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Originally Posted by QuadCityImages

We almost had another crash at the Quad City Airs Show on Sunday. What I saw was debris come off of John Klatt's MXS aerobatic plane, followed by an incredibly fast landing. The local media is reporting that something came apart in the engine and possibly punctured some sort of oil line, causing oil to spray all over the canopy. The pilot then had to jettison the canopy and make an emergency landing.

He's ok except for some cuts and bruises, but it was a definitely a scary moment after the deadly crash Saturday in Ohio, and the QC Air Show's deadly crash last year. Here's the only YouTube video of it so far, although the guy misses the landing. I wish I'd been videoing that particular pass, because I was farther down the runway. I don't know how he got it stopped in time, but he didn't quite go off the end of the runway. Its a good thing, as Interstate 80 is like 100 yards beyond it.



And a picture once the firetruck, ambulance, courtesy cars, golf cars, and ATVs had arrived...

John is a top notch stick (flies an F-16 in his spare time) and recently moved into the MX having flown a beautiful Staudacher S300 for years. The engine out landing was executed near perfectly.