NW-FLYER
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Wenatchee, WA.
- Aircraft Year
- 1977
- Aircraft Type
- 112B
- Reg Number
- N377SB
- Serial Number
- 526
After leaving Seattle today from our in City base Renton WA, I knew it was going to be a rough ride home over the Cascades. Although only 9 Kt winds on take off winds aloft were strong and there was a moderate turbulent air/sig warning I knew it was not going to be fun but not abnormal either. We climbed out toward the Cascades at 3pm choppy crap weather slugging our way up in a climb. The Commander is a beast of a single built like a brick sh$t house and she don't like being pushed around. Today at 5,500 and climbing only 17 miles out it started getting worse and worse I was doing 100 knots on climb to stay under class Bravo and just at the outer boundary of Bravo when all hell broke loose.
All of the sudden we are upside down in less than two seconds. Not a roll but nose down attitude of about 10 to 15 degrees beyond straight down and rolling to the right from torque.
I have never seen anything quite like this in the small 800 hrs I have flying the friendly sky's. I have slugged it out like every one has but it happened so fast
I didn't know what happened till all I saw was ground in the wind screen. I had crap showering the cockpit from the back seat. Wendy hit her lips on the yoke and luckily I had my belt tight as I could get it my head hit the roof but not hard was slowed at belt limit. I had my cell in my shirt pocket and later found it in the baggage compartment after landing you get the idea it was a good hit.
Lucky for us both a good buddy of mine Arnie Clarke a silver star recipient 4 tour Nam fighter pilot had spent hours forcing me to learn UP SET training. Foggles on he would get way out of trim go straight down starting a spin ( this was in a bonanza 35 spins prohibited) and pull off my glasses and say it's you airplane!
I absolutely hated that training it scared the crap out of me. But he would always coax me back up to do it again saying some day you will need this trust me.
That day was today... Going from full power climb to straight down plus 10 or 15 degrees in 1.5 seconds I didn't have to think it was training. I stoped the roll / spin tendicey 1st with the rudder, then power back to the stops, then having a stable horizon to focus on even if it's all ground you pull up slow, slow, slow because you don't know what speed your carring you don't have time to look you will bend that ship like a tin can if you panic he used to tell me. Thank you Arnie I leveled dropped the gear for stability and turned 180 we got a hotel and a stiff drink. I have to hand to Wendy she is one tough girl. We have been trough some scary stuff in our years as aviators and she is rattled for a drink but let's go tomorrow shake it off we can handle it
)
All of the sudden we are upside down in less than two seconds. Not a roll but nose down attitude of about 10 to 15 degrees beyond straight down and rolling to the right from torque.
I have never seen anything quite like this in the small 800 hrs I have flying the friendly sky's. I have slugged it out like every one has but it happened so fast
I didn't know what happened till all I saw was ground in the wind screen. I had crap showering the cockpit from the back seat. Wendy hit her lips on the yoke and luckily I had my belt tight as I could get it my head hit the roof but not hard was slowed at belt limit. I had my cell in my shirt pocket and later found it in the baggage compartment after landing you get the idea it was a good hit.
Lucky for us both a good buddy of mine Arnie Clarke a silver star recipient 4 tour Nam fighter pilot had spent hours forcing me to learn UP SET training. Foggles on he would get way out of trim go straight down starting a spin ( this was in a bonanza 35 spins prohibited) and pull off my glasses and say it's you airplane!
I absolutely hated that training it scared the crap out of me. But he would always coax me back up to do it again saying some day you will need this trust me.
That day was today... Going from full power climb to straight down plus 10 or 15 degrees in 1.5 seconds I didn't have to think it was training. I stoped the roll / spin tendicey 1st with the rudder, then power back to the stops, then having a stable horizon to focus on even if it's all ground you pull up slow, slow, slow because you don't know what speed your carring you don't have time to look you will bend that ship like a tin can if you panic he used to tell me. Thank you Arnie I leveled dropped the gear for stability and turned 180 we got a hotel and a stiff drink. I have to hand to Wendy she is one tough girl. We have been trough some scary stuff in our years as aviators and she is rattled for a drink but let's go tomorrow shake it off we can handle it
)
Hope not! Thanks for sharing, glad it worked out.
and hope it doesn't happen again. Maybe I should consult a meteorologist.
