Airplane near miss

[PrisonFaces]

Boeing needs to take the initiative, and start making parachutes big enough for 747s. :-P

[prowlus]

Maybe he needs TCAS

[McLarenMercedes]

holy **** that was close!

[tioz01]

dude must be glad he invested in a parachute.

[WhatJones2000]

@tioz01 LOL

[skymonkey81]

So does the parachute auto deploy when you shit your pants or do you have to pull something?

[jhhwingnut]

@skymonkey81 ....yes you pull your pants down to clean them out....if you survive the fall....!!! LOL

[xfire7]

loads of roads and fields.Decayed all his airspeed by turning....all wrong.Dunno if I would do different,I hope so.

[jtk15sc]

@xfire7 hey genius he deployed his planes parachute. yes he self installed this one not one of the fance CAPS cirrus ones. what you would do different? pull the parachute with your left hand maybe?

[VAJOWLES]

French pilots don't use radios, they use hand signals.

[Quentin77170]

@VAJOWLES I'm French and you're ALL WRONG!!!

They use smoke signals!

[skazhiprivet]

Cook1993 - The explanation sounds plausible. But the cable... 8 inches of solid metal!?

8 inches thick?!??

It doesn´t sound right...

[Mysticlambo]

@skazhiprivet No, Glider and sailplane tow ropes are almost NEVER made of metal. Perhaps the 8 inch thick metal you are referring to is the Shaft with the spinner and propeller that runs deep back into the engine.

[RobinTownsend1984]

I saw this on tv.. Didn't the plane that crossed his path have a glider tow line trailing behind him and it caught in his prop?

[snipey852]

With all those open fields available for a off-field landing, I can't see why anyone would pass all those up just to pull the parachute and possibly cause more damage or increase your chances of being injured or killed. Practice emergency landings and quite relying on your parachute to save your ass. Your engine quit, the plane is still flyable. It's not like your wing was ripped off.

[jackobcooper]

@snipey852 dude he ended up in a flat spin..

[RobertGary1]

@snipey852 I'm not sure he had enough control to do that. Notice after the impact the plane has some unusual attitudes. Without the chute he may not have been able to keep the blue side up.

[SenorSpode]

What bombshe1 neglected to tell us:

Incident occurred in France. Camera plane was flying locally, other plane was towing gliders up and flying back. No pilots were using their radios, FIRST FACTOR. Second factor: nobody was looking out for one another. Cam plane's prop ate the tow rope after near-midair, lost power. Pilot deployed chute. No injuries. Morals: COMMUNICATION AND SITUATIONAL AWARENESS.

[Fiinniinnii]

THAT WAS CRAZY!

[npnelsen]

he deployed an emergency chute that most small aircraft are equipped with theese days

[rmls34]

Most are not equipped with an emergency chute, actually only a few are.....the plane that passed him was pulling a glider cable that became entangled in this planes prop.

[shaneboulds]

@npnelsen while he did deploy a chute. Many in fact.... few have them. thats why we practice emergency landings

[ducker1942]

WOW AWESOME!

[Landrew0]

Wow, an 8 inch thick cable?

[Landrew0]

It looks to me like the glider was damaged by the turbulence from the passing plane. It's always a pilot's responsibility to be aware of traffic in the area and maintain a safe separation distance.

[ukkingy]

Glider? What Glider

[TheDJLexx]

Was the plane that crashed under tow, and if so dosn't he have the right of way because he is non powered?

[HRMOKeefe]

Well then dont.

guy was cruising and an aircraft under tow approached from the right (thats why they call it the RIGHT of way?) two violations of right of way , sound slike teh mid air we had with a pitts, he approached us from the left rear and hit our left wingtip, FAA cited him w two violations, he sued us (!!) and jury awarded him 500K , Two years later I watched this F####ing Engineer solo hand prop his new PT-19, had throttle set to far, pulle dup stake and BRRRRP into the hangar

[agentfazexx]

Right of way is not called that because people from the right have it, you have the right.. of way. Meaning you have the right to pass.

[GIRlovesWaffles]

Then you've never been to the Flagstaff area. All Mountains, and trees.

[HRMOKeefe]

nice chatting with you, please in the future try to not be so judgmental in your on line persona, I'm sure we wouldnt speak to each other like that in person.

far from an 'air cadet' (?) I actually have a few thousand hours of flight time from seaplanes to glider towing in a stearman, to jets. Grand AM across America? fun

[HRMOKeefe]

The Coronado National Forest covers 1,780,000 acres of southeastern Arizona and southwestern New Mexico. Elevations range from 3000 feet to 10,720 feet in twelve widely scattered mountain ranges or "sky islands" that rise dramatically from the desert floor, supporting plant communities as biologically diverse as those encountered on a trip from Mexico to Canada

[HRMOKeefe]

I'm sorry , you're English, and that excuses your bad behavior

[HRMOKeefe]

Not a near miss, that was a hit, fouling the tow rope ?

and PS the tow plane had the right of way ;

1) approaching from the right of the ultralight, and

2) under tow

Mr Ultralight needs to put his head on a swivel and follow the rules

[marvinf14]

Thats an Experimental not an Ultrlight!! LOL u funny man

[HRMOKeefe]

rules of right of way are the same, IMHO this guy is not a FAA fully licensed pilot, he's in a different class, ultralight

or new small category, or just never knew the rules

[marvinf14]

Listen, im not here to argue that, you and i know better, I fly G/A and Sports Aircraft as well as Experimental, ultralights people go into clubs and they are fully aware of the destinations and where bouts, i mean this man knew better to have a Parachute on his A/C, Aviation has become so feasible to many people, but its not to point out fingers. and im not to defend him but the Tow Plane came right under him, as your aware A/C does have blind Spots my friend.

[HRMOKeefe]

Marvin: I was born in Miami. Was flying our model planes at West Lab Elementary in about 63, witnessed a flight of P-51s and B-25s (S American AF) depart south under low overcast. an hour later they returned but didnt notify anyone, F104s scrambled from Homestead intercepted over Coral Gables under the low overcast, ran up through the formation scattering the prop planes, amazing sight Years later met one of the F104 pilots at HAFB open house, he filled us in

[HRMOKeefe]

parts of Arizona are not flat desert, you obviously have never been there, and dont use such puerile adjectives and pronouns, especially when addressing your superiors

[Nzeddy]

The plane was towing a glider and the rope/string got caught on he engine and stoped.

The parachute it to save the pilots life and plane.

[plsniper]

The closest near miss I had was about the same distance. It was on 9/10/01. That's all I thought about untill the next day, when 9/11 happened. What I don't get in this film is the parachute part. Why deploy the parachute?

[ke200]

How did he stall it?

[636roadrunner]

Maybe wake turbulence?

[yourrealmother]

He didn't stall it. The other plane was towing a glider. He ran into the tow cable. No one was hurt.

[ke200]

Makes sense - it's hard to see in youtube videos.

[syedbilalanwar]

so what's a near hit?

[RINGMASTER75]

Wow, i'm glad no one got hurt. It coulda been much worse.

[jwalsh8]

nah man listen to the vid he says "i had to pull my parachute". this aircraft was fitted with a large parachute on top of the aircraft that is designed to pull an aircraft out of a spin and let it land with as low a damage and injury rate as possible.

[HRMOKeefe]

I wish the people who post this stuff would give the simple who what when where, especially if they have no first hand knowledge of the scenes.

Looks like a crowded valley multi use airport in Austria? Arizona? sailplanes, ultralights etc .

My L-19 was once hit by a Pitts, L-19 pulling a glider, we cut loose both landed OK, wingtip damage, the Pitts augured in, went into hospital, he hit us from behind while we were towing, he sued us and jury paid off !! Lawyers!

[fwayndo1]

not even professional aerobatic teams would ever dream of coming that close

[CaptainFaisal]

OMG so lucky!

[999videos]

why did the engine cutoff and not restart? strange how AFTER the near miss the pilot reacted stalling the aircraft...

[Cris7Yerly]

he didnt stalled it the prop wash from the other aircraft did

[pheurtonskeurto]

I've seen another upload of this video with another description... Apparently the aircraft that passes by him had been towing a glider, and the recently released tow rope hit the front end of the plane and mangled the prop.

[nemo227]

@pheurtonskeurto Correct. Your description probably should be in the space under the video clip.

[miracleeraser]

sure looks like it should have "crashed" a lot harder than what it shows....

[jwalsh8]

yeh but this aircraft has a parachute which can be used instead of bailing out. it sounds really far fetched but its true. you can see it on other vids. thats why it looks like he is spinning.

[agentfazexx]

He was spinning cuz he stalled and had no control

[jwalsh8]

if that was true we wouldnt have survived that crash. u hear him say a couple of times "i have to pull my parachute". Im not makin this up research it. Even when the cam shows after the crash you can see the parachute on the aircraft.

[Dooobs]

Stalling an aircraft is not a bad thing providing you have height. It simply means the wings are no longer generating enough lift to counteract the weight of the plane. It is easy to recover from, obviosuly here something else happened and he lost power.

[jwalsh8]

yeh im aware im actually a qualified gliding instructor with the air cadet organisation in the uk i was letting people no that this particular aircraft had a large parachute on top which allows the aircraft to get out of a spin and land safely.

[crazymotionride]

lucky the field had that netting in aswell as you the plane was falling pretty quick

[steandkelreview]

it was a cessna that came past and why crash land when you didnt hit anything?

[bombshe1]

im not sure it could of been a cessnaor something else

[ZZZushi]

wow that was close!

What plane was the camera in?

[willem567]

phaw!!!