Hooray for random warzones in california

[Icedragon]

I fully understand the reason for this warzone being in place, I just merely neglected to notice that it was actually there. As such, flying to
sacramento on a direct GPS route I get shot with increasingly more powerful AA. Luckily I managed to make it to KCCR even though it was the center of
the warzone. The flight report is as follows

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Flight ICE775 flight report log Date July 31 2005

Flight ID: ICE775
Pilot: Eric Bash
Company: Dragon Air
Aircraft: Cessna Skyhawk 172SP
Flight Date: July 31 2005
Departure: 21h35 (04h35 GMT)
Arrival: 21h55 (04h56 GMT)
From: KSFO - San Francisco Intl - Usa
To: KCCR - Buchanan - Usa
Nbr of Passengers: 2

Incident Report:

One engine was damaged by small arms fire coming from the ground and ceased to function. The right fuel tank was hit by a ground shot and started
leaking fuel. The left fuel tank was hit by a ground shot and started leaking fuel. The vacuum system was hit by a ground shot. The hydraulic system
was hit by a ground shot resulting in total loss of all hydraulic systems. The electrical systems were hit by a ground shot resulting in a complete
electrical systems failure. Your aircraft received a few ground shots. The aircraft was hit by anti-aircraft artillery fire resulting in a massive
hull rupture. There was an exceptional pilot on board and despite the dire situation he was able to land the aircraft safely. The Captain has also
declared an emergency before landing.


Report:

Flight Distance: 26 Nm Landing Speed: 63.96 kt
Time Airborne: 00h21:01 Landing Touchdown: -486.92 ft/m
Flight Time (block): 00h32:18 Landing Pitch: 3.03°
Time On Ground: 00h12:26 Landing Weight: 2279 lbs
Average Speed: 78.55 kt Total Fuel Used: 55 lbs
Max. Altitude: 2572ft Fuel Not Used: 39 lbs


Passenger Opinion: Exceptional flight (100%)
-Are relieved to have landed safely after the extreme weather they experienced during landing.
-Were pleased by the music on ground. A very nice addition to their flying experience.
-Were anxious because they flew over a war risk zone.
-Were irritated by the excess G-forces. (+2.43).
-Were terrified because of the problem during flight.
-Were relieved to land safely after an emergency.

Financial Report:

Ticket Income: +$30 (26 Nm)
Cargo Income: +$17 (253 lbs)
Services Income: +$0 (0 sandwich 0 hot food 0 drink)
Services Cost: -$0 (20% quality)
War Area Bonus: +$93 (99% max war level)
Emergency Bonus: +$42 (3600 failure point)
Fuel Cost: -$31 (55 lbs 100LL)
Airport Taxes: -$2 (Small Aircraft)
Insurance Costs: -$2 (4.32% rate)
Total Real Income: $147
Total Income: $7,350 (real x50)
Fleet Bonus: $0 (0 aircraft)
Total Sim Income: $7,350 (total income+fleet bonus)

Company Reputation:

Considering that the flight was perfect,the tickets price low,passengers on this flight think that your company's reputation should be 100%
Your company reputation is now: 78% (+2.17 increase)


Overall Flight Result: Perfect

Pilot Bonus points: 3850 points
There was a problem aboard and you declared an emergency. (+150)
A serious problem occurred during flight but you landed safely, nice job. (+3600)
Flying in a combat area and a safe landing. (+100)

Pilot's Penalty points: -400 points
Forgetting to set the proper flaps during landing is an extremely dangerous fault and does not show proper piloting skills. (-400)
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My question is as follows, with a "massive hull rupture" why was it possible to continue operating the plane well enough to land it? It seems that I
should have been experiencing a major drag force preventing my poor little skyhawk from achieving or maintaining any kind of heading. Not that I mind
not dieing, but this seems a bit unrealistic.

[savage]

I don't have a flight log unfortunately, I did not make the landing.

EGLL on approach 27L. Missed the intercept and went into a right turn just before the ILS intercept to circle arround and come again.

What do you know... WHAM, 2 engines out for my A340 for flying over a war zone... heh EGLL_GND immediately went to EGLL_TWR
when he saw me sq 7700 though, so a good call by IVAO ATC. Unfortunately, there was just no easy way to get the plane on the ground,
I overshot SERIOUSLY on my second approach (my wheels cliped the roof of one of the terminal buildings actually), and I went into some
trees before I could manage to get up into the air again.

11hr flight, down the tube... -snif-

--
Chris.

[nem]

My question is as follows, with a "massive hull rupture" why was it possible to continue operating the plane well enough to land it? It seems
that I should have been experiencing a major drag force preventing my poor little skyhawk from achieving or maintaining any kind of heading. Not that
I mind not dieing, but this seems a bit unrealistic.

Depends on what you imagine being "massive". For instance a 747 loses its cargo door, taking with it a three seats wide piece of the hull stretching
from floor to roof, so suddenly there's a hole in the hull about 3-4 meters wide and nearly from top to bottom. The hull pieces (and passenger seats)
torn away take out an egnine, the second one on that wing dies later. Still they manage to get the bird straight and level somewhere below 10,000' and
land it safely back at the airport where they took off. (All this actually happened.)

Seems like a massive hull rupture in that case, still it's completely plausible that they made it back.

In case of a Skylane I'd say a whole in the hull doesn't need to go from bottom of the aircraft to the top and be a meter wide to be "massive". If
half of the cover of the engine compartment was missing, that'd be already a "massive hull rupture" for this plane, still it's imagineable that it can
still be landed.

[DanSteph]

those are "massive hull rupture"

still they returned saffely






Dan



Post Edited ( 07-31-05 17:07 )

[pilot3033]

Funny how two of the most famous hull ruptures happend in Hawaii!
The UAL 747 described above, and the pic of the Aloha 732.

UAL happend becasue the Cargo doors were designed funky and ground crews did not laways close them properly, and the seconds happend due to metal
fatigue.

[DanSteph]

might be due to heavy corrosion due to salt & water ?
(but it might not also

Dan