's incredible. The passenger would need to have a very calm set of nerves to be able to pull this off. One wrong move and he'd have a stall he probably wouldn't be able to recover from.

 

[Callen]

Amazing!

 

[VySky]

Hope it wasn't a hoax. At least he might have had some Microsoft Flight Sim experience. So many things had to go right. Good job on the controller.

 

[Rexedgar]

Hope it wasn't a hoax. At least he might have had some Microsoft Flight Sim experience. So many things had to go right. Good job on the controller.

What were the specifics on the PIC? Age, health are closely monitored by the FAA.

 

[Rexedgar]

What were the specifics on the PIC? Age, health are closely monitored by the FAA.

Cessna 208 is a basic airplane with controls easily identified, but the passenger had to be cool under pressure.

 

[VySky]

Cessna 208 is a basic airplane with controls easily identified, but the passenger had to be cool under pressure.

A turbo prop is not a basic power plant. The odds were overwhelmingly against them

 

[VySky]

What were the specifics on the PIC? Age, health are closely monitored by the FAA.

Actually you are not closely monitored unless you carry a Class 1 Medical. If this was a private pilot all he needs is a evaluation every 4 years

 

[bongsaway]

A turbo prop is not a basic power plant. The odds were overwhelmingly against them

In spite of your negativity, they made it. I can imagine you on the plane, 'we're gonna' die, we're gonna' die, we're gonna' die.

 

[VySky]

In spite of your negativity, they made it. I can imagine you on the plane, 'we're gonna' die, we're gonna' die, we're gonna' die.

lol. The guy did great.

 

[Rexedgar]

A turbo prop is not a basic power plant. The odds were overwhelmingly against them

I mis-read, I read 206…

 

[Roadvirus]

Incredible.

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(CNN) — A passenger with no flying experience safely landed a private plane in a Florida airport Tuesday afternoon, May 10, when the pilot became incapacitated.
As the situation unfolded, the passenger can be heard telling air traffic control that he doesn't know how to fly the plane, according to LiveATC.net audio CNN obtained.

A passenger with no flying experience landed a plane at a Florida airport after the pilot became incapacitated

"I have no idea how to fly the airplane."

edition.cnn.com

Real life Airport 1975.

 

[yankintx]

That's incredible. The passenger would need to have a very calm set of nerves to be able to pull this off. One wrong move and he'd have a stall he probably wouldn't be able to recover from.

Nerves of steel that one

 

[yankintx]

Real life Airport 1975.

I actually had images of Karen Black landing that 747 while reading the thread.

Not sure how true it is, talking a novice thru landing a 747.

 

[upsideguy]

Incredible.

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(CNN) — A passenger with no flying experience safely landed a private plane in a Florida airport Tuesday afternoon, May 10, when the pilot became incapacitated.
As the situation unfolded, the passenger can be heard telling air traffic control that he doesn't know how to fly the plane, according to LiveATC.net audio CNN obtained.

A passenger with no flying experience landed a plane at a Florida airport after the pilot became incapacitated

"I have no idea how to fly the airplane."

edition.cnn.com

You are a pilot, you know this. This is worthy of a salute, particularly for being calm under pressure.... but I would not call it "incredible".... with a good set of instructions from a CFI over the radio, calm nerves and the ability to follow instructions, a lay person could land most airplanes, particularly a single engine. You may not stay on the runway or damage some of the undercarriage, but its hardly an insurmountable task, particularly in a forgiving plane like a Cessna. Nonetheless, a big salute.