Pilot pulls up landing gear while on runway

[gloryglorybarcelona]

Ladies and gentlemen, the Russian bobsleigh team.

[kayethurston]

sorry i got skid marks on the runway

[RainfulPhenix]

B- B- B -B - BA- BALLS OF STEEL

[Ps3Reviews40]

in solviet russia, we dont use landing gear.

[TheElectricSalad]

asian drivers...

[funnybunnykiller42]

was this a woman ..... i hope soo

[dexen2]

russian pilot.....

[ECAaxel]

V1, rotate, Landing gear up.... BOLLOCKS!

[407pilot]

Now there's a pilot who's going to have a long career of cleaning latrines in Siberia!

[andre1214g]

@407pilot Or perharps in USA....as a flight instructor! ;-)

[MrMrflinstone99]

In Russia we don't need gear to take off

[26873547]

haha Only the F-22 can pull this off.

[Marty933]

OOPS!

[TryThinkingAboutIt]

I don't have much sympathy for this level of unforced error. But there's a lesson in this for us mere GA pilots. There are no old bold pilots.....

[pdlister]

I don't know about the gear, but I'd hate to be the guy who has to pin the seat!

[pbevillard]

As far as the landing gear being retracted, I would fathom that the pilot hit an unexpected gust causing his aircraft to momentary sink. That would be the more likely scenario than hitting a bump. Airports in general try to avoid having bumps on runways.

[DanLswe]

When I first saw the caption for this video I thought "Am I really supposed to believe this?" but then I watched it and the explanation came to me *only in Russia*

[ry141ry78]

No one in their right mind is dum enough to pull up their gear as their taking off simple landing gear malfunction because pretty much the only thing that is holing landing gear up is a iron pin

[robiniroven]

probably drunk lololol

[limagabriel68]

V1,Rotate...Landing gear...pow!!

[PositiveCholosVibes]

somebody lost a job or something

[lebensraummetal]

GOD STOP TALKING

[TinnInches]

You're doing it wrong

[marcvie9]

the pilot was like: shitshitshitshit look up on google to see it

[247DrinkBeer]

This shit happens

[TakeDeadAim]

@hellcatdave1

YOU are the F-N idiot...

You OBVIOUSLY have not idea what you're talking about...

I've probably got more time flying retractable gear complex fighter/commercial aircraft than YOU have driving...NO it doesn't just happen. It's actually quite rare under THESE circumstances.

He anticipated ground effect lift but rotated early...he DID already select gear up. Gear failures are NOT so pronounced and synchronized.

[hellcatdave1]

@TakeDeadAim Sure.

You're an idiot.

Atleast my concept is more plausible than the "Russians suck" and "Vodka" or "Unreliable Russian aircraft, USA WIN! USA WIN!" concepts/statements.

Fuck off.

[TakeDeadAim]

@hellcatdave1

Do us all a favor and please remain safe and secure in your moms basement...

You're undoubtedly ignorant regarding aviation and seemingly have the literary acumen(look it up) of a special needs 7th grader.

The world would be a better place without you and your phone pole straight gene pool.

A-M-F.......

[ratt141]

In communist russia, we land the hard way....for fun!! O.o

[thgoat68]

It is a somewhat common practice in fighter planes to put your gear switch in the up position for quick retraction of the gear as soon as the weight is off the wheels. He just had the misfortune to come back down a little and couldn't recover once he touched the runway.

[nialltommy13]

imagine if he had a bomb or a missile under the wing lol

[smsandel]

I's pretty obvious that this was caused by pilot error, the pilot retracted the gear very soon after rotation with the intent to perform a quick climb out, but he was still well within ground effect to pull up at that angle and instead of the nose going up as intended the rear end was sucked down and hit the ground adding too much drag and slowing the aircraft down at which point the wings lost lift................

[reneblanco1]

No, it is weight on wheels. There is a microswitch that when the Landing Gear strut is extended, it allows the landing gear to retract. It is a safety switch that prevents the Lndg. Gear from retracting if the landing gear is accidentally placed in the retract position or for any other reason. Every aircraft with a retractable gear has it, no fighter jet is exempted.

[theteht]

ROCKET SLED!

[Blazingspitfire]

Positive rate ........ NOT

[lukeman61497]

Uh oh, somebody forgot turn off gravity....

[lukeman61497]

Dumbass.

[rwhdragonmaster]

ill bet they clipped his wings for that, hes probably ridding an ox cart in siberia and shoveling snow

[Mr999111888222]

Who the F...?

[Aresbro]

Epic fail.

[sezurbah]

penis



[jcaled24]

Hahahahahahahahahahahaha

[DimSum9685]

Ground effect is a bitch..

[greenthousands]

Lol, I did this the other day! Happens all the time out here.

[FlyingScottieX]

lol before i even looked at the top comments i knew there would be a Russia joke:L

[ishaankapoor942]

what the fuckk is dis language...lady do some blowjobs instead

[DanceWeMe]

maybe a translation :/ ?

[gunman1f16]

Of course he raised the handle, it's a commanded sequence. He was just a smidgen early. The weight on wheels switch worked, there was no weight on the wheels, or more correctly, the gear struts were no longer compressed. Once the weight was off the wheels it allowed the retraction process to continue and the aircraft settled on it's belly. Once the aircraft was on it's tail it forced the nose down, he didn't have enough elevator authority to continue the rotation and he was along for the ride.

[russianspy52]

noobs



[coyote7272]

Lady, shut up!!

[DestroySteve]

Thats coming out of his pay check.

[krgrubbs]

Russian surfing

[TheUmmm126]

Stupid chinese made landing gears

[Bmants]

@TheUmmm126 : You think they are stupid? What planet are you from?

[rickey5353]

I wonder what they did to the pilot?

[reneblanco1]

Way back in the 50's and to this day; all aircraft's have a weight on wheels that keep the Ldg/Gear from retracting. In some air shows and old days, some pilots including American Pilots had the habit of placing the gear handle in the "up" position for fast retraction soon after rotation. This guy did not took in account runway bumps and when the gear struts extended, the gear retracted. Once the fuselage touches the ground, the jet can't rotate the nose up enough to get airborne, so you stay.

[AirCanada04]

@reneblanco1 Are you stupid? The aircraft was taking off, and his landing gear failed! The pilot didn't raise it. Landing gears have a rare tendency to fail, which happens to retractable gears. When an airplane is parked at the gate, sometimes the nose gear fails and the plane crashes into the ground. Same thing happened here, except it was all 3 gears.

[Mijitman4914]

@AirCanada04 You're actually exactly wrong, and reneblanco1 is exactly right. This is a typical accident due to a jet jockey technique of putting the gear handle in the "up" position before takeoff roll. At speed, a bump causes the majority of the weight of the aircraft to be lifted from the gear, thus no longer depressing the pressure switch keeping the gear down while on the ground. Further, do you really find it more likely that all three landing gear would simultaneously fail? Ridiculous.

[rlomelli]

@reneblanco1 On top of that some of these weight on wheels switches were on the nose strut. Not saying I know where it is on this particular plane though.

[reneblanco1]

@rlomelli I don't particularly know, but in my experience the aircraft's I've flown they all had them in the Main gear (rear struts). Mostly since they are the last wheels to leave the ground.

[dyotomi]

now lets see the yankies do that

[FSW2000]

Russians should call americans to drive them

[edtheabraham]

it's positive rate...THEN gear up

[MrPeagee]

Looks like a ground shift failure, because when the plane decelerates the speed sensors activate and the gear tries to extend again. Hydraulics may have been misrigged after maintenance as well. We had it happen to a western AIRLINER maintained by the same bright westerners who write silly comments about russians.

[Colossus3999]

Uh, Genius, you pull up first then retract gear. Did you drink too much Vodka!

[Mirror65196]

All the gear raises at the same time. Therefore he had a hydraulic failure or an electronic trip. Hydraulics are fine as the flaps remained up, and a synchronised double failure is unlikely. The other, simpler answer is that he selected gear up earlier than planned...

[HMTOlympic]

In Soviet Russia ground ground fly you. 

[LiaMaKaChauHai]

no he is the american spy :)

[hellcatdave1]

He didn't raise the landing gear, god you are all such fucking idiots.

The landing gear failed, it's a rare situation that has happened to almost every aircraft made by man with retractable landing gear.

It happens to American aircraft and ect.

[FantasticBob7000]

@hellcatdave1 How do you know the gear failed? It looks like a retract sequence to me, the gear continued to retract into the wing. The nose gear retracted too.

[NotAUserToday07]

@hellcatdave1 No, man, he raised it in anticipation of a steep ascent on T/O, but called it just seconds too early. LG fails for sure, but not in this case.

[hellcatdave1]

@NotAUserToday07 Well, there are millions of possibilities, he could rave raised it as you said, or it could have failed. But there isn't enough information on the accident.

[eaterofclams]

@hellcatdave1

"millions of possibilities"..umm...no...you suck at math.

[hellcatdave1]

@eaterofclams You seriously said that? There are over a million pieces inside of a MiG-29 that are relating to, connected to, or affect the landing gear. Shut the fuck up.

[Squirlee]

@hellcatdave1 The gear didnt fail it was retracted ffs.  All 3 retracted at the same time asshat.

[SUNDAYSSNAFU]

@hellcatdave1 settle pettle :)

[SUNDAYSSNAFU]

@hellcatdave1 it so does not happen to american aircraft mate :)

[routermen]

@hellcatdave1 congrats hellcat .. youve made CRTukker look like an ass. thumbs up for you

[CRTukker]

@routermen not at all, as this is a russian aircraft and they have a complete different design for the landinggear. You made an ass out of yourself.

[hellcatdave1]

@routermen ty

[dereklsept]

@hellcatdave1 it didn't fail, he raised it too early on rotate, didn't wait for a positive rate of climb before pulling up the landing gear lever...if it failed, it wouldn't have folded up into the gear wells flush and properly...dipshit

[VideoDotGoogleDotCom]

@hellcatdave1 "and ect" (sic) tells everything we need to know about you, moron.

[SpeakingInGeneral]

@hellcatdave1 noooooo.... he def put the gear up before he was assured he wouldn't touch down... everyone is youtube aviator these days.

[Z0MBI3K1LL45]

just a scratch...

[MrIhatethoring]

You think he'd wait for the front landing gear to get up atleast he pulled that shit as soon as he started throttling up russifag

[Tarten46]

ivan thought he was gonna show boat for the kodak moment with an early clean up...oops.



[inbound1000]

now thats why we wait until we have POSITIVE lift before we clean it up....

[tbbucks2]

nothing tape cant fix..

[swadiggs4910]

Chinese pilots.

[bunker931]

@swadiggs4910 fail kid is a fail.



[GoPlayMW2OrSomething]

the russians were just playing truth or dare or the dare game as they call it.

[ClamCrunchy]

That's how the pros do it. These guys are so pro that they don't even need landing gear.

[SuzukiAkiraReita]

Man, this pilot deserves an award. Most pilots would have shit their pants and ejected.

[kasteman1]

I bet when he fills up his car with gas he leaves the fuel door open and the cap on the roof.

[roboman342]

Thatll buff out.

[tryithere]

Do you call a person who flys a Mig a Migger?

[Ariana321]

Eh just a MiG-29, nothing of value lost.

Now if it were a Su-35... that would be tragic.

[suicidegrunt145]

*realizing his mistake as he slides helplessly down the runway

[brightlights456X]

Thats the best car in the world!

[TheAirflyer]

He lost his job!

[stephenpprice]

@TheAirflyer no he didnt. just need to prop the aircraft up, wack the undercarriage down and sory out the hydraulic issue and touch up the paint. jobs a good'n

[triplecstyle]

She said "my cat loves planes. So I let him fly this piece of Russian crap. Silly cat."

[TheSugaqueen]

Faaaail lol.

[reknas78]

Dumb pilot trying to rotate and gear up without establishing and verifying positive rate. No wonder they're not superior when it comes to high tech.

[powerking230]

her voice gives me an headache ;$

[TheHm3]

@agibbs98 Geezus! They shouldn't let F-22s be in Alaska, kinda kills those planes. But wow.... a life and $150 million down the drain just like that eh? Well at least he wasn't the guy that crashed a B-2 which COSTS OVER A BILLION DOLLARS!

[MrYevrah]

SHOULD I EJECT OR STAY IN? SHOULD I EJECT OR STAY IN? OH GOD, OH GOD, OH GOD!!

[TheHm3]

Meh, it's just a cheap Mig. If that was a $150 million F-22 or F-35 in that position, shit would've gone down.

[TheBryanhue]

FAIL!

[nibbler125]

I think he hit the wrong button.

[MrROTD]

is this some kind of test? no pilot would do that on purpose would they?

[navmanaged]

my condolences to the family of the pilot...(i am aware he survived the accident).

[PilotVBall]

She talks faster than the plane flies.

[airplanekid77]

in soviet russia wheels are for poosees

[DrWinterfrrsh]

In soviet russia plane flys you.

[defcon2020]

wat a retard

[PILUPACKSXXX]

in russia ,the plane controlls you

[TFTOP]

@PILUPACKSXXX In Soviet Russia, you SAY Soviet Russia... then you control the plane!

[AXNJXN1]

Yes of course.... But do you 'really' think Russia has nor ever will BE truthful about what 'really' happened or happens militarily speaking?? They don't want the embarrassment of a pilot - who probably (if it wasn't the plane) has already had his wings pulled. Just some thoughts. History shows embarrassments are ALWAYS covered up by a scapegoat.

[czasamitrudno]

Russian Lowrider...

[intenseArc58466]

I think the gear may have been selected up before he got airborne and the engines lost power or simply didn't have enough airspeed to climb away. I know from experience fighter pilots use to do this. Systems on the aircraft prevent the wheels coming up till they are off the ground. The fulcrum just gets off allowing the system to ok the retraction. Expensive day flying anyway!! I am an ex air force tech.

[achalorocks]

Nice takeoff cadet.

[dusika1]

good job!

[tiburcioman]

Let me try hold my vodka!! Wooops is ok soviet plane dont brake. hahaha

[mashkabaiba]

commentator mentions a fault with one of the landing gear systems...

[barrow29]

in soviet russian man files plane not computer

[hamstergirl591]

The plane's all, "SLIP N' SLIDE!!! :D OH GOD NO THIS HURTS D:"

[Rufusdos]

Description is wrong: this is a LANDING with faulty undercarriage, not a showboating pilot.

[mistoffermie]

Drunk russians!!!!! Funny..

[2JAMMY]

A few simple safety features would have avoided that - nice sparks though!

[kingmcbrian]

Newb :D

[Boaber1]

Some people have no common knowledge of aircraft, their operating systems or potential things that could go wrong.

[SenorSpode]

This is what happens when you want a dramatic wheels-up-off-the-deck takeoff, flick the switch UP, take the load off the squat-switches and don't climb out. Mucho dinero.

[cmi2000]

Rotate- positive rate of climb- end of usable runway then gear up, dummy.

[yomama629]

FAIL

[elisabeth101799]

fired!!!!

[isaaca380]

it looks more like a failure than a piloting error...

[TFTOP]

In Soviet Russia, thats a successfull flight! 

[MPfreeze10]

Instead of taken a ride down the runway I'd pull the big Ted handle an get the fuck out

[fsx767]

In soviet russia.... STFU

[1995avatar]

what a dumbass

[usmcoth]

But it said "any key"

[Acar4youNewZealand]

ops

[thybigballs]

Pilots love to throw the wheels up lever so that as soon as the weight off wheels switch is made they retract. It appears he had a small bounce which made the weight off wheels switch. If he is still flying I bet he doesn't play this game anymore.

[MrGrandman99]

Why did she say the pilot avoided a catastrophe? (I speak Russian)

[seniorortega]

@MrGrandman99 He had lost hydraulic pressure to the landing gear in flight, so he burned off all his fuel and attempted to land with the gear partially retracted (due to a leak the gear would not lock into place). So overall it was a successful emergency landing.

[MrGrandman99]

@seniorortega Thanks for replying, I now understand

[badmoonryzn]

@seniorortega cool!

[PracticalisTactical]

@seniorortega watch out armchair mig pilot over here. You have no idea what you are talking about, it literally was just a complacent, inexperienced pilot pulling his gear just a little too soon.

[pilot495]

@seniorortega really? Cuz if it were a landing, there he would have been in a landing flare at the beginning of the roll. As it is, the flare comes after all three wheels are on the ground, which is what planes do when they're taking off. So overall, it was shitty piloting.

[USAmilitarypower]

@seniorortega that means russian plains arnt reliable

[SeamusCallan1]

@seniorortega ....Wrong! Nice story though.

[TheeGoldenOreo]

"In Soviet Russia" jokes are so '09... losers

[OWHSsoccer07]

@TheeGoldenOreo no shit...so sick of these fags

[BorislavSabev]

These MIGs have auto-landing gear and this crash is actually not a pilot error but a systems error. That's what they say in the video.

[TipseyTrombone]

We all make mistakes, but causing damage to an expensive jet is not one of mine.

[zillsburyy1]

russian dogs

[routhoula]

in soviet Russia the pilot will send the judges to a court martial :P

[ALLERTORLOVER69]

close but no cigar

[diezelbeast]

SUPERSONIC SITTING DUCK !!!

[Prickler32]

That really sucks. Ended that pilot's career within about 10 seconds!

[Freeflyer91]

Positive AoA does NOT mean positive rate of climb.

[coolbreeze922]

I bet he felt really stupid.