Almost crash MXP740 (CH701 copy)

[DiamondPilotDan]

damn 9000ft MSL? i dont blame the pilot lol at that altitude the plane would be handling completely differently than it would at sea level... unless he was used to flying it at 9000 lol then idk

[sertox12345]

must b a drug run lol fuck you guys

[CaptainAndreas45]

So ended the legacy of Ecuador Airlines.

[ilwakobon]

She's gonna chrash! Full throttle, dammit!

[otissumnerbrown]

Need to flare and stall. He had a great deal of runway for that. Were the flaps down -- difficult to see.

[Bravo21]

well, any landing you drive away from is a good one, and we see here another reason to chose the tricycle landing gear model over a tail dragger.

[sashman3988]

Basically was a crash...

[KATAERO1]

Must be one of those naval aviators!

[chair5432]

He saw the ground coming at him really fast and got scared, pulling back on the controls as an instinct of fear.

[chair5432]

stabilized apprch lol

[jonny96]

Everyones an expert!

[Chieio]

The flare was too high, he had to wait few seconds to make the flare.

[waynetaylor66]

i bet the pilot shit his or her pants

[HeRacesTheSun]

Why man invented spring steel landing gear...

[cashpoboy]

LG gonna need a checkup.

[chestybondrod]

I'm not going to say a thing.

[RCAFlyboy]

wow rough landing

[otissumnerbrown]

He needed enough speed for a "flair". 10 knots faster, he would have lifted his nose, and touched down on the "mains". He had plenty of runway to do this.

[aviatorsbh]

Maybe he dropped in a wake? Just guessing from the surrounding forest...

[MrRabit1993]

No matter what he did, it was one hell of a short landing.

[GrapefruitSalad97]

At 0:45 i thought the wheels had come off

[stealhty1]

after cleared the obstacle pilot fail to mantain an controlled descend rate,never the less he should add an burts of power few feet above the ground in order to level off and flare. i know its easy to say.

saludos

[billkolias]

lol it's not so bad...

[justsnappy]

If pilot recognized excessive sink, he should have blipped the throttle until in ground effect and rounded that sucker out into a nice flare and perfect touchdown...oops.

[omarhr1]

LIKEEEE A GLOVE! lmao

[Ricmcspeedy987]

9000ft amsl**

[santymar]

yes

[DiamondPilotDan]

@Ricmcspeedy987 9000ft msl would do fine..

[vincent7520]

WILL YOU PLEASE STE POFF THE GRASS !!!!!!!

[serger2010]

I hope he takes a good look at that prop because it did hit

[roofy2k]

it was just more of a short field than a soft

[GameNewbie]

congrats.. you just didnt borned to be a pilot - go look for another job

[Manx1632]

well that was a smooth landing ;)

[winterka100]

I think he had no speed left to flare. It just stopped flying (stalled) from too high.

[ClementeProductions]

Omg, if dat plane crashed, u wouldve messed up da whole site :x

[urgdaddy]

I think he bent the forward strut..... he flared way too soon.

[tensoares]

If you could get out of the plane walking with you own legs it was a good land!

[Sturms]

@tensoares  No

[explorateurdesairs]

Hope you could have repaired the damage with not too much cost .

[stealhty1]

you level off too early and should give an burst of power in this case, well hope lesson is learned here

[mannhorn34]

You are still alive, so good job!

[santymar]

yes, mean sea level

[suspendbrid]

what's problem?????? uffufuufuuu

[tappan48]

Stol aircraft. 9,000 ft How hot was it? Seems you came low and slow. You're were hanging on a stall.

[santymar]

Some like 68 to 70 F.

[svinu121]

what went wrong bro?

[nighthawk0077]

@svinu121 he lost too much air speed, then the plane just fell out of the sky, when you land with the motor off like that, you need to come in and land not try to hang in the air so long..

[HOPPERFZR]

@nighthawk0077 to me it looks like the trees blocking the head wind was what caused him to fall out of the sky they need to cut down more trees around that air strip

[Profama36]

What does 9000 feet msl mean? does it mean that the airport is 9000 feet above sea level?

[santymar]

It is correct.

[TylerKirkFilms]

@santymar mean sea level

[27charliee]

@Profama36 MSL = mean sea level, a measure of the average height of the ocean's surface.

[skipper1ify]

if it is 9000 ft msl, performance would be less, lift component would be less. you came high and fast maybe on idle expecting lift component as you level and flare, but at 9000 msl it wouldnt be likely so. anyway you walked away that whats important mate.

[youngestpilotinGa]

not close to a crash just bad landing

[chiccoka]

May b just a small throttle would helpful.They stalled on last seconds.

[Alain042000]

fait exprès pas de vitesse 

[TheJapanChannelDcom]

Almost crash?

Just a crap landing, no "almost crash" there.

[tensoares]

Every landing that you can get out of the plane walking with your own legs is a good landing!

[LTF85199]

looks like the landing gear is bend..

[Lithoushine]

he bent the shit out of the landing gear!

[HamasCaveira]

The touch makes the airplane to transform un a " S "... Dangerous!

[BushPilot444]

Air is thin that high and fools pilot. Sometimes when you get too slow down you go.

[pete2778]

Following a prop strike and undercarriage damage, it'd have been more prudent of the pilot to shut down the engine at the earliest opportunity and NOT taxi along the strip. This is a good instructional video of what not to do whilst landing (high alpha, insufficient airspeed) and what not to do after an accident!

[Croopskate]

that plane has trouble breathing up there!

[masterpeec]

fail

[sowmach]

9000 feet msl?! what was the temperature?

[santymar]

some like 68 F or 20 C.

[Iris421989]

@santymar where is this?

[santymar]

@Iris421989

This field is near to Quito, Ecuador South America.

[zorro051969]

good stall !!

[sapper6fd]

Only a broken prop? You you had a prop strike? How much was the engine inspection and rebuild that was needed because of the prop strike?

[marick626]

God. If you can't land one of those light STOL planes get out of aviation. Honestly.

[Jabiruz]

@marick626 best comment made by man

[warkot2233]

I zawieszenie do wymiany...

[pizamoto]

The camera location and angle make it a bit difficult to get the full effect. Doesn't look all that bad to me, you handled it well. at what point did you think you may "smite" the Earth? lol

Did you build it, or was it "ready to fly"? Was this shot in Columbia, or?

Sounds like it may be a Rotax, is it? Thanks for posting.

[santymar]

This shot was in Quito, Ecuador.

The plane was ready to fly, it isn't mine.

It has a Rotax 912S

[silencecom]

@pizamoto nah id say it was pretty bad (the impact not the landing) .. i can imagine it would be a difficult approach tho.

[jcbmartinique]

Woow !!

[youtrein]

Woow !!! So hard ! Wonderful landscape !!

[aerhearts]

That aircraft is not a CH701, it is a Savannah. You can tell by the shape of the wing over the cockpit.

[santymar]

it isn`t a Savannah, It is a MXP740 made in Colombia.

[flanksteak2]

God that grass is beautiful

[coxairman]

good, enjoying the little things in live...

[bushpilot50]

Either there was no elevator authority left or there was no attempt to use it before the touch down. More speed would have helped on that windy day.

[santymar]

it wasn´t a windy day.

[Xiber1]

looks like a toy.

[mrbushpilot]

silky smooth

[Brough1111]

The birds just went on singing impervious to the landing!

[ritualghost]

keep your throttle hand alive and your eyes on the airspeed indicator

[spidercoinc]

That's what we call a low energy landing.

[pylon500]

Why 'land' when you can get to 10 feet and just drop the plane on the ground :)

[kitmm]

Stalled right at 0:24 is my guess.

[pete2778]

@kitmm, bang on, mate, he should have noticed how much elevator he was having to hold in on the approach and watched his airspeed more carefully. Generally, a 'natural' pilot knows from his control response how much authourity he has left and he really should have increased his power and airspeed to take into account the elevation of the airstrip. Good job nobody was hurt and he probably learned a lot from this, if he didn't, he should quit flying and be thankfull he's alive!

[StolAdventures]

Dear Sir,

You have CH701 in your list of "tags"

Please be honest. This airplane is NOT a Zenith CH701 ! Could this airplane be a Savanna, perhaps?

The truth is, that this is a very bad, unauthorized copy of a very fine STOL airplane. I am not surprised that you got into trouble with this airplane. I am glad that you were not hurt.

Please be honest and admit that this is NOT A CH701.

Please remove the ch701 tag from this video. Thank you.

Respectfully submitted.

[santymar]

OK, the name of the video was changed, the plane is not mine, it only visited my field. The plane is a MXP740 made in Colombia.

[ismasamov55]

Scar face would say, Coolumbia mang.

[dondycluck]

no the plane stalled

[ericsonfire84]

I'm still trying to figure out why they were landing at a golf course?

[santymar]

Because we don´t have another place to land.

[sakoshooter48]

Looks like a microlite to me

[GerbilEssences]

CLUNK!

[helipilot727]

Flare a bit early?

[waszak1977]

(1) thats sucks, but happens (2) if you dont have wings, don't make fun! Do you think the pilot or his family thought this was "funny"? (3) details? how was the engine/gear box after prop strike? (4) THANKS for the video...without these, REAL pilots like myself would not be able to learn from others mistakes! stuff like this just happens sometimes, It takes a humble (& courageous) person to "advertise" thier errors in the hopes that others may learn!

[santymar]

A few hours later, the prop shaft failed (Rotax 912S) and the plane was damaged , no personal injures.

[itsumonihon]

he should have been inspecting the hell out of that plane after such an awful landing, he would have discovered the damage

[modelwoddle]

sink

[xawierz]

I can feel sorry for somebody who made a mistake unpurposely, but not for somebody who knew what they were doing.....

[ronald73blue]

bump bump

[peanuts2105]

9000ft AMSL would mean GS of 100kts. The pilot looked a little hasty, and I'm guessing he had wind sheer and curl-over from those trees. Though it is easy to comment when you're not there!

[200407013]

why are you relating a particular altitude to GS? To the best of my knowledge, which is pretty good, the only thing that affects GS is wind, I don't see why 9000 ft means 100 kts. Just wondering, might save my life some day.

[peanuts2105]

Re:The "more info" box said the airfield is 9000ft AMSL.

What I should of said: IAS of 75-ish kts would result in a ground speed around 100 kts at that altitude; with that speed and the thin air plus other factors such as wind sheer, there is an increased chance of a crash, hence....

Regards

[santymar]

It is correct, 9000 ft AMSL, the wind was calm.

[kimiles1]

Umm. It's called density altitude and affects the way the pitot-static systems in the airplane interpret air data. The higher you are, the slower the airplane thinks its going because the air is less dense.

[slickjimmy76]

Hard landing & prop strike & you keep taxing???????? I'm glad your ok, I hope you sent engine/ gearbox out for inspection .

[sapper6fd]

Prop strike - 26 seconds in, spit second later the sound of the prop catches up with the video. Overhaul the engine, check the engine mounts and hope to god there isnt much damage. the overhaul for that engine because of the strike isnt going to be cheap.

[FFTVAviation]

It looks like he tried to land to quickly. Hard to tell the surface from the vid but surely he could have kept up more speed and just gently touched down later on. But then I can't see what the runway was exactly like.

[bamasbulldogs]

plop

[RayAir1]

Really greased it in huh?

[crash1956]

ok .....drop the dope and scram.........lol

[NosBlaster]

that landing strip reminds me of Blow (movie)

[RayAir1]

Good God man, it wasn't even windy-

[SenorSpode]

Remember, the air at higher altitudes is thinner and it could've been a high density-altitude day, making things worse. It happens, at least the plane was repairable.

[gumimalac]

Dont feel so bad man. I crap my pants at the thought of making a landing at 90 MSL

[chueffer]

Luckily the ground was there to break his fall.

[nicklking]

lol

[krisraps]

I Bet You Hav Tonns Of Money

[mjok2004]

Stalled it on and not only that when it did stall the pilot tried holding it back more :(

[sixmagpies]

So would I ... too close to deck to do much else. I think it would have stuffed otherwise.

[JetPilott]

He bent the gear !!! If you look carefully, the right gear is bent, and the plane is listing to the right. Also, it sounds like he nicked the prop on the ground, there is a slight delay due to the distance, but when he bounced I heard the prop blades hitting. To bad, he had LOTS of room to spare, there was no need to be flying final that slow. He stopped in 1/3 the runway, but he damaged his plane doing it...

[belgianhorst]

watch out for wind gradient (it seems to be quite windy)

[belgianhorst]

why so slow in final: plane was stalling immediately when levelling out near ground, it dropped 2m in stall to the ground. If you get hit by a thermal in final...

[stolflyer]

It looks like a Savannah (or other STOL CH 701 copy): The wing root is different and it may have a weaker landing gear ?

[santymar]

Yes, it is a MXP740, Colombian copy.

[kazakhpilot]

Yes. Very strong airplane. I make hard landings too :)