Pilot's incredible survival from Tayside golf course crash STV Video2

[CFITOMAHAWK]

He ran out of fuel, then ran out of balls to make a good safe landing on the grass then ran out of the true story by fabricating lies of Its better to stall instead of landing. This is a GOOD EXAMPLE OF A LIAR FLYER. Spinal Compression is a disabling condition that happens on most stalled crashes.I know some or knew. They don't even want to go to airport anymore after they realized they stalled/wrecked a good plane, their Backbone and rear end too. Have been a Bush Pilot/Aerobatics CFI 23 year

[hangarrat101]

just read the accident report on this the other day. the muppet ran the aircraft out of fuel.

[tampabayaerosport]

Ya I meant to do that!  18 runways to choose from... He picked a tree? And bragged about it. I love this guy!

[twohelmets]

This guy had a golf course to land on. Any bull about going for the tree is exactly that, bull. Might be the nicest guy in the world, but this is a piloting fail and big time.

[LTF85199]

One smart Pilot

[BMG4ME]

He was my Maths teacher at school - and the person responsible for launching me into my career. Also one of the nicest people you've ever met. Pure genius, I am glad that he survived. Watching him tell the story reminds me of those Maths lessons in the Sixth Form at Bancroft's.

[LarryCanFly]

Very cool. I did that once in a GT-400. Stalled into the tops of 100 foot tall pine and fir trees at about the stall speed of 30mph, but I went all the way to the ground - lucky to hit a 6" thick horizontal branch of a tree that broke my fall and broke off my left wing slowing me down so it was more like two 50 foot falls. "Landed" like a lawn dart with fuel dripping onto my back. I undid my 4 point harness and walked out of the forest without a scratch. The feelings and emotions after are-

[Jamesfromnyc]

Wow the media twists stuff. This guy ran out of fuel and from seeing blogs from people who fly with him, he shouldn't have been flying. To pick hitting trees at 70k is rediculous. The stall speed on the CT is 39k! Its a miracle he survived and didn't hurt anyone - true! But he don't belong flying IMO. Hmm, smooth fairway or trees, that is an easy decision to make.

[dog737800]

The most g's the body can take is from the front. That is why, people are told " heads down, grab ankles" if an airliner is crashing, more commonly know as the brace position. Christ, what a bullsh*tter, We're all human and make mistakes, why can't you just put your hands in the air and say "hey, I made a mistake" Big Deal. Worse type of person in a cockpit is a liar. My seat took the impact! ha, piss off, Idiot

[dog737800]

Another point of g's and impacts is that the body can't take that sort of impact from underneath. If he was to decelerate that quickly at that angle, he'd be in a body cast. The spine can't take that compression.

[dog737800]

What a complete liar. He misjudged the glide. It is only natural instinct to pull away from and object you're about to hit. It's not skill. If he was doing 70 knots, why didn't he just use that speed and go over the tree and land normally like anyone with half a brain would? That aircraft is so light as well that it would be impossible to whip stall it at 70. It doesn't have the momentum. Normal stall speed on a microlight(I presume) would be around 30 knots? I'm guessing. It's just stupid.

[helicop99]

wow

[MrLittlegate]

great guy