bah, it *was* an emergency!

[sjwk]

Following a last minute go-around (ATC decided to slot my MD11 in behind a little Mooney and I couldn't stop catching it up) I put my gear up and one
stayed down. Cycled the gear a couple of times and decided it wasn't going back up. External model and instruments showed the left rear as down.

Declared an emergency and came round again, which was a close thing - approach mode autopilot tried to nose me into the ground half a mile out, and
then got a slap on the wrist and 300 point penalty for declaring a false emergency. I've not got any other software installed that generates failures
so not quite sure where it came from if not from FSP...

Steve.

[deanos63]

same thing happened to me,

I had an instrument failure. All my IAS gauges stopped working, everything else was fine.

Thought i'd beeter declare an emergancy or i will get a slapped wrist for not doing so. Plus i didn't know what speed i was doing s i had
the plane (777) approach as a visual landing, so i could have been overspeed or i may have been under and would have hit the graoud
hard.

Anyway, flight report suggests that i declared an emergancy without a proper reason!!! fined, penalty points! WTF?

what was i suppose to do?

[Ryanamur]

Hi guys,

Remember never to declare an emergency unless your copilot advises you that you have a problem.

As for the IAS droping to 0, that's a common indication that your pitot is iced up. Simply start your pitot heat and your IAS will come back in
seconds.

Phil

[deanos63]

thats what i thought , so i did that. but it stated that it was +17c outside!?

anyway never mind.

[jc301290]

lol.why not enable the "cheat" about the emergencies in the mini-display?

[AltairZQ]

Ryanamur wrote:
Hi guys,

Remember never to declare an emergency unless your copilot advises you that you have a problem.

I hade a fuel leak and the engine stopped and the copilot never said a thing. I didn't declare the emergency and got penalized for it.

[runibl]

Fuel leak and oil temperature rise, is the only thing he won't warn about. (i think it was that)
But he should say something when the engine stops.

Edit: It's here in the FAQ
http://www.fspassengers.com/?action=faq&question=21



Post Edited ( 07-17-06 19:54 )

[Ryan1036]

yer stupid i did emergancey landing in a cessena 2 hours ago i dident kno wat to do i was stalling so i decided to do a emergency
landing and i got -1600 for my first flight how bad is that but i got 84% from passanger which is ok

[SWVA5630]

I had the flaps get locked in the 1 degree down position on final to KABQ one night and declared an emergency. Kind of a hard landing, but everything
turned out ok and I was able to taxi to the gate.

[SWVA5630]

Then last night I was approaching runway 25L at KPHX and I go to put in flaps 1 at 195 knots and the dang flaps don't extend at all. So, I declared
and then kept my speed around 160 knots instead of the usual 140-150 and then over the runway I flared nicely and clicked the throttle to idle and
made a nice smooth touchdown with no flaps. Luckily enough the aircraft was light so I didn't get a jarring touchdown. Taxi to the gate and everything
was fine. Plus I got like 430 points from that one.