NEW 2020 EDITION Pilot dies in flight. ***DISCLAIMER*** The Hero
passenger who lands the King Air Turbo Prop and saves his family had
earned a Private Pilot's License 18 years prior to this incident.
He
quit flying shortly after with only 80 hours total time logged. On this
"Commercial Charter" flight Doug White is flying home after attending
his brother's funeral with his wife and daughters on board. The Charter
Pilot dies suddenly within minutes after takeoff. Doug is forced to
take control of the complex high performance turboprop aircraft with
zero experience in a King Air and with zero notice. Dead pilot slumped
over the controls and distraught family in the passenger cabin. If you
are in anyway offended by these circumstances please do not watch this
video. ***END OF DISCLAIMER*** .
Previously released in 2015, this new
edition includes new content, behind scenes information, interviews
with air traffic controllers, super-titles of ATC communications, and
more.
On Easter Sunday, April 12th, 2009, Doug White and his family chartered a
Beech King Air B200 N559DW for a flight from Marco Island, Florida
bound for Louisiana with 5 souls on board. Soon after takeoff, the
pilot, 67 year old retired Air Force Colonel Joe Cabuk loses
consciousness. creating an emergency situation that required
extraordinary measures by the planes passengers and Air Traffic
Controllers. This video is a recreation of that flight and is intended
to honor and pay tribute to the pilots and air traffic controllers.
I have used actual published radar tracks and numerous published
interviews and news reports to determine as close as possible the flight
path, altitudes, headings, and other pertinent details of this flight.
Due to a relatively erratic flight path following the emergency, some
airspeeds, altitudes, and headings, may vary slightly from the actual
flight. The actual ATC recording of the communications with the King
Air are included in their entirety.
YouTube Audio Library Music: "Under Cover" by Wayne Jones.
"Progressive Moments" by Ugonna Onyekwe.
The King Air used for this flight is by Carenado. The Fort Myers
Scenery is by LatinVFR. Please refer to the "About" tab on our home
channel page for more information on hardware and software specs.
Thanks for posting this. I watched the whole thing. And a special thanks for Col. Joe Cabuk and not only his service in Vietnam, but also as a commercial pilot.
ReplyDeleteI usually scan the first few minutes, then go to near the end but not this one! It was good enough to have gone commercial and you're welcome. :) I believe the Captain was over 65 and that is the cut off these days as one of my classmates in military school went on into the army, then left as a full bird and he was only allowed to fly commercially until he was 65 which disappointed him.
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