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Enroute controller described a BE35 engine failure and subsequent off airport landing.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 903643 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201008 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801-2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.ARTCC |
| State Reference | US |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Bonanza 35 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Cruise |
| Flight Plan | VFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Qualification | Air Traffic Control Fully Certified |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical |
Narrative:
I was conducting on the job training (OJT) when a VFR aircraft radioed on frequency that he needed vectors to the nearest airport it was at that time that I suspended OJT and gave the aircraft a vector towards the nearest airport and inquired what the problem that he was encountering; the aircraft replied 'engine failure'; gave the pilot emergency information about the airport [and] told him it was probably best to land on the runway from the southwest of the field he replied; 'negative have the highway in sight doesn't look like were going to make it to the airport' it was about this time that I lost radio communications with the aircraft; luckily there was a another aircraft approximately 10 east at FL220 that I had relay to the emergency to query him of his altitude; the relay aircraft replied that he had landed on the highway safely and was on the median.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Enroute Controller described a BE35 engine failure and subsequent off airport landing.
Narrative: I was conducting On the Job Training (OJT) when a VFR aircraft radioed on frequency that he needed vectors to the nearest airport it was at that time that I suspended OJT and gave the aircraft a vector towards the nearest airport and inquired what the problem that he was encountering; the aircraft replied 'engine failure'; gave the pilot emergency information about the airport [and] told him it was probably best to land on the runway from the southwest of the field he replied; 'negative have the highway in sight doesn't look like were going to make it to the airport' it was about this time that I lost radio communications with the aircraft; luckily there was a another aircraft approximately 10 east at FL220 that I had relay to the emergency to query him of his altitude; the relay aircraft replied that he had landed on the highway safely and was on the median.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.