I didn't die!!!!!

[EdFred]

Night, single engine, IMC - and I lived!!

It was maybe only 20 minutes or so, so perhaps I wasn't in it long enough to DIE!!!

 

[JeffDG]

Night, single engine, IMC - and I lived!!

It was maybe only 20 minutes or so, so perhaps I wasn't in it long enough to DIE!!!

It was obviously the flight plan that saved you.

 

[wabower]

The first hour is free. You only have 40 minutes to go.

Night, single engine, IMC - and I lived!!

It was maybe only 20 minutes or so, so perhaps I wasn't in it long enough to DIE!!!

 

[EdFred]

It was obviously the flight plan that saved you.

*head slap*

Duh! Tooooootally forgot that I was on a flight plan, and planes on flight plans never crash.

 

[Gary]

Night, single engine, IMC - and I lived!!

It was maybe only 20 minutes or so, so perhaps I wasn't in it long enough to DIE!!!

Why would you die??

Gary

 

[EdFred]

Why would you die??

Gary

Didn't you know, you will always die if you fly single engine night imc. The engine knows to fail only during those conditions.

Luckily I was saved by my flight plan. Flight plans prevent more crashes than the Cirrus' BRS.

 

[Gary]

Luckily I was saved by my flight plan. Flight plans prevent more crashes than the Cirrus' BRS.

Well... good you had the flight plan. Can't argue that the lack of a flight plan seems to be the leading cause of death.

Gary

 

[dmccormack]

Funny.

If you did have an engine failure over -- oh, let's say Bedford or Somerset County at night -- well, good luck.

FWIW I've flown SEL Night IMC.

I prefer not to.

 

[steingar]

Congrats on making it. I'm almost ready to pull the plug myself. Too much IFR en route.

 

[azure]

Didn't you know, you will always die if you fly single engine night imc. The engine knows to fail only during those conditions.

It will also fail if you're out of gliding distance from shore, even if you're VFR... unless, of course, you file a flight plan.

 

[vontresc]

Dammit, we'll have to put up with Ed for a while longer...

 

[Teller1900]

Didn't you know, you will always die if you fly single engine night imc. The engine knows to fail only during those conditions.

Luckily I was saved by my flight plan. Flight plans prevent more crashes than the Cirrus' BRS.

I figured it was because you made a tight pattern at your destination. I thought that's the only time the engine dies is if you extend your downwind past power off gliding range of your destination.

 

[flyersfan31]

I figure it's because you didn't fly over any elementary schools. Plus, there was no volcanic dust for the motors of your single-engine Twin Piper Cessna Bonanza to ingest.

 

[ScottM]

*head slap*

Duh! Tooooootally forgot that I was on a flight plan, and planes on flight plans never crash.

Thank goodness you were not over water, even a flight plan can't save you then.

 

[SCCutler]

I avoid night IMC, but it is not an absolute deal-killer for me. Depends upon the circs.

One thing is, the eerie light from the city as I made an approach to low-ish at Dallas Love Field. Very strange!

 

[bbchien]

Night, single engine, IMC - and I lived!!

It was maybe only 20 minutes or so, so perhaps I wasn't in it long enough to DIE!!!

NEITHER DID I!

 

[gismo]

Didn't you know, you will always die if you fly single engine night imc. The engine knows to fail only during those conditions.

I think you cheated, cause your engine kept running even though it should have quit.

 

[Ted]

What's even more impressive is that he later flew with another CFI in the plane, and didn't die.

This man must be invincible!

 

[COFlyBoy]

Gotta add my harrowing experience.

Today I flew without a flight plan, I didn't talk to ATC at an uncontrolled airport with traffic, and I didn't die!