ENGINE FAILURE in a single engine aircraft and how to SURVIVE if the worst happens.

So you’ve got a serious situation to deal with and when it all goes quiet up front you need to focus all your experience and training into what could be the most important landing you will ever make. So, join me today as together we look at surviving an engine failure in a single engine aircraft. From the early days of learning to fly you are taught to always be thinking ahead of the aircraft and in having a Plan B or even C if things don’t go as intended and before you ever get to go solo you are taught to expect the worse and always think that that whirly thing in front of you could stop spinning at any moment. Modern aircraft engines are very reliable and with proper maintenance and careful handling they can remain 100% reliable throughout their useful life, but, there is a myriad of reasons why that propeller might stop turning partially or even completely and it’s not all about mechanical failure. Carb icing, fouled plugs, wrong mixture setting, or just general fuel starvation through vapour lock or water contamination are all reasons that the donkey might quit even though the actual engine is perfectly serviceable. Survivability is highly likely but not guaranteed once the thrust is lost but there’s plenty you can do to prevent and mitigate from it happening and if it does to put the odds in your favour. Thanks to Martin Blandy for the clip of his EFATO training video. He has his own channel here if you want to see more: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOyEFeEFm1a13hYXBAWbWpA If you are interested in the gear I used to film this video please follow the Amazon Affiliate links below, (if you do end up buying I get a teeny tiny bit of commission from Amazon which I can use to make the channel better and it costs you no more so I really appreciate it if you do use my links) thank you: My iPhone mount for SkyDemon: https://amzn.to/39PddG8 My main GoPro Camera: https://amzn.to/2XWLvVw My main GoPro Camera Media Mod: https://amzn.to/3F2umuj My second GoPro Camera: https://amzn.to/3F2umuj My 360 Camera: https://amzn.to/3CN80v8 My stills camera: https://amzn.to/3ul9gCF My name is Terry Kent and I am a General Aviation PPL private pilot operating out of North Weald EGSX about 12 miles to the north east of London in the UK. Short Field is my little YouTube channel focused on the lighter side of General Aviation including flight and airfield reviews, equipment unboxing's and reviews plus all things private pilot related. I use various cameras to record my videos including GoPro and Insta 360 and stills and edit them in the Adobe Creative Suite software, I am an animator as well and often use animations to describe and explain situations more clearly I use Blender and Adobe After Effects for these. I always attempt to post my videos in the highest possible quality, normally 4k, although sometimes I may have to up-res lower quality footage. If you are interested, my video content is available to purchase as stock footage, please contact me via my email address in the ABOUT section of my channel for more information. I fly a 2011 Pipersport two seat single engine aircraft that is also known as the PS28 or SportCruiser in the USA (America) it is know under the FAA as an LSA or Light Sport Aircraft and can be flown on a very basic license. In the UK it is a Part 21 airplane which requires a full licence but it's generally cheap to run, affordable maintenance and great value for money. It cruises at 100 to 105 knots and has superb short take off and landing or STOL capabilities. I visit farm strips, back country and short airfields, some of them dangerous and I try not to crash :-), as well as international airports and try to learn something new every time I fly. I fly VFR and IFR as well as visual and instrument approaches. My videos may give helpful information to pilots but please remember these are just for entertainment, I am not an instructor nor should anything shown in my videos be used for real world aviation, also the airfields I visit may have totally changed or even closed since the making of the video so always consult the latest information for your country. If you enjoyed this video, please give it a ‘thumbs up’ and leave me a comment in the box below, I love to read them and I also like to hear what you like or dislike about my video. Please share it with anyone you think would be interested and I'd so love it if you ticked SUBSCRIBE and DING THE NOTIFICATION BELL to be informed by YouTube when I upload my next video. Thank you so much. If you like my content (I don't get any revenue from this channel, at all) you could buy me a coffee but no worries if you don't want to, I'm just chuffed that you are even interested in my videos, and if you ever see me at any airfields please come over and say 'Hi' and I'll probably buy you a coffee. https://www.buymeacoffee.com/shortfield Planning Software: SkyDemon https://www.skydemon.aero/