Toncontin Feb 2009 - Risky Landing

[warminator]

geeez.. Way over the touchpoint. They should have went around.

[TheCannonofMohammed]

7000 feet for a 737 is more than adequate. HOWEVER: factor in the mountains and nasty approach? And slope? And floating down half the runway? To say it was risky is VERY appropriate.

[luilory]

He used only a half of the runway

[MrJamzeyP]

I don't think this landing was dangerous at all. It takes skill and good judgement to pull one like this. Have had to fly my B737 almost the same way in short strips around Africa.

[devildan58]

7.096 ft runway , displaced threshold 465 ft, 3,297 ft elevation

[AbnerNet]

Meu Deus! Essa foi por pouco!!!

[tinolino58]

Another srtandard landing.. delete that boring video...

[Pvjinflight]

@tinolino58 No its not standard at all. This airport has very short runway, must have had hard braking to make it stop with that small amount of runway left.

[tinolino58]

@Pvjinflight ....its a 7000 ft runway at just 2900 ft altitude..

I am pilot since 1978 and believe thats more than enoght.

[Pvjinflight]

@tinolino58 Well at least before extension one A320 over ran the runway and crashed, but probably why its listed as one of the most dangerous ones is more because of its approach than runway lenght. Anyway you can minus about half from that 7000 ft as plane did not touch down before about halfway, and thats not very much left then.

[bruno84]

@tinolino58 You probably been flying a Cub (on a flight sim) since 1978 and that´s why it´s more than enough for you!!!

[tinolino58]

@bruno84 OH Yes, I did learn to fly in a Cup... 100HP, O-200 Continental, hand propping, built 1947.. And what was your first airplane?

[bruno84]

@tinolino58 My first 5 hours were done in a C150A (1961 or 62) which was also powered by the O-200 (as all C150s are) :)

Sorry about the "flight sim" comment, didn´t mean to be rude! But if you fly since 1978 you should know that 7000 is not that much for a 737, especially if half the runway is left behind.

[tinolino58]

@bruno84 Thanks :-) OH, I loved the C150, I loved those first few years flying on a low budget. It was a great pleasure to control the plane with the 2 doors on the approach. No pedals and no yoke input. Just playing with the half open doors and the trim..

I had a Mooney 201 for almost 25 years.

[tinolino58]

@bruno84 But currently I am without my own airplane. Have to rent... But I expect to end my flying career with the new Trikes. I join now the training for those "Grasshoppers" and hope these Trike's provides lots of fun and adventure. I have plans to land them legaly on the glaciers and hope to travel with them trough the caribbean and the Seychelles, South Africa and Namibia...

Check my little video on Youtube: Petersgrat und Kanderfirn

Have fun

[bruno84]

@tinolino58 Nice :) I logged a few hours on a Mooney (M20J) myself as a student pilot!!!! Everybody loved it but I still prefere the C210!!!

Wish you all the best with your plans. They sure are adventurous and exciting!!!

Will take a look at your vid now :)

Regards!!

[arrtistik]

wasnt he suppose to go around after realizing he overshot the landing????....too risky!!!

[fdpa320HDmovies]

Co-Pilot: 0:38 , what about touch down?

Pilot: Noooo, let us wait...

[999happytrailstoyou]

At Honduras airports they have a priest at the gate listening to confessions and giving the Last Rites. I wonder if the Honduras government has certified this airport for the Airbus 380 and the Anotov 225 yet.

[cautionthisissparta]

OMG... how are there not airplanes piled up like cordwood at the end of the runway?

[tutmeister]

"Ladies and Gentlemen, excuse my poor decision making, but quit your bitching and get out, I have a terrible takeoff to make with the next load of suckers."

[alfonsofa75]

Que imbecil ese piloto yo se que es dificel aterrizar ahi pero el tiene la ultima palabra, espero que le haya dado gracias a Dios por no estrellarse ese dia.

[jsinko3189]

Im station in Honduras, and flying into Tegucigalpa is an adrenaline rush...Im glad I don't work as a controller there...i say a prayer everytime i took someone off, i love my job, but never could i work there

[MyEmpire91]

damn he got balls...waited almost half of the runway for touchdown...

[FSXfan007]

if you can count the stripes left on the runway, you know you should go around :)

[PhuNguyen88]

Balls of steel !

[sibiaanul]

OMG that was insane, iron balls...

[mksoct1st09]

Awesome Landing! But I would've executed a missed approach for safety purposes...

[mesabog2]

@mksoct1st09

Not awesome....terrible landing, energy management, and decision making.

[a330ftw]

Loool if i was the pilot id hate my routes :D well done

[skyyguyy]

Gotta love the videographer's excited comment. He's so right. Outcome would surely have been different had the pilot not stopped in time. Wow... indeed!

[tradernorton05]

Very hot brakes......

[theledg3092]

andddddd.....relax

[dallaspowerlifter]

Captain: Ladies and gentle this is your captain speaking, thank you for flying with us and please ignore the smell of shit coming from the cockpit . Both the co-pilot and myself dropped a massive duce. Have a great day & like us on facebook.

[aeromed88]

@dallaspowerlifter hahahaha

[kiemc100]

the runway was bearly long anought

[robinbrannon1]

I'm glad I get my information from a real pilot. A lot of people who post comments and seem as if they know about aviation, (do not) and provide non-truths and misinformation. Those of us (like myself) who are not pilots but are interested in aviation, just want correct information.....

[wncaptain1]

@robinbrannon1 - look at the :38 second mark. These large white blocks on either side of the airplane right at that moment is where they should have touched down. They were no where near that point! This should have been a go around! Glad it turned out ok!

[INGRACEify]

Me imagino que el capitan y el copiloto se cagaron en los pantalones.

[robinbrannon1]

@INGRACEify Y los pasajeros tambien!!!

[INGRACEify]

@robinbrannon1 si estoy bien seguro que ellos tambien.

[MrRandomppl]

pilots: we've paid for the whole runway why not use it all?

[cocknose2k7]

AutoBrakes - MAX :P

[unixkid52]

what the hell was he talking at 1:06

[dude6595]

thats one way to do a break check

[FLIGHTCOMPANY]

epic landing is epic

[vaboeing747]

hmm.pilots took a hug risk with some lives there,but also showed they are great pilots

[21voyageur]

Shud have cleaned up and gone around when his flare went way too long. Approach was fine - crazy typical for that airport. I bet the brakes were hot, the crew's eyes were as big as saucers and it was underwear laundry time later that day!

[sav0320]

Great capture . Even my six year old daughter thought it was crazy.

[PIPER042]

RUNWAY BEHIND U IS USELESS. 

[AirShark95]

The weight of the pilots balls weighed the nose of the plane down enough for it to stop quickly enough.

[thekorksta]

@AirShark95 Thats hilarious

[zangdaarr]

@AirShark95 : AF burnt out a plane with the same balls, the ones who lead you to not go around when you obvisouly should.

[rangelso]

barely made it, and when i say i mean it. on the other side all he risked was breaking the front gear or getting stuck in a sand

[Krulle27]

Yep...I'm quite sure the pilots went "break break break break breaaaaaak you damn plane"!!!!!!

[flyauburn13]

Stupid. Should have gone around. Very easily could have had the same fate as the A320 that ran off the end there.

[TheLn14]

Can't have had much weight on board, he wouldn't have managed to pull up otherwise. Those brakes must've been schmokin...

[earlgt2]

Shoulda coulda woulda...he got it on the ground safely. Thats what matters.

[thecapnhowdy]

This guy barely made it....there seems to be some wind keeping the plane afloat....but I think the guy should have gone around once he failed to touch at the start...great vid...wow.

[anurek123]

floating across 2/3rd runway..looking for a good parking spot HAHA!!

[flarion2345]

Yeah Pretty Sure a Go around should have been in order. But like many say, every landing passengers can walk from is a good landing

[alexisdim1]

que aragan xDD

[jijojosein]

Lady Pilot!!!!!

[1fsnl1]

he took a lot of risk.

if i saw it good he didn't even used his reverse thrusters!!!

[CAPlaneSpotting]

I thought for sure that aircraft was going off the edge, very STUPID PILOTS. Didn't they ever once think, "Hey maybe its safer to perform a go around rather then risk the lives of the people on board?" Complete idiots, they should be fired.

[pilotjake88]

@CAPlaneSpotting It's an unfortunate reality of the aviation industry. With ballooning fuel prices, airline administrations are cracking down on needless fuel expenditures, and this crew would have had a large pile of paperwork to fill out had they done a go-around (not to mention an ugly stain on their employment records).

Do us a favor and think about this next time you complain about increasing fares.

[CAPlaneSpotting]

@pilotjake88 So not filling out paperwork is worth the risk of possibly a hundred passengers lives? If you think that's right, your an idiot. And by the way, I highly doubt your a pilot, your probably a kid that plays FSX all day and wishes he was a pilot.

[sirlego1]

@CAPlaneSpotting LOL the way you talk; your probably the kid playing a flight simulator game all day.

[CAPlaneSpotting]

@sirlego1 No I actually own my own business and film aviation as a hobby and have many friends that are pilots and each one that watched this video agreed with me. Thank you, have a nice day! Bye Bye.

[lmpsp]

@CAPlaneSpotting At the end you are not a pilot. If you were it, you'll think differently

[PCL138]

@CAPlaneSpotting Which comments?

[robinbrannon1]

@pilotjake88 Do pilots get penalized for having to do "go arounds"? I would think with a bad crosswind or tailwind, a toga might be a necessary matter of safety? Also, I have heard sometimes that pilots must go around due to weather...I'm not a pilot, just asking, curious....

[wncaptain1]

@robinbrannon1 - We NEVER get penalized for go arounds (we don't call them TOGA's). This should have been a go around. They floated way too far down the runway and left themselves little runway to properly stop the aircraft. BUT I don't know how long the runway is and it may have only looked like that from this perspective. It sure looks short though.

[wncaptain1]

@wncaptain1 - If we are out of crosswind limits, below minimums or if the braking action as reported by another aircraft or airport vehicle is reported as NIL, then we don't even start the approach. And we NEVER EVER get penalized for go arounds!!

[jester8888888]

That is one insane video, I would not have enjoyed being on there at all!

[flyingturnip1]

Mmmmm, burning carbon pads

[kingmarco301]

its rated the 2nd most dangerous airport in the world, but it will be replaced

[emguediguian]

Absolutly insane!

[bonbondesel]

Craziest landing I've ever seen on youtube !!!! Critical. I hope there was a good reason to not go around... Seems like it touched down after the middle of the runway...

[seatgurus]

HOLY SHITT!!!!! He stopped in 16 seconds!

[wa7hjv]

IF the fuel supply was CRITICAL for some reason, the decision not to abort might be a good option,

[airBBtest]

pfffff, it was just. He turns with a speed very high.

[snaip]

Just when I was about to applaud the camera man for keeping quiet..

[logicalorb]

i thought the plane will overshoot the runway because it seems to be so fast even if it is already too near at the end of the runway .. pilots are very good that that can handle these kind of landings ..

i am amazed that the plane is very late in touchdown but still the pilot didn't missed approach and very fast in turning out to exit the runway .. . very nice ..

[brunosche]

como puede?



[nitbot]

This was not a commercial flight, it was a prisoner transport. True story

[bigblockz8]

I guess USAir hired a russian captain XD

[pkdavis1495]

Jesus Christ!

[fmatos22]

El capitan se volvio loco... como va a hacer ese aterrizaje a media pista? arriesgando la vida de todos los pasajeros forzando el aterrizaje....

[fmatos22]

the captain shouldn't do that he risk the life of several passengers doing that late landing.... i cant agree with nobody who says thats a good landing

[flyingisamazing]

i bet that puckered up the flight crew

[shaunsprogress]

You should send this link to that airlines management, I'm sure they would sack that flight crew immediately. That was f***ing dangerous.

[paulolk1001]

nice video

[Scandinavian92]

The hill is missing =(

[teka2493]

For an airline pilot, that's very dodgy. Just the fact that there was no abortion after going past the Touch-down markers.

Luckily the 737 performs like no other!

[Andrewawesome123]

Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome to Honduras... wait.. are we landing? yes, no, yes, no... yes..no? Ladies and gentlemen, we are performing a go-around procedure, we will be on the gr- *OUCH*

[williepayt01]

Im so used to seeing 737-800 around here in NJ that i forgot the 737 used to look like that

[GamingAirlines]

Isnt thats how FSX noobs fly planes?

[orbitair]

1:20 they stopped for the co-pilot to clean up his pants haha

[uchilledfrance]

Oops...now how close was he to taking the trees with him at 0:20? Skillful as the pilot was, I think things could easily have gone pear-shaped with the landing.

[heisserreifen]

The pilot has balls of steel :-) I would have said "go around"

[PCL138]

@heisserreifen A go-around would've been a smart move!

[frauspi]

@heisserreifen You mistake balls for poor judgment my friend.

[FLLspotter]

@heisserreifen sure he has balls of steel, but he has brains of nothing

[Wlad3Q]

@heisserreifen  I said that twice while watching this...

[MrSurvivor]

@heisserreifen Either they have balls of steel, or they're one of the stupidest pilots on Earth...

[mmnoorh]

woooww!~!

[stevegauth30]

freakin ballsy

[LM10WCSA2010]

All I wanna say is I have just made that Toncontin approach in FSX (in VATSIM) and OH MY!... was that scary! it was a thrill.. I actually coundnt believe I made it safely... definitely the most fun I've had to the time in FSX.... with high terrain at all quadrants... and that steep descent at the end in order to hit the beggining of the runway (otherwise you're most likely done) and with all those buildings surrounding the airport... you wont believe how dangerous and short the runway is, try it

[MrFlygutt]

what airline



[Postbus22]

too much kerosene in blood

[fsxtheworld]

omg this was very close the hill o: that was enought way to stand xD

[bruno84]

I don´t like to criticize because we can all do mistakes but that was not a mistake, that was pure recklessness!!! A visit to the chief pilot´s office was in order.

[HoucKSF]

great pilot, skills to pay the bills :D

[bruno84]

@HoucKSF A great pilot is that who uses his superior judgement to avoid using his superior skills!

[tuniturntablist]

FACK !!!!!

[kanyaugatiejagwo]

Boeing are tough...anyone wants to see how a real life brake testing of an airline and is torn between buying airbus or Boeing? here is your answer...hahahahah!

[hearts76100]

No problem there!

The pilot had it all in hand....LOL

[9753241860hb]

wtf approach looks scarier than any of the vids ive seen on tincontin, crazy pilot

[rianhautier]

when would he he say go around?

[elmaranon]

@0:20 Casi roza con ese arbol! @0:48 "se comio" mas de la mitad de la pista. Que emocionante, me hubiera gustado estar alli, como pasajero o testigo y tambien conocer los comentarios de sus ocupantes. Que viva la aviacion comercial y que viva TNT! Gracias por compartir este video.

[ShazaLondon]

like a bossss

[silverfoxidm]

Should of aborted landing he way to far down the runway b4 touching down.

[carlangaz505]

santo dioss......casi me da un INFARTOOOO S:

[flyboy6753]

at 0:56 you could start to see them skid to the right.

[tiojuli]

Impresionante video. Por poco se sale de la pista! Que habilidad que tienen los pilotos que aterrizan ahí!

[chris21193]

I understand this is one of the most treacherous airports to land at...but that WAS INSANE

[ndyt]

He must have been a noob to let ground-effect hold him like that. 

[sky8ryder642]

yep this what happens when your fisrt training is fsx

[TIAMATCAMPER]

Será que cago?

[TheEstebanSchmidt]

hmm, like a pro.

[annagilda1]

The 28 Dislikes, were all people on board!

[sebas1834]

@annagilda1 jajajajaja

[obelix51171]

Crazy captain...!!!

[KJLesnick]

I'd have to say for such a long landing he salvaged it pretty well by using the excessive momentum to taxi himself through the overrun, all the way around to the other side.

He could have ran off the end of the field.

[RVideoDesign]

Nice Drift on the end captain! that shit was cloooooose!

[WollyhoodStudios]

I sure am glad I use Finnair mostly...

[hairybearz]

I LOOKED THIS UP ON GOOGLE EARTH AND MEASURED FROM WHERE HE TOUCHED DOWN (which is approximately the 3rd last taxi way exit) AND HE HAD ABOUT 700-800 METERS TO STOP

[baytcelu]

Bed pilot, luky pasejers

[WollyhoodStudios]

@baytcelu What?

[jfayalo]

Perdon Tragedia !!! no trajedia !! Sorry

[jfayalo]

Pensé que iba abortar el aterrizaje, toco tierra a 3/4 partes de la pista, pudo haber terminado en trajedia creo yo !!!

Salu2

[theautothrottle]

Well done!!! Hell no! He got lucky!

The Captain just didn't want to go around because he had a big ego that he didn't want to get bruised! But before anyone turns on me and says what would i know.... Try flying in Papua New Guinea for a decade then say something.

[lfilipem]

impressive, but it would be safer to go around...

[vika0194]

respect to every single pilot. What they do is amazing

[drgreenG420]

Pilot- "thats how you land a motherfucking 737"

[dentgregg]

That was close!

[plumbgray]

well done sir that was spectacular

[JoyFulDoom]

That pilot was very smart to create as much drag as possible before actually touching the ground, the biggest risk was making that turn. I wouldn't thank the brake company but whoever created the piston and vanes on the nose gear on that air craft.

[jakal1591]

@JoyFulDoom the captain had to buy brake pads for the airlines later

[JoyFulDoom]

@jakal1591 Aircrafts don't use brake pads, they have a brake assembly on each landing gear that uses stators and rotors instead of actual pads.. And I think the nose gear doesn't have brakes itself, but has some sort of shimmy dampener so it won't castor while going at high speeds, but I'm not 100% sure on that.

Anyways, I bet those brakes were hot as hell after landing.

[airbornerat]

bad bad pilot

[leaerjet1981]

ese capitan tiene los COJONES BIEN PUESTOS para efectuar ese aterrizaje.. ha debido cortar potencia a la altura de cuando paso por encima de la camara q lo grabo. por eso se negaba a terminar de caer y cayo fue a mitat de pista.. q pista tan hija de puta!!!!!!!! una excelente filmacion hermanito. saludos desde venezuela :)

[Airforceproud95]

"we are banking at 50 degrees sir..i think we should go aro-"

"- I GOT THIS"

"sir we are too high.. I really think we shoul-"

"- I GOT THIS"

"SIR THE RUNWAY IS ENDING WE NEED TO GO-"

"- I GOT THIS"

"OMFG STOP STOP STOP BRAKES WE'RE SLIDING"

"I GOT THIS"

"Holy shit i'm alive...wtf is wrong with you captain"

"I had that."

[tysontube290]

@Airforceproud95

lol

[FRANPAGA]

A esa velocidad y con una aproximaciòn critica, tocado a mitad de pista, solo se logra con un aviòn vacio....esta le saliò bien, por ahora.

[happyapple96]

HOLY SHIT I thought the gear would break off

[TeamLeftmatch777]

That Was a MIRACLE!

[RellyOhBoy]

Now go search for "Wicked Landing Toncontin Int`l - AA B752"

Now Thats how its done...



[RellyOhBoy]

Damn, he touched down mid field. He was too high and too fast.

[NATIONofPH]

only pilots who has the balls of steel can land in that airport...

[TheGogr]

Vodka lol

[felihc1]

aterrisagem irresponsável... passou e muito da área toque... deveria ter arremetido, segurança de vôo não é brincadeira

[jadelamorag]

OMAIGASH!

[MegaSimpilot]

OMG then he just speaks in spanish WOW then some more spanish

[franthree]

Should have been a go-round!!!!!!! Lucky this guy had the best "brakes" in the world!!!

[brettv8]

Maybe a deceptive horizon, may have been within regulations? ie: not perfectly level runway?

[gmboy559]

@brettv8: That runway drops 70ft over approximately 5400ft between the keyboards. He touched down roughly halfway - at the 3d taxiway after the keyboard - leaving roughly 2400ft to stop. Only a light 737 can do a butt-puckering panic stop in that distance. A heavy plane wouldn't have succeeded.

That was *close.*

[TheSpyTon]

Crazy pilot...

[elpianistaaltamirano]

Idiot pilot, he s trying to probe that her is an hero, a super pilot or super fool ?...not smart at all, he could crash and kill more then 100 innocent people a board...idiot pilot

[MichaelNewmann]

He almost took the tree with him! Good breaking though.

[tsh1964]

Was that a paved exit when he departed the runway, or was he in grass?