Controlled Crash of Cessna
May 14, 2010
Nosewheel would not come down, pilot burnt off fuel and performed the inevitable landing. Steady filming provided by Sam from MKT airfield in Noonamah. Great effort by all involved.
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@DonKofAK
indeed, remember a sudden stop of the prop might damage the crankshaft and the engine will have to be inspected before it can return safely to service, failure to do so might produce a massive engine failure maybe not right away, but down the road for sure.
good landing especially ith that situation
Perfect !!
I’ll agree that the engine should have turned off before touchdown, but come on. It’s a good lesson to remember, but how many of us have ever really been in this guys position? He was probably pretty scared. But still he pulled off a first class landing that could have ended in disaster otherwise. Well done to the pilot.
What a shame. Looked like a newer model too.
@tzuchen2003 Pilot would not get the “down and locked” indication. When that happens they assume the worst and that is that the gear didn’t come down.
he didn’t die. that is as good as it needs to be!
I saw a C-177 Cardinal belly in gear up on grass. Remarkably little damage, though the prop was damaged because it was windmilling. It would’ve taken a lot of confidence and courage to cut the engine, slow the plane enough to stop the prop, then continue the approach to a dead-stick gear-up landing. I learned a lot about flying from that.
Where’s the procedure? minimun Speed close to stall spees and where are the flaps 40? Engine should be cutoff at touchdown…
@tzuchen2003 I think so.. You can see at about 13 seconds in the passenger side door is cracked open a bit
does the pilot know he lost his front gear ??
oh god… it’s a forced landing and he should have cut the engine off…that was a good landing though..
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Its not the point of only worrying about making the field. It is a check list that you go through to get the plane on the ground. you are obviously ignorant to that idea. its not only to not hurt the engine to bad the spinning prop could break off and throw pieces of shrapnel everywhere, could possibly flip the whole plane. Not this small of an aircraft but a medium to large size single or mulit engine prop would def do it. why even risk it.
Yes indeed,I can only confirm your opinion…
Very much so, I fly aircraft with stall speeds varying from 20kts to 60kts +. At 20kts the tail plan isn’t very responsive, so a little power helps to keep rudder and elev control. By looking at his speed, it probably touched down at about 55-60kts at a guess, it wouldn’t take long for the elevator to lose effectiveness.
“but could have used airflow over elevator to enhance performance possibly. ” Good point, you can touch down slower with some power, as we learn doing soft field landings. I hadn’t thought of that.
Agreed! There are a lot of idiots on the internet in general who feel like they must comment even though they have nothing of value to add to the conversation. That’s why it’s fun to have the thumbs-up/thumbs down voting system
I agree, I was just explaining to another poster, unless the prop stopped perfectly horizontally, it would need a teardown afterward anyway. That’s not the kind of stuff to worry about when you are doing this, he was probably more worried about whether or not the thing will flip over on its back or catch fire. I think he did a great job.
I see your point, but I’ve never seen a prop stop in the horizontal position, they always seem to stop at 11/5 position, and any strike, even when not turning, means a teardown. So you’re right, but as a practical matter I don’t think it would help and the insurance would take care of the engine anyway. If it’s close to TBO, he might get an overhaul out of the deal
I can’t get over the people asking why he didn’t turn off the engine… when you are landing without a nose wheel you are much more concerned with making the field rather than the damage to the engine. If he ended up short of the field it is essential to be able to overshoot. Besides, with the weight of the a/c coming down on the front end there is no way of avoiding engine damage
coudos, very nice landing
@sdold the reason you would cut your engine is so you minimize the damage on your prop and motor. i agree he shoujld have turned his engine off
im a private pilot and i can tell you that that was a great landing the guy held back pressure and held it on the mains as long as he could that was very well done.. its a shame though
Beautifully done, it is a shame.
this is why i dont like flying retractable gear stuff…