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Chapter 12 — Night, Abnormal, and Emergency Procedures
Engine Failure on Climbout
Urgency characterizes all power loss or engine failure
occurrences after lift-off. In most instances, the
pilot has only a few seconds after an engine failure to
decide the course of action and execute it. Unless prepared
in advance to make the proper decision, there is
a chance the pilot will make a poor decision, or make
no decision at all and allow events to rule.
The altitude available is, in many ways, the controlling
factor in the successful accomplishment of an emergency landing. If an actual engine failure should
occur immediately after takeoff and before a safe maneuvering
altitude is attained, it is usually not advisable
to attempt to turn back to the field from where the
takeoff was made. Instead, it is safer to immediately
establish the proper glide attitude, and select a landing
area directly ahead or slightly to either side of the
takeoff path. Complete the landing in accordance with
the next section.
In the event of an engine failure on initial climb-out,
the powered parachute is typically at a high pitch
angle with the cart well in front of the wing. When
the engine fails, the cart swings back under the wing
and the wing can surge forward bringing the PPC
into a temporary and potentially dangerous dive. If
the engine-out occurs close to the ground, and the
wing starts to surge out in front of the cart, it is necessary
to immediately flare the wing to slow the surge.
Gradually release the flare when the forward surge is
controlled and the wing is back overhead in a normal
flying position.
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