The pilot did die, it was his mistake he went down. He did have kids, and they had kids. I am one of those kids. Most of us have highly productive jobs and function just fine within American society. While it may have been his mistake, it does not mean the reast of his offspring are going to be born morons. The bottom line to joke or laugh at anothers demise is a pretty shitty thing to do.
The pilot, Wes Winters, was a distant friend. The Partenavia was one of his favorite aircraft and he had done some aerobatics in it in the past. Enough with the "LOL" - the screams you hear on the audio are from Wes's wife, watching from the announcer's booth. So very sad.
this is a tragic accident, however it is a great example of what happens when you try and make aircraft fly manoeuvres which they were never designed to perform. as tragi as it is, he asked for what he got.
I dont mean any disrespect here but Ive just been watching other related YT footage regarding Parachutes integrated in the design of small aircraft and apparently the system already has saved lives.
@tauheke My friend, I agree with you 100%! Integrated parachutes into aircraft can be lifesavers!
Unfortunately, there exists "the tombstone policy" which basically means despite all of the screams, complaints, suggestions, letters to elected officials, etc. people have to die and the statistics have to skyrocket before anything is done! A very sad analogy indeed!
@ryanspeed Most airshows are performed at altitudes where parachutes would not have time to deploy. Besides, pilots need to do everything in the power to attempt to ditch their plane away from the audience and not focus on their own survival. Airshow crashes are somewhat rare, not planned events and held at altitude not conducive to this suggestion.
@ben1976howard I'm fully aware of that my friend...I'm a pilot also. I was just in agreement with this guy's comment that integrating a parachute into an aircraft can increase survival. Europe is starting to do this yet the USA has been (as usual) slow to react!
In Belgium a few years back I heard of a case where parachute was deployed at around 800 ft. and even though it hadn't fully opened by the time it impacted the ground it still saved 2 lives.
This is one of the Hardest videos I have watched. The thought of widowing the one I love surfaced. The thought of my Wife watching me go down would be Terrifying.
@FlickerCityPro I don't if it is his wife maybe his lover? all I could tell from the video is that it was somebody that cared for him and thats all that matters.
@FlickerCityPro .......I can't remember where I read it, but I believe the pilot was Wes Winter, and the commentator was his FIANCE, Mary Futrell. Truly terrible.
@nalatrebo Nope - it was his wife. I don't recall how long they had been married but Wes introduced her to me about a week before the show. Really nice lady - what a tragedy.
@TheTruthHurtsYup Hey dickhead, show some fucking respect. The pilot's wife and child were there and witnessed this first hand. There's nothing funny about it at all. Fucking jerkoff!!
@agcatdriver I agree and I'm sorry, I don't know what I was thinking with that stupid and disrespectful comment. I claim pure stupidity on my part and have removed the post.
@omegatails91 I totally forgot about this, I don't know what I was thinking with the response at that time. Dumb, mean and not even funny. I claim complete stupidity on my part at that time.
meisrock, at 250 ft. above ground level and suddenly losing both wings, an experienced pilot in any type of aircraft instantly thinks of only one thing. It is'nt mama, wife, kids, or eternity. It's called survival. While there is breath left there's still a chance. G'day. LAB.
I used to test fly the Partenavia (now Vulcanair) P68's some years ago. This is a real video of a real accident caused by overstressing the airframe. After the crash, design faults were ruled out - cause of accident was pilot error.
PILOT EXECUTING A HIGH SPEED PASS OVER RWY AT ABOUT 250 FT AGL. BEGAN A RAPID PULL-UP & BOTH WINGS SEPARATED JUST OUTBOARD OF THE ENG NACELLES.
RECONSTRUCTION FROM VIDEOTAPE REVEALED SPEED AT THE TIME OF THE WING SEPARATIONS WAS 220 KTS. VNE FOR THE ACFT IS 193 KTS. IT WAS CALCULATED THAT, AT 220 KTS & AN 8 DEG NOSE-UP PITCH, THE 'G' LOAD AT TIME OF WING FAILURE WAS 8.3 G'S.
What IS REALLY tragic though, is that the woman commentating over the tannoy & then heard wailing Nooo Nooo.. was the Pilot's wife! ... Not bare thinking about really.
@PlasteredDragon Trying to pull 8+G in that thing and expecting it to stay in one piece (not to mention the next poor bastard who might have flown it afterwards), lets us fervently hope he killed himself before he had the chance to breed!
Is that by chance a Partnavia? Whatever it was, it was not designed to fly like a Pitts. That's a bad way to go. The pilot had plenty of time to realize his doom. Very sad.
The cause of this is simple from my point of view, they did aerobatics in a non-aerobatic aircraft. A roll is one thing, as it puts very little stress on the airframe, but a high-g pullout like that is going to put serious stress on the wings of a twin engine aircraft that large.
They pulled very high g and ripped the wings off, plain and simple. High speed + high g + non-aerobatic airframe = Wings Off. I feel bad for them but this whole thing just seems idiotic to me.
Vne can cause flutter (an uncontrollable and destructive vibration of certain airfoil surfaces) dynamic divergence, or aileron reversal. Vne is 90% of the speed at which flutter occurs. FYI my friend
Obviously I'm extremely stupid to reply to this nonsense... In fact I'm so stupid, f I ever got my hands around your neck, I'd bend you over and fuck you in the ass, and turn you out, pulling your jacket, and showing the world what a little punk ass bitch you are!!!!! Bring it bitch!!!!
its hard to see something like this but we need to have in mind that he was a stunt pilot and that could happen anytime... this guy wasnt so lucky and broke his wings...
Stunt Pilot?? WTF?? how do you see this as a stunt. he was doing a high pass. Thats not a stunt you stupid little effer!! Obviously the airplane had been over loaded many times in the past to the point that this was the day it said it was finished. This is not a stunt or high G-loadings.....AT ALL you little mo-foers!!
Have you ever thought that maybe, JUST MAYBE, the plane had been used many times for aerobatics before, and had stress and fatigue that no one realized? Perhaps they went well beyond Vne and attempted to pull up? Think before you speak please.
Damn, I remember this when I was a kid: The Partenavia was a new plane which just came out and this guy was doing aerobatics to demonstrate its capabilities. The plane wasn't built or rated for such manueovres and this guy was wringing it out all the time, even running smoke on the wingtips. The spars finally failed. I never saw any more Partenavia P68Cs after that. Ever.
well in the slim chance we are thinking of the same video? why would someone go to the effort of fakeing it? plus the one I saw looks as about as real as it can be, do you have any peer reference material I can look at? or a link etc to these "industry experts" ? it would be a interesting read,
well ,if you even know what incident I was talking about? with someone else btw? I never said the plane was flown, I said the pilot managed to land the plane without killing himself, also it was a specially designed acrobatic plane and there are many manouvers that require the pilot to on purpose kill all arodynamic lift,ie the wings createing no lift,but the plane still under control, If you had any idea of stunt piloting you would know that it is not so far fetched.
No it isnt....there was a pilot who flew a plane and in the middle of the flight, one of the wings flew off!!! He managed to land the place safely and he didnt even noticed that he was flying with one wing untill he reached out of the cockpit to shake hands with his co-pilot... Its true man! I saw it on History channel.....
Actually, an Israeli F-15 successfully landed with only one wing.
In many cases, the lift generated by the fuselage of the airplane is enough to keep it aloft, depending on the specific aerodynamic properties of the airframe.
Ghost, I've seen the documentary and you're absolutely correct. The 'stunt plane' incident that some are referring to, however, was most definitely a CGi fake.
@GhostOfPaley Man I need some of what you been smokin!!! A small part of a wing missing maybe and that is a tall maybe, the whole wing gone.......never!
NO aircraft can fly in a single wing, believe me. You can lose a portion on the wing at the end as there have been incidents like that. But with this one there was no chance.
Haha I did my MECIR on the Partenavia. The thought of using it as a display aircraft never crossed my mind....why the hell it did in this guy is beyond me.
It's all academic, anyway since we're merely speculating on "what if's". There are too many unknown variables to work the equation, hence my liberal use of qualifiers in my statements.
dude seriously think a little! what is carying the airplane? answer! the wings! without wings it will plunge to the ground because its like driving a car with no tires! it would be possilbe to gain a little altitude with the engines but it wouldnt last so long and since the fuel is in the wings it wont work!
He still has wing stubs - with symetrical damage as a bonus. He may have inboard wing tanks and his engines may be still operable. If his tail had not been damaged, he may have been able to do a controlled crash. Even without engines, this would have been a possibility.
dude are you serious with me? do you know what kind of a aerodynamik kompromise it is to fly without wings???? the wings is pushing the airplane up. since the wings are damaged there wont be any lift because the air will just slide off in the end of the wingtips. and even if it would work, it wouldnt sustain the airplanes weight maybe 50%
I am indeed serious. He still has several feet of wing on each side, broken fairly cleanly and symetrically. He still has lift. He's obviously not going to continue on his merry way, which is why I said "controlled crash". If his tailplane had not been damaged he would still have had pitch and yaw control. He probably lost roll control since the ailerons were probably outboard of the engines, so that would have been a dealbreaker.
Its not fake. I've seen the video on several occasions on other sites. Much in the spirit of Bob Hoover's routine in the Shrike Commander (executing precision aerobatics in a plane not designed for it) this guy was using a Partenavia. Without the G tolerances of a truly aerobatic airplane the margin of error is practically nil. Unfortunately this is the result when that margin is crossed and the airframe is overstressed to the point of failure. Sad video...RIP.
This video is real. The aircraft in the video is a Partenavia P68, and the ladies voice you hear, is the girlfriend of the pilot, who was announcing the routine at the airshow. This was quite a few years back (very late 70's or early 80's)
not really, the control surfaces which control the plane's bank were gone so unless there was a runway right infront of them no. Also the wings were very short after the break so they would have to be moving at a speed higher than the engine could previde
plus, a piece of the wing breaking off clipped the empennage (notice it flapping behind the fuselage)which rendered the plane completely uncontrollable.
Are you restarded? I see 100 people facing the way of the plane, I hear women that sound pretty distressed. The announcer stopped when the wings broke off, and I see people in the front of the crowd running to get around the helicopter blocking their view?
you're clearly fucking retarded. I see the entire crowd looking at the plane. I hear people screaming. The sound was muffled to the extent that the engines sounded faint to people's screams are unclear. If you really think it's fake then go check it out using google. Faggot
I believe this was in Japan. According to the report the pilot was routinely exceeding the G limits of the airplane and the spar likely had fatigue before this flight.
No it was easier than that. The shirt company this ad is for just had an RC made that looked like the airshow plane they sponsor. What you see here is some of both planes. They didn't even do a good job, notice the real airplane has a white stripe above the other strips but the model that loses its wing does not.
Opps, cancel that last comment. I confused this with another video. Yes, you are right, this pilot had a history of over G'ing the airplane and it bit him. I believe he was a Japanese pilot.
Imagine yourself in the pilots seat after the wings fall break. It would be pretty terrifying to fall for those long seconds knowing the whole time that you were a dead man.
This happened at an airshow in Plainview, Texas in 1983 or 84. This video was shot by the nephew of a woman I was dating at the time and is why I remember it so well. He was a camera man for a TV station in Amarillo then. The cause of the crash was determined to be exceeding the Vne and excess G's
the dude did not live he messed up and it cost him his life it sucks but you dont have fender benders in a airplane one tiny little mistake and you pay with your life...
Yeah, you're quite wrong: Did you see that misty stuff from the wings as they ripped off? That was fuel, the tanks are in the wings. You probably think it was his Sprite spilling. Stop breathing immediately.
Notice I said "I could be wrong about this", but you were probebly too ignorent to remember that; because there is a similar video where the same thing happened and the guy survived.
That's because you come across as an ignoramus. You should stop making observations about that which you know nothing of and ask questions instead. You will look far less stupid than you do now. Does that salve your shredded ego?
Only made me feel more pitty towards you, not having anything else better to do than half read something then post a comment and making yourself look like a jackass.
Familyguy, if you have a structural failure midair and the plane crashes to the ground, 99.9% of the time it's curtains. SenorSpode, you are probably too dimwitted to have a tactful way of explaining this to Familyguy. I would have gladly saved you the trouble of looking like a feeble-minded douchebag, but alas I can see I am too late.
Learn from his mistake folks, the little red line on the airspeed indicator isn't there just for kicks and giggles.
And no there was no parachute, and most stunt pilots don't wear one typically the ones you see with a chute are plane mounted chutes( mostly on ultralights and microlights), or ejector seats
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drugdyla 4 months ago
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drugdyla 4 months ago
The pilot did die, it was his mistake he went down. He did have kids, and they had kids. I am one of those kids. Most of us have highly productive jobs and function just fine within American society. While it may have been his mistake, it does not mean the reast of his offspring are going to be born morons. The bottom line to joke or laugh at anothers demise is a pretty shitty thing to do.
MrTheConundrum 4 months ago
Now that's worth paying for!
Mr666buckethead 6 months ago
thats what happens when you exceed never exceed speed
brunodts 8 months ago
@brunodts He did NOT exceed speed. He did stunt maneuvers in a passenger aircraft and got approval by calling it an experimental.
ben1976howard 4 months ago
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Bottom line is the wings failed! I don't care what class its in!
northstarsask 3 weeks ago
God will give him a new set of wings.
UP227 8 months ago
The pilot, Wes Winters, was a distant friend. The Partenavia was one of his favorite aircraft and he had done some aerobatics in it in the past. Enough with the "LOL" - the screams you hear on the audio are from Wes's wife, watching from the announcer's booth. So very sad.
flagmichael 9 months ago
this is a tragic accident, however it is a great example of what happens when you try and make aircraft fly manoeuvres which they were never designed to perform. as tragi as it is, he asked for what he got.
hangarrat101 10 months ago
LOL!!! The last thing that went through that idiot's mind was the yoke.
YotaLizard 10 months ago
@YotaLizard Well, at least you're safe from that, jerk.
SoloPilot6 9 months ago
oh yeah, they died on impact..
MrSBChevy 11 months ago
I dont mean any disrespect here but Ive just been watching other related YT footage regarding Parachutes integrated in the design of small aircraft and apparently the system already has saved lives.
There should be more on this subject!
tauheke 1 year ago
@tauheke My friend, I agree with you 100%! Integrated parachutes into aircraft can be lifesavers!
Unfortunately, there exists "the tombstone policy" which basically means despite all of the screams, complaints, suggestions, letters to elected officials, etc. people have to die and the statistics have to skyrocket before anything is done! A very sad analogy indeed!
ryanspeed 1 year ago
@ryanspeed Most airshows are performed at altitudes where parachutes would not have time to deploy. Besides, pilots need to do everything in the power to attempt to ditch their plane away from the audience and not focus on their own survival. Airshow crashes are somewhat rare, not planned events and held at altitude not conducive to this suggestion.
ben1976howard 4 months ago
@ben1976howard I'm fully aware of that my friend...I'm a pilot also. I was just in agreement with this guy's comment that integrating a parachute into an aircraft can increase survival. Europe is starting to do this yet the USA has been (as usual) slow to react!
In Belgium a few years back I heard of a case where parachute was deployed at around 800 ft. and even though it hadn't fully opened by the time it impacted the ground it still saved 2 lives.
ryanspeed 4 months ago
This is one of the Hardest videos I have watched. The thought of widowing the one I love surfaced. The thought of my Wife watching me go down would be Terrifying.
Thomace100 1 year ago
Man that was heart wrenching you could hear his wife say I still need you at 00:34 R.I.P.
DaBigO91 1 year ago
@DaBigO91 yeah thats harder than watching knowing the guys not getting out
usselliot76 1 year ago
@DaBigO91 ya i watched the video and didn't hear that ..then re watched ..sad
freakyflow 1 year ago
@DaBigO91
How do you know it's the wife if you don't mind me asking? Did you read that in a magazine article or news paper?
Wow, if that's true. How sad!!!
FlickerCityPro 1 year ago
@FlickerCityPro I don't if it is his wife maybe his lover? all I could tell from the video is that it was somebody that cared for him and thats all that matters.
DaBigO91 1 year ago
@FlickerCityPro .......I can't remember where I read it, but I believe the pilot was Wes Winter, and the commentator was his FIANCE, Mary Futrell. Truly terrible.
nalatrebo 11 months ago
@nalatrebo Nope - it was his wife. I don't recall how long they had been married but Wes introduced her to me about a week before the show. Really nice lady - what a tragedy.
flagmichael 9 months ago
@flagmichael ....Thanks for the clarification. Truely terrible.
nalatrebo 9 months ago
@FlickerCityPro It was his wife - I knew them both casually. Sad hardly begins to cover it.
flagmichael 9 months ago
made in china I guess
ianevans67 1 year ago
Darwin at work!!
jonnibiscuit 1 year ago
my dad actually cleaned the plane the day before. yes it's real and it's not funny either this guy died, and you guys are making jokes. :(
kellyluvsya121 1 year ago
@kellyluvsya121 maybe someday they will lose someone they love and wake up a bit
howdycaptain63 1 year ago
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TheTruthHurtsYup 1 year ago
@TheTruthHurtsYup Hey dickhead, show some fucking respect. The pilot's wife and child were there and witnessed this first hand. There's nothing funny about it at all. Fucking jerkoff!!
agcatdriver 1 year ago 6
@agcatdriver I agree and I'm sorry, I don't know what I was thinking with that stupid and disrespectful comment. I claim pure stupidity on my part and have removed the post.
TheTruthHurtsYup 1 month ago
@TheTruthHurtsYup f*** you ya heartless b@stard
omegatails91 1 month ago
@omegatails91 I totally forgot about this, I don't know what I was thinking with the response at that time. Dumb, mean and not even funny. I claim complete stupidity on my part at that time.
TheTruthHurtsYup 1 month ago
looks like that plane could use some red bull
xXMomoRocksXx 1 year ago 2
@xXMomoRocksXx lol thats messed up....but it made me laugh.
Master7770 1 year ago
meisrock, at 250 ft. above ground level and suddenly losing both wings, an experienced pilot in any type of aircraft instantly thinks of only one thing. It is'nt mama, wife, kids, or eternity. It's called survival. While there is breath left there's still a chance. G'day. LAB.
smimot 1 year ago
I used to test fly the Partenavia (now Vulcanair) P68's some years ago. This is a real video of a real accident caused by overstressing the airframe. After the crash, design faults were ruled out - cause of accident was pilot error.
8eatm0nster 1 year ago
Terrible! You can't even imagine the fear and panic going through the pilot's mind.
Was probably trying to pull up in the last few seconds....but with no wings, it ain't happening
LemosAde 1 year ago
that is so sad
kaleb610 1 year ago
I remember watching this on the news. It really stood out even more in my memory because they said the announcer you hear is the pilots wife!
408alpha 1 year ago
Well, that's consistency in quality.
Both wing tips snapped off at the same time.
jizzmonger 1 year ago
NTSB ID: FTW83FA424 .
September 11, 1983
PLAINVIEW, TX
Aircraft: PARTENAVIA P68C, N29561
PILOT EXECUTING A HIGH SPEED PASS OVER RWY AT ABOUT 250 FT AGL. BEGAN A RAPID PULL-UP & BOTH WINGS SEPARATED JUST OUTBOARD OF THE ENG NACELLES.
RECONSTRUCTION FROM VIDEOTAPE REVEALED SPEED AT THE TIME OF THE WING SEPARATIONS WAS 220 KTS. VNE FOR THE ACFT IS 193 KTS. IT WAS CALCULATED THAT, AT 220 KTS & AN 8 DEG NOSE-UP PITCH, THE 'G' LOAD AT TIME OF WING FAILURE WAS 8.3 G'S.
Pilot did not survive.
PlasteredDragon 1 year ago 26
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True, this was pilot error completely.
What IS REALLY tragic though, is that the woman commentating over the tannoy & then heard wailing Nooo Nooo.. was the Pilot's wife! ... Not bare thinking about really.
xoio 1 year ago
@PlasteredDragon Trying to pull 8+G in that thing and expecting it to stay in one piece (not to mention the next poor bastard who might have flown it afterwards), lets us fervently hope he killed himself before he had the chance to breed!
armandin2048 1 year ago
did the pilot eject or live ?
peterm8133 1 year ago
Is that by chance a Partnavia? Whatever it was, it was not designed to fly like a Pitts. That's a bad way to go. The pilot had plenty of time to realize his doom. Very sad.
lowflyingcessna 1 year ago
pilot was stupid. was going way to fast for the plane and the airframe couldnt handle the G loading so they snapped of. crash was 100% pilots fault
nzAVIATORnz 1 year ago
The cause of this is simple from my point of view, they did aerobatics in a non-aerobatic aircraft. A roll is one thing, as it puts very little stress on the airframe, but a high-g pullout like that is going to put serious stress on the wings of a twin engine aircraft that large.
They pulled very high g and ripped the wings off, plain and simple. High speed + high g + non-aerobatic airframe = Wings Off. I feel bad for them but this whole thing just seems idiotic to me.
mindsmirror 2 years ago 2
if only it had the ballistic parachute system. i wonder why fucking FAA still hasn't made that mandatory!
lavakava 2 years ago
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He flew through a cloud (full of water) amd the wings gave way.
distantkilljoy 2 years ago
Nice music.
updougdown 2 years ago
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tvfilmglamdirector 2 years ago
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I love this music that goes along with this........the cloud of dust that rises after the impact.....now that is cool. It lowers my blood pressure.
Whiney8YearOld 2 years ago
OMG i wonder what the pilot was thinking while he as going down, that is so sad....
meisrock 2 years ago 2
D.H. Twin Otter.
BerlinBunker1 2 years ago
Do you know if the pilot survived?
diegor410 2 years ago
Can you say Vne?
curtisshawk 2 years ago
yes I can.....Vne
WTF?
Whiney8YearOld 2 years ago
V... velocity.
n... that you (never)
e... exceed
Vne can cause flutter (an uncontrollable and destructive vibration of certain airfoil surfaces) dynamic divergence, or aileron reversal. Vne is 90% of the speed at which flutter occurs. FYI my friend
mrfun07 2 years ago
are you stupid mr fun07????? dipshit Curtiss asked I can say Vne.....so I said Vne.
DOHHH...you look like a butt plug now.
Whiney8YearOld 2 years ago
Obviously I'm extremely stupid to reply to this nonsense... In fact I'm so stupid, f I ever got my hands around your neck, I'd bend you over and fuck you in the ass, and turn you out, pulling your jacket, and showing the world what a little punk ass bitch you are!!!!! Bring it bitch!!!!
mrfun07 2 years ago 3
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you are pretty moronic...that is without doubt.
I come here purely to screw with people. no other reason. And when they get all anal and yelling and obscene....I know I am doing something right.
so pony up big man. show me up.
LMAO!!
Whiney8YearOld 2 years ago
Your funny... Lmfao!!
mrfun07 2 years ago
That gave me goosebumps ... Its hard to imagine what the pilot were thinking those horrible seconds
SpitfireFang 2 years ago 3
I remember seeting this plane at the sussex air show in new jersey a few weeks before it crashed.
It really gave me the willies.. too bad.
sad.. especially his wife seeing this happen. a real shame.
josephdupont 2 years ago 2
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or may Boyzone,, flying without wings ??
robotwun 2 years ago
i think this proves it isnt possible
iwantlotsofcows 2 years ago
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i reckon the pilot was listening to Free falling by Tom Petty
robotwun 2 years ago
twin otter sucks
RedResurrections 2 years ago
what the actual fuck??!!
WESLEYPIPE5 2 years ago 2
its hard to see something like this but we need to have in mind that he was a stunt pilot and that could happen anytime... this guy wasnt so lucky and broke his wings...
RIP
RFTAEC100 2 years ago
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Stunt Pilot?? WTF?? how do you see this as a stunt. he was doing a high pass. Thats not a stunt you stupid little effer!! Obviously the airplane had been over loaded many times in the past to the point that this was the day it said it was finished. This is not a stunt or high G-loadings.....AT ALL you little mo-foers!!
Whiney8YearOld 2 years ago
watch carefully again, yes, hes doing a hig speed pass, but then he tries to pull too hard making his wings give
Mess with me all you can, i dont go boom that easilly XD
RFTAEC100 2 years ago 2
Have you ever thought that maybe, JUST MAYBE, the plane had been used many times for aerobatics before, and had stress and fatigue that no one realized? Perhaps they went well beyond Vne and attempted to pull up? Think before you speak please.
DerPilotMann 2 years ago
Damn, I remember this when I was a kid: The Partenavia was a new plane which just came out and this guy was doing aerobatics to demonstrate its capabilities. The plane wasn't built or rated for such manueovres and this guy was wringing it out all the time, even running smoke on the wingtips. The spars finally failed. I never saw any more Partenavia P68Cs after that. Ever.
SenorSpode 2 years ago
You can hear his wife cry out "No, no, I still need you..."
SenorSpode 2 years ago
I saw a pilot land safely on his undercarrige with only One Wing! it was a specialist stunt plane,but still ,not designed to fly with ONE wing!
paulspydar 2 years ago
The video you're referring to is a fake. A VERY well done fake, but a fake nonetheless. Countless industry experts agree.
hollowell25 2 years ago
well in the slim chance we are thinking of the same video? why would someone go to the effort of fakeing it? plus the one I saw looks as about as real as it can be, do you have any peer reference material I can look at? or a link etc to these "industry experts" ? it would be a interesting read,
paulspydar 2 years ago
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You're an idiot if u can't see it's fake, U can't fly a plane with one wing....IMPOSSIBLE....PERIOD
eckels3000 2 years ago
well ,if you even know what incident I was talking about? with someone else btw? I never said the plane was flown, I said the pilot managed to land the plane without killing himself, also it was a specially designed acrobatic plane and there are many manouvers that require the pilot to on purpose kill all arodynamic lift,ie the wings createing no lift,but the plane still under control, If you had any idea of stunt piloting you would know that it is not so far fetched.
paulspydar 2 years ago
No it isnt....there was a pilot who flew a plane and in the middle of the flight, one of the wings flew off!!! He managed to land the place safely and he didnt even noticed that he was flying with one wing untill he reached out of the cockpit to shake hands with his co-pilot... Its true man! I saw it on History channel.....
B9Killer 2 years ago
Actually, an Israeli F-15 successfully landed with only one wing.
In many cases, the lift generated by the fuselage of the airplane is enough to keep it aloft, depending on the specific aerodynamic properties of the airframe.
GhostOfPaley 2 years ago 2
Ghost, I've seen the documentary and you're absolutely correct. The 'stunt plane' incident that some are referring to, however, was most definitely a CGi fake.
mezzer99 2 years ago 6
Why on earth would someone be trying an 8+G maneuver in a plane like this?
Also, is this plane a Spanish design?
TheMiseryGuts 1 year ago
@GhostOfPaley Man I need some of what you been smokin!!! A small part of a wing missing maybe and that is a tall maybe, the whole wing gone.......never!
katana1150 1 year ago
@katana1150 its true look it up type f-15 lands with only one wing
easports2007 1 year ago
@GhostOfPaley
Yeah, I read the story about the F-15 and I think a Douglas A-4 was once landed with one wing missinf, but I'm not 100% sure.
Mumbamumba 1 year ago
@GhostOfPaley it's not in many cases. it depends on the aircrafts. and not many aircrafts aprt from a fighter can fly on one wing
charlieechovictor 1 year ago
@charlieechovictor
NO aircraft can fly in a single wing, believe me. You can lose a portion on the wing at the end as there have been incidents like that. But with this one there was no chance.
enneffess 1 year ago
u can say they just dont make planes the way they used 2
d3athbRinger 2 years ago
Haha I did my MECIR on the Partenavia. The thought of using it as a display aircraft never crossed my mind....why the hell it did in this guy is beyond me.
gnarkillkicksass 2 years ago
radio controlled
mikexray123 2 years ago
Dumbass tried to do a High G turn and failed.
InzuDraRagna 2 years ago
Manuvers overloaded the wings. His girlfriend was doing the comentary when the wings came off. May God rest his soul.
ljackso 2 years ago 2
It's all academic, anyway since we're merely speculating on "what if's". There are too many unknown variables to work the equation, hence my liberal use of qualifiers in my statements.
butlerproman 2 years ago
why would the wings snap off like that? he was flying normaly.
0discover0 2 years ago
He pulled up, you can see the aircraft just beginning to climb before the wings fail.
fightingtemeraire 2 years ago
no he was not!
he was at the time but h did hy g force turns beafore.
and the plaine was not desined for that
GuineaPigNitro 2 years ago
This is a sad reminder of why we can't exceed Vne while performing stunts at high g's. This plane was obviously not built for such aerobatics.
Mav1843 2 years ago
lol
banevsbat2 2 years ago
The pilots wife was the commentator, and, no, he didnt survive. Its a Piaggio P68, its a real clip and it happened around 1984.
Ogenerang 2 years ago 2
why did they pull up like that? they were clearly going too fast to pull up.
pilotnerd101 2 years ago
the pilot was doing stuff that the airplane was not designed for because he was at an air show.
GuineaPigNitro 2 years ago 4
they survived
climaximus1 2 years ago
If the tail hadn't been damaged, the pilot might have been able to land it, or at least come in in a controlled crash.
butlerproman 2 years ago
dude seriously think a little! what is carying the airplane? answer! the wings! without wings it will plunge to the ground because its like driving a car with no tires! it would be possilbe to gain a little altitude with the engines but it wouldnt last so long and since the fuel is in the wings it wont work!
bigpizza112 2 years ago
He still has wing stubs - with symetrical damage as a bonus. He may have inboard wing tanks and his engines may be still operable. If his tail had not been damaged, he may have been able to do a controlled crash. Even without engines, this would have been a possibility.
butlerproman 2 years ago
The probable deal -breaker would be the loss of roll control as I'm guessing the ailerons were on the outboard portions of the wings.
butlerproman 2 years ago
dude are you serious with me? do you know what kind of a aerodynamik kompromise it is to fly without wings???? the wings is pushing the airplane up. since the wings are damaged there wont be any lift because the air will just slide off in the end of the wingtips. and even if it would work, it wouldnt sustain the airplanes weight maybe 50%
bigpizza112 2 years ago
I am indeed serious. He still has several feet of wing on each side, broken fairly cleanly and symetrically. He still has lift. He's obviously not going to continue on his merry way, which is why I said "controlled crash". If his tailplane had not been damaged he would still have had pitch and yaw control. He probably lost roll control since the ailerons were probably outboard of the engines, so that would have been a dealbreaker.
butlerproman 2 years ago
it's fake ... why does the planes paint design change after the wings come off... because this video is a shit fake
TunedAmg 2 years ago
wow...owned by gravity...
dazzaspud4life 3 years ago
Give it more left rudder.
DobermansRock 3 years ago
Its real, but i can see where people are coming from when it crashes at 0.44 it does look pretty odd
Hennersbass 3 years ago
RIP
pl0xfreestuff 3 years ago
Its not fake. I've seen the video on several occasions on other sites. Much in the spirit of Bob Hoover's routine in the Shrike Commander (executing precision aerobatics in a plane not designed for it) this guy was using a Partenavia. Without the G tolerances of a truly aerobatic airplane the margin of error is practically nil. Unfortunately this is the result when that margin is crossed and the airframe is overstressed to the point of failure. Sad video...RIP.
Tailwheelman 3 years ago 2
I was jus about to say it was clear pilot error. Flying aerobatic in a non aerobatic plane=wing overload
rcheliboy 3 years ago
This video is real. The aircraft in the video is a Partenavia P68, and the ladies voice you hear, is the girlfriend of the pilot, who was announcing the routine at the airshow. This was quite a few years back (very late 70's or early 80's)
StevenatorLTFO 3 years ago
that was real th piulot died
pker8 3 years ago
Would it be possible to fly that aircraft at higher speed and gain enough lift from remaining airfoil?
Then fly to a long commercial or military runway and land at high speed?
robertgift 3 years ago
not really, the control surfaces which control the plane's bank were gone so unless there was a runway right infront of them no. Also the wings were very short after the break so they would have to be moving at a speed higher than the engine could previde
radioactiveshoes 3 years ago
plus, a piece of the wing breaking off clipped the empennage (notice it flapping behind the fuselage)which rendered the plane completely uncontrollable.
stevenlong4289 3 years ago
Thanks.
Did not notice that.
This is why I would never stress the aircraft.
Sadly interesting how both broke equally at the same moment.
I would think one might be slightly stronger than the other.
robertgift 3 years ago
VNE !
Overstress the aircraft and you make it aircrap.
robertgift 3 years ago
It is fake, it's in an old film... Can't remeber what it's called... But i'm 100% going to post whats its called when I find it
c0nn0rm 3 years ago
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Bellithe 3 years ago
good point. who knows?
Artyfil 3 years ago
Are you restarded? I see 100 people facing the way of the plane, I hear women that sound pretty distressed. The announcer stopped when the wings broke off, and I see people in the front of the crowd running to get around the helicopter blocking their view?
DonLoki 3 years ago
you're clearly fucking retarded. I see the entire crowd looking at the plane. I hear people screaming. The sound was muffled to the extent that the engines sounded faint to people's screams are unclear. If you really think it's fake then go check it out using google. Faggot
LuyenDarkness 3 years ago
Looks like a twin otter maybe? I'm guessing full control deflection at too high an airspeed overstressed the wings. That's what Va and Vne are about.
donlightbody 3 years ago
Sad, that music with the slow motion does not help. tw that plane was going to fast to pull up hard like that. its not a fighter ya know.
adam3176 3 years ago
My condolences :( NOT FAKE....Read more, people knew this guy and were there. This is terrible and tragic.
mytmousemalibu 3 years ago
This has been flagged as spam show
fake
dormiturefl 3 years ago
Damn, that pilot had time to think about his mistake on the way down.
recruit71 3 years ago 7
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Ha ha ha ha ha, awesome crash!
nkx1 3 years ago
People died you idiot
BenBandana 3 years ago
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Ah, shut up.
nkx1 3 years ago
No. You shut up.
Lets see how you like it if one of your dear died in a crash. Lets laugh at that shall we? HAHAH.
BenBandana 3 years ago
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Ah shut up again.
Beat it b1tch!
nkx1 3 years ago
"beat it bitch"
oh wow. is that the worst?
Im not the bitch - you are. Hiding behind swears :/
I know its hard to get into your thick head, but how about thinking before you express your self again?
BenBandana 3 years ago
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How about...
Ah shut up again!
nkx1 3 years ago
Oh wow. Real creative.
Why dont you just shut the fuck up and pay some respect, you scumbag? :)
BenBandana 3 years ago 2
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Ah shut up.
nkx1 3 years ago
Damn. you're scary. With your repeating.
BenBandana 3 years ago
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Ah shut up!
nkx1 3 years ago
Epic, boy.
BenBandana 3 years ago
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Ah shut up!
nkx1 3 years ago
/wiki/Vocabulary
There you go, mate.
BenBandana 3 years ago
Ah shut up!
nkx1 3 years ago
Naah.
BenBandana 3 years ago
according to the investigation at the moment of the wing seperation he was pulling around 8gs. that aircraft is not designed for that
amediastintas 3 years ago
I believe this was in Japan. According to the report the pilot was routinely exceeding the G limits of the airplane and the spar likely had fatigue before this flight.
RobertGary1 3 years ago
yeah from what ive read he was a demo pilot for that company.i guess he pushed a little to much. thats the difference between this guy and bob hoover
amediastintas 3 years ago
No it was easier than that. The shirt company this ad is for just had an RC made that looked like the airshow plane they sponsor. What you see here is some of both planes. They didn't even do a good job, notice the real airplane has a white stripe above the other strips but the model that loses its wing does not.
RobertGary1 3 years ago
Opps, cancel that last comment. I confused this with another video. Yes, you are right, this pilot had a history of over G'ing the airplane and it bit him. I believe he was a Japanese pilot.
RobertGary1 3 years ago
Imagine yourself in the pilots seat after the wings fall break. It would be pretty terrifying to fall for those long seconds knowing the whole time that you were a dead man.
12OclockLow 3 years ago
This happened at an airshow in Plainview, Texas in 1983 or 84. This video was shot by the nephew of a woman I was dating at the time and is why I remember it so well. He was a camera man for a TV station in Amarillo then. The cause of the crash was determined to be exceeding the Vne and excess G's
mikentx57 3 years ago
Excessive G's FTL..Vne does have a meaning.
motokid032 3 years ago 2
...interesting - there was a catastrophic empennage failure too - perhaps struck by wings - The Gs must have been incredible
cupwithhandles 3 years ago
you are wrong.
you do not survive something like that
franktbird 3 years ago
This happened in the 1980s I believe. The woman's voice you hear is the pilots wife who was in the announcers booth during the demonstration
RavishalBentham 3 years ago
the dude did not live he messed up and it cost him his life it sucks but you dont have fender benders in a airplane one tiny little mistake and you pay with your life...
nmfan99 3 years ago
i thought i heard of the pilot surviving since the tanks did not explode and the roof didnt crash in. but idk, i could be wrong.
Familyguy098 3 years ago
But you're heavily retarded.
panictactics 3 years ago
Yeah, you're quite wrong: Did you see that misty stuff from the wings as they ripped off? That was fuel, the tanks are in the wings. You probably think it was his Sprite spilling. Stop breathing immediately.
SenorSpode 2 years ago
Notice I said "I could be wrong about this", but you were probebly too ignorent to remember that; because there is a similar video where the same thing happened and the guy survived.
Familyguy098 2 years ago 2
That's because you come across as an ignoramus. You should stop making observations about that which you know nothing of and ask questions instead. You will look far less stupid than you do now. Does that salve your shredded ego?
SenorSpode 2 years ago
Only made me feel more pitty towards you, not having anything else better to do than half read something then post a comment and making yourself look like a jackass.
Familyguy098 2 years ago 2
Familyguy, if you have a structural failure midair and the plane crashes to the ground, 99.9% of the time it's curtains. SenorSpode, you are probably too dimwitted to have a tactful way of explaining this to Familyguy. I would have gladly saved you the trouble of looking like a feeble-minded douchebag, but alas I can see I am too late.
AdamJLemon 2 years ago 2
I now know that in this case it was fatal, BUT there is a similar video on YouTube where this happened and the pilot walked away.
Familyguy098 2 years ago
you talk like a faggot
WSHCaps00 2 years ago
I would say something clever, but judging by your SN, you're a hockey fan, which means it would go right over your head anyway :-\
AdamJLemon 2 years ago
haha thats a damn good excuse for not being able to come up with something
WSHCaps00 2 years ago
Learn from his mistake folks, the little red line on the airspeed indicator isn't there just for kicks and giggles.
And no there was no parachute, and most stunt pilots don't wear one typically the ones you see with a chute are plane mounted chutes( mostly on ultralights and microlights), or ejector seats
Fentanyl3 3 years ago 3