Float Plane forgets "wheels up" when landing on water

[heettreet]

i got it ,,, have this vid on a heads hud for all float plane pilots ,, it would come up when the plane has it's flaps down ,, or something to that effect

[heettreet]

all planes with retracts should have a buzzer go off when dropping lower than 100 ft above ground level ,,,,,,,just saying

[Ryzler13]

Head pops out of water. First thought "OHH RIIIGHT!"

[otiotori14]

category= comedy lol



[mustanglead]

Downwind - BUMPFICH

B - Breaks off and test

U - Undercarriage Check down and locked or as required.

M - Mixture Rich

P - Prop Pitch and rpm

F - Flaps As required

I - Instruments Directional Gyro, Compass

C - Carb Heat Carb heat cycle/ clear any ice buildup from the Venturi

H - Hatches & Harness Secure and tight

[mettler54]

@mustanglead He's about as good a pilot as you are a speller...it's BRAKES.

[mustanglead]

@mettler54 You dug up a comment I made 6 months ago to give me a spelling lesson? lol! Go change your nappy!

[mettler54]

@mustanglead Mustangleadhead. Dawn is braking.

[mustanglead]

@mettler54 Perhaps you should go to bed then or get a job!

[Mattey10101]

nice approach 

[yabodmon]

guess there walking back ...lmao muahaha

[MrDr650]

Now that's a STOL

[RCvehicleGuy]

Murphy strikes again!

[machinegunboy98]

pilot: i thought we were landing on a runway..

co pilot: we were but some dumbass left the wheels down!

[CrazyCanuck1969]

Humans make mistakes and thats why there are checklists!

[YouReadMyMind]

lol...

[Streptokokkeninfekti]

couldnt somebody warn him, idk... wave with your arms or so?

[kingcrumpet]

LOL, epic fail.

[maco10810]

Any one who doesnt do his landing checks is going to hurt himself - I am just glad this guy is OK

[n1ck3o7]

PWND

[jossithapussy]

really quick stop :-D

[Cstremes]

bahahah at the end he was trying to paddle it lol. epic fail.

[Bansidhe]

FAIL

[pudd750]

now where did i put that roach

[metrx330]

ouch

[chueffer]

Talk about a short landing!

[NSResponder]

Oh man, that hurt just to watch it.

-jcr

[pudd750]

hmm--- i cant find my original comment - it seems to be gone! good thing i dont have a floatplane then

[jsmallwood2007]

attention pasengers we are now landing to show our apreciation for flying with us.............

black eyes for everybody

[MageDagger]

LMAO funny how it flips all of a sudden.

But still sucky at the same time hope hes alright.

[CharlieRomeoVictor]

ouch that must of been costy for something that takes 2 secondes to pull up

[almonteroll]

this pilot is an idiot how did he forget to pull up the landing gear before landing on water????

[45thpaace]

all aviation mistakes are dumb mistakes but us pilots will still make them. If or when you become a pilot you will notice flying is hard work and it fatigues and stresses the pilot. Try it sometime and you'll see how easy it is to forget.

[almonteroll]

yeah i know that, my dad is a pilot and i know that we all make mistakes, i mean we are humans, and if that was too harsh i'm sorry

[BriKuz]

@45thpaace Which is why I ALWAYS use checklists, EVERY time... now, if I would just do that when I'm setting up a damned CNC machine, perhaps I wouldn't crash the darn thing every now and then ;)

[b101aa2]

forgot that checklist. guy i know locally here loaned his cessna 421 out, back around 1998. Dude forgot wheels down and bellied it. $200,000 in damage down. Forgot that checklist.

[pudd750]

how much is a used 421 to go and buy one?

[45thpaace]

Cessna no longer makes the 421 anymore but you can find them used for an average $350,000 to $400,000 for a 1970s model and maybe half that for a 60s model.

[cruz1aviator]

a very expensive not to mention precious waste for such a small preventable error.

[Eduprods]

Some planes have an alarm when u set flaps for the water landing positions which says "gear up for water landing"

[RobertGary1]

I've never flown a float plane that had a different flap setting for water landing vs land landing.

-robert, CFII Land And Sea

[Eduprods]

What I meant is that the plane doesn't have a different configuration of flaps... It just reminds you just in case. ;)

[RobertGary1]

As someone who is always worried about putting the gear in the wrong position I"m interested in this system. I've not seen it before. However, I'm not sure how it could know you were landing on water based on the flap position. We use the same flap position for water or land (depending on available length, etc).

[Hagrido]

what he means is that as you extend flaps for landning the system will sense if you have gear up or down. If gear up and flaps are set for landning "Gear up for water landning" will sound.

[RobertGary1]

Is it part of a voice annunciator or a buzzer? I've not flown a float plane with a voice annunciator but my own plane does have one. I'll have to look at the manual and see if there is a channel for such an announcement.

[mounsteres]

HOLY DSHIT

[muskokatone]

Is there not an idiot light for the wheels? That happened down the lake here last summer! Nice turbo prop - too bad.

[planethaven]

Turbo prop? not so sure!

[mkiv17]

he probably didnt even go thru the checklist

[jamesdl00]

That's why most insurance companies don't offer insurance for amphibious floats...

[skyypilot]

wow... tragic... makes me feel sick....

[cheetawolf]

it like blew up like lol likelikelikelike ill be quiet now:)

[kevo201]

ha ha HA HA HA!

[mexxie70]

what a waste of plane!!!

[zuniergod]

what the heck?!

[pf126p]

Man, I hate when that happens.

[nerdboy19]

it gives a bad feeling in the stomach :(

it havn't been fun for the passengers...

[pf126p]

Almost as bad as going up the stairs and thinking there's still one more step... :P

[rendrageed]

how bout going DOWN the stairs and forgeting theres 1 more step!

[pf126p]

That too. Slams your hips up into your shoulders. lol

[MetalJaXtA666]

@rendrageed Haha I did that once, but going up the stairs at work, tripped, made sure no one saw me though...

[Morphesolaz]

o shit

[CaliforniaBlonde000]

Wow. That could have been fatal, huh?

[DavidOrtiz246]

owned lol

[frederic470]

LMAO

[bmanchillin2k7]

wat a bloody plantpot

[wingsfan2520]

whats a plantpot?

[SwoopDog001]

Its big, its round and its good for nothing!

[eprevhay]

that has got to be embarrasing... yeah, i probably misspelled that...

[bananaishbanana]

oocha!

[lmsasquatch]

Uh, ouch...

[buckeye1566]

We're human, and we make mistakes...this is proof.

Hope the pilot was okay. Shame about the plane.

RockBass91 said it best, large red letters on the instrument panel would have helped.

[rendrageed]

there is a bright red light in the cockpit that illuminates with the words "gear down"

pilot should have paid attention to that light!

[RobertGary1]

Well I'm glad you never make mistakes. Personally, I'm not going to say anything about people who put the gear in the wrong position until after I retire.

[rendrageed]

what do i know.. im not a pilot. im only a licensed A&P mechanic

[RobertGary1]

Well, A&P mistakes have caused stress in my life a few times Had an engine shutdown after a bad needle valve was declared "looks ok" rather than just replaced. $5 part costs thousands to R&R a second time.

[rendrageed]

i am a bit the other way.. maybe being new to it or just zealous about it, but i tend to ground a lot of aircraft if i am not satisfied with what i see. "looks ok" doesnt exist for me. either its serviceable IAW MM or its not. if i had worked on your plane in that instance, i would have made sure it right and done a few runups before letting it fly.

[dicksatan]

I didn't know that grocer was still in business.

[Vanadeo]

god thats awful, why would he try to land on the water with his wheels down.

[Kentuckyhorse1]

A simple human error.  No more no less.

[pineappleboy1]

wow you should be an air crash investigator.

[AndyJay15]

Didnt know that could happen just due to the wheels being down ;o

[MuscleUnited]

Saaaaaadness!!!

[toutubeguy]

did the driver live?

[darioandrade]

You mean the PILOT?? That what it's called.

[xboxmaster31]

when i saw this i got a random shiver going threw my body -.-

[RockBass91]

Oh God... that just makes me cringe.

That's in no way funny... but I guess everyone forgets every now and then and it's understandable. Might put that in big red letters on the instrument panel though.

o.o

[pianoplayer19955]

oh god, this happened somewhere in the Adirondacks, right?

[LIVEEYOURLIFEx]

omg! what happened? lmao, that was pretty funny though.

[davidatter708]

He left his wheels down when landing on water. Therefore the wheels created a turning effect and hew presto one flip

[snowbirddude]

he was aufully close to land, unless there was a runways and he was too low

[tigerdirectz]

textbook

[dopevillan]

ha ha he deserved that one. good it wasent serious though.

[russbug1]

when he climbed onto the float bet he said, " Ohhhh thats why"

[xlqex]

LOL :)

[24rozy69]

is it a Maule?

was it salvagable?

[aceon51]

wow, whatta chicken fucker

[dadventure]

Straight floats for me!

[yahul25]

is that a cessna 182 ? lollz,, cessna caravan amphi has annuciator for GEAR UP FOR WATER LANDINNG in VOCALS ... dunnno is theres nything like that in the 182...

[zedextreme8177]

Nope thats a cessna c206 stationair

[Jeffydomer]

welp.. looks like we paddle from here..

[makreis]

lol that sux

[neiliscool]

that's why you should have a pre landing flight check.

[madeljacky]

Foley Huck !

[erikpmort]

i hear death occurs when that happends

[briggsjos]

this is a copy. big dud. don't copy if it's not yours.

[Motox369]

Whoopsie!!