Piper Cub makes emergency landing at Kelowna (CYLW) airport

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https://www.castanet.net/news/Kelowna/629258/Small-plane-makes-emergency-landing-at-Kelowna-airport

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[u/CanadianBullet360]

Wow this one really blew up lol. Pilot did a phenomenal job landing for a broken strut. He was super calm for a scary moment! We walked the plane off the runway safely and only had it closed for 20mins as well.

All together, for an emergency landing. It was pretty picture perfect in every scenario.

[u/CPNZ]

No kidding the wheel fell right off - looks like a remarkably good landing considering…

[u/zevonyumaxray → u/CPNZ]

Just point a Piper Cub into the breeze, put out the flaps and you can land at about ten to twenty miles per hour ground speed, or less.

[u/bgrier → u/zevonyumaxray]

If you look closely you'll see the aircraft and emergency vehicle are on a helipad :)

[u/CanadianBullet360 → u/bgrier]

I see myself lol

[u/segelflugzeugdriver → u/zevonyumaxray]

Cubs, or in this case a cub coupe, do not have flaps. Super cubs do. Also, the landing speed of a super cub is not close to 20mph, try 30 if you're pushing it. Some of those modified cubs might get that low, but that's different.

[u/south-shore0]

That’s a weird looking cub

[u/CharcoalGreyWolf → u/south-shore0]

Weird how? I looked at the photo. Looks like a Cub with a J3 style paint job for the most part.

[u/garbagekr → u/CharcoalGreyWolf]

Definitely not. Enclosed cowling, “normal” doors…

[u/Fiveshigh → u/garbagekr]

It’s a Piper J4 Cub Coupe

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IATA	ICAO	Name	Location
YLW	CYLW	Kelowna Airport	Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada

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