Jimbo357mag
Hawkeye
I just came across this and said to myself ....Huh???
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pSMaR3YXaU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pSMaR3YXaU
Slow Motion Biplane Crash
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pisgah
Buckeye
One of the comments mentioned a report of a medical condition of the pilot. I don't know what else could explain a situation that could have easily been avoided by a go-around after the first bounce and a slower second approach.
I have to agree with that. He had is head up his arsh. I think he forgot to pull back on the throttley thingy. Engine was pulling power the whole time. Biplanes tend to slow down pretty quick with all that drag.
wizofwas
Buckeye
Practising touch and goes and forgot the go part?
Couldn't sell the plane, so let the insurance co. have it?
Couldn't sell the plane, so let the insurance co. have it?
pisgah
Buckeye
Wyandot Jim said:
Laugh if you will. Confusion is a classic sign of a stroke, among other things. Poor so-and-so just might have forgotten how to land, for real...
pisgah said:
Could be since I wasn't there. Looks like he was able to control rate of sink before touch down, wings level, used the rudder and elevator. Just forgot to pull power. No matter he bent a nice plane.
SAJohn
Hunter
Looks to me like an aircraft carrier landing but without the tailhook.
Maybe he would have done better off with the WWI rotary engines which had no throttle. The power was modulated by turning the engines on and off. (Those WWI pilots got to eat castor oil emitted from those rotary engines. The pilots famous scarves were actually necessary to clear their goggles of oil spewed by those rotary engines.)
Maybe he would have done better off with the WWI rotary engines which had no throttle. The power was modulated by turning the engines on and off. (Those WWI pilots got to eat castor oil emitted from those rotary engines. The pilots famous scarves were actually necessary to clear their goggles of oil spewed by those rotary engines.)
Colonialgirl
Hawkeye
Wyandot Jim said:
My thinking too and I'm NOT even a pilot!!!
My first thought was why isn't he chopping the throttle? He had it on the ground but, as was said, he kept pulling power.
Jimbo357mag
Hawkeye
I have thought of a couple of things. 1) He fails to chop the throttle to land. 2) He fails to add throttle and go around when he is past the landing zone. 3) Maybe, just maybe the throttle was stuck at that low setting and there was nothing else he could do.
Does he lower the throttle at all before the crash? There is no sound so all we can go by is the action of the plane.
Does he lower the throttle at all before the crash? There is no sound so all we can go by is the action of the plane.
The mag switch to the "off" position will accomplish the same thing as chopping the throttle, if the throttle was stuck.Jimbo357mag said:
pisgah
Buckeye
The "stuck-or-broken" throttle scenario is certainly worth considering. I have known folks who, although having many years of driving experience, panicked when the accelerator in their car stuck or got caught under a floor mat, and forgot the simple expedient of killing the ignition. Not all pilots are grizzled veterans with thousands of hours in the air -- and even the grizzled veterans make stupid mistakes and die occasionally.
Fox Mike said:
Along with pulling the mixture to idle cutoff, like you do when you stop the engine.
Yep like everybody else pilots can do dumb things. The video pretty much proves that. :wink:
More dumb things in this video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=siwils2V1Xo
I guess his medical condition was shock and a sucking sound
More pictures of crash in this link.
http://www.kathrynsreport.com/2014/03/aircraft-on-landing-went-off-runway.html
An experienced pilot accidentally landed his plane on a popular coastal road after misjudging the runway during the Tyabb Airshow.
Police were called to Tyabb Airport just after 930am when the plane overshot the runway and stopped alone Mornington-Tyabb Rd.
Police spokesman David Wallis said no spectators or road users were injured.
The pilot, a man aged in his 60s, was treated for shock at the scene.
The road has now been reopened and the Airshow has recommenced.
caryc
Hawkeye
I'll bet his stupid GPS told him "turn left here". That'l teach him to listen to that thing.
