Flight "UAL831 Heavy" landing at SFO

[my235]

767's are badass!

[Rubahnn]

Very good you didn't shake so much with the camera, great work

[bajesus666]

an empty 767 without anything but the cockpit crew is still considered "heavy"- any AC with abilities to fly at greater than 250k pounds.

[honeysphinx]

The landing was not hard it was the designation of our aircraft due to it's weight.

[HansensUniverse]

wow you gotta be one big pussy to say that this whas a hard landing

[yarvet0506]

Senores, si leen bien el titulo del video esta enserrado entre comillas (") el numero mas el heavy, el heavy es por el tipo de aeronave, no porque halla aterrizado fuerte, o duro, o brusco, "HEAVY" se le demonina a todo tipo de avion tanto commercial como cargo que sea de cierto tamano, en miami international airport (KMIA) aterriza 747 british airways el cual llaman desde la torre como "HEAVY BOY".

[yarvet0506]

Senores, si leen bien el titulo del video esta enserrado entre comillas (") el numero mas el heavy, el heavy es por el tipo de aeronave, no porque halla aterrizado fuerte, o duro, o brusco, "HEAVY" se le demonina a todo tipo de avion tanto commercial como cargo que sea de cierto tamano, en miami international airport (KMIA) aterriza british airways el cual llaman desde la torre como "HEAVY BOY".

[UAL012]

Nice landing on 28 Right. SFO is a VERY cool airport to fly into.

[shairyar123]

thanks for upload, havent been on a plane over 3 months now, kinda missin the fun =\

[topgun767]

NICEEEEEEEEEEEE

[planesguy]

Were did you come from?

[505stealth]

Aad the plane was "Heavy" in reality...such as the degree of flabs...high landing speed....and long braking.

767s lightly loaded in the hold... don't usually need that degree of flaps on either takeoff or landing. That plane had a lot of heavy stuff in the hold...and took off with very little fuel for the relatively short flight from the Midwest t oCalifornia.

[yoboss1049]

those flaps are cool, but a little dirty



[doive1231]

If it's a heavy landing on a Ryanair flight, the pilots play a yankee doodle song.

[send2rahul]

747?

[yoyoyoyoshua]

@send2rahul ok how is that a 747 the wing would be wayyyy bigger.

[send2rahul]

@yoyoyoyoshua sorry i noticed the flaps

[yoyoyoyoshua]

@send2rahul ok it's all good

[matthiashaenni]

cool vid

[oceansdoor]

I love flying! Thanks for uploading this. I always wondered what "heavy" means. Does it mean that it's heavy with fuel still or heavy with passengers? I never understood what that term meant. Thanks for the upload though :)

[stewartx5]

oceansdoor > '.. always wondered what 'heavy' means ..'

Means exactly what it says - the large aircraft is heavier, less maneuverable, than a smaller, lighter, aircraft. The word is used to tell ATC that a longer runway is needed, a longer approach to that runway is needed, and the aircraft cannot as easily deviate from it's fight path during that approach. Both passenger and cargo aircraft use the word.

[xXGETR0CKEDxX]

@stewartx5 actually your giving out false information you couldnt be more wrong sir. The term heavy is used for Wake Turbulence seperation for ATC... These classes are given to aircraft that have a takeoff weight  of 255,000 pounds or greater. It has nothing to do with the aircraft being less maneuverable or needing a longer runway or blah blah blah

[stewartx5]

@xXGETR0CKEDxX > '.. heavy is used for Wake Turbulence seperation ..'

That's certainly one use of the phrase, but the nomenclature "heavy" was used long before wake turbulence also became a consideration. Given that, I stand by my original comment and thank you for adding wake turbulence to that.

[xXGETR0CKEDxX]

@stewartx5 before wake turbulence consideration?? what are you talking about man?? now your just annoying making stuff up to try to justify your answer... but whatever belive what you want but please try not to be ignorant enough to pass on wrong information have a good day ..

[yourhot266]

You can barely hear the violent roar of the engines...

[Slaterator]

Nice landing and a good vid ! I only wonder about why they keep the speedbrakes extended until they leave the runway...

[drumdude46]

generally Airline ( or most pilot ) Policy is:

don't retract flaps or do much on "Anything" in the way of Cleanup, until OFF the runway. this makes for a good rule. keeps the pilot focused on "Just Directing the Aircraft" along the last section of Rwy, after slowdown, and narrows down this tasks, until he exits.

if guys get too bust flipping a bunch of Switches while still on Rollout, bad things can happen. Lol!

[Slaterator]

@drumdude46

Aha, OK. Thanks for your comment.

[talkyrocko]

nice touchdown =D

[youtrein]

Great !

[dylanhelmer]

i fucking love the 767-300ER. i belive united has the ER right?

[honeysphinx]

Yup they have the ER! Kick ass aircraft!

[dylanhelmer]

Oh dude tight! i cant wait to go back on this baby. love the engine sound, the engine and everything bout this aircraft

[HansensUniverse]

@honeysphinx they sure are

[seatgurus]

@honeysphinx you know they have the same jets/engines as a boeing 747 right? love it...

[aceboy147]

@honeysphinx What's the difference between the 767, and the 767ER?

[nemlou]

@dylanhelmer no, I do not think this is the ER

[lufthansa330pilot]

@dylanhelmer but there ritiring it as soon as they get there a350 and 787s :(

[mboy3515]

@dylanhelmer yeah we do i actually fly one and a 737 all the time

[ramomar15]

Great wingshot! *****

[elijahman1000]

are you kidding me there are suppose to be holes in the wings,

[xplanevideo]

Yes, they are under the speedbrakes, it's normal

[aviationwingnut]

No, the landing wasn't 'heavy'.....the plane IS. 767's are designated as "heavies" by the FAA.

[jimmyp42002]

Yup, FAA says for heavies: Heavy Aircraft capable of takeoff weights of more than 255,000 pounds (116,000 kg) whether or not they are operating at this weight during a particular phase of flight.

Aircraft that meet these standards are forced to have ATC leave more space between them and the next plane. this is to be safe about wake turbulance on following aircraft.

[airplanecrazy1989]

@jimmyp42002 I have always wondered...do 757's fall under the "heavies" category?

[jimmyp42002]

the -200's no because there MTOW is EXACTLY at the Heavy requirement 255,000 Pounds. the -300's are 272,500 pounds so they are heavys

[portmanpaul2]

All 757's are called as heavies by ATC due to the wake turbulence that they produce.

"heavy" is an ATC term that lets other trailing aircraft that there is a risk of wake turbulence.

[airplanecrazy1989]

@portmanpaul2 I knew what heavy meant but I wasnt sure if 757's fell under that category. Thanks.

[AlfrescoProductions]

Its because when the pilots land they take care of the most important things first such as contacting act, after they leave the runway atc gives clearance to clean the aircraft (Retract flaps ect). Its just when they get a second inbetween the important jobs really.

[albeezy001]

I'd give United Airlines landing a B -

[yudasgoat2000]

@aviationwingnut

A "heavy landing" is where the plane lands at a higher weight than it was designed to do, necessitating a higher than usual landing speed, isn't it?

[nolde10]

This hasn't been a heavy landing

[pilotanthony]

that wernt a heavy landing!

[54spiritedwill54]

great landing

[744PIC]

5 stars for the great landing. Touchdown right on the 1200 ft. markers, which is right in the touchdown zone. Seems like the pilot used idle reverse only and still made it off the runway on taxiway Q, which is the 2nd highspeed exit.

"Regardless of what they say in the back, a firm landing in the TDZ is always better than a soft landing outside of the TDZ."

[Sccratlanta]

Actually he touch down more like the 2,000 feet markers. The touchdown zone is 500 feet marker. Look in the aim 2-3-3. Runway Markings section and you'll see what I mean.

[744PIC]

Although the TDZ starts from the 500 ft. marker, large airliners never aim to touchdown right at the start of the TDZ. The usual technique is to flare over the 1000 ft. markers and touchdown roughly 1000 ft. to 2000 ft. down the runway. In any case, this landing was pretty much textbook.

[Zezkus]

Very nice video and good landing

[ilfarmacista11]

this is a great landing actually

[avinash145]

this is cool

[student5669]

Nice where were you flying from? I was coming from KORD.

[vls102389]

Nice Landing

[student5669]

I was on a United 831 (767-300) landing SFO on July 28.

[nickpoop93]

What seat was that?

[DirtyThing20]

yep..a bit soft..but very nice landing..

[russbug1]

not Heavy Knob Jock

[looboy1]

JonTheDeeDeeDee meant the plane in the background (i think)

[quickstr]

cool, yes I'm aware of the heavy category, i was expecting a "heavy landing" it looked quite smooth,well done to the PIC !

[honeysphinx]

Oh sorry... yea it was a very nice entrance into California!

[UAL4ever]

that`s probably the softest landing in a 767 you can see here on youtube.

[itzajdmting]

i agree that was a great landing....

think about it....you're in a 2-300 tonne piece of metal flying through the air...when you contact the ground it's always going to be relatively 'physical'

[yoyoyoyoshua]

@honeysphinx you wanna know a nice entrance into a city my dad flew to hawaii one time and the first thing he got when he arrived was weed.

[PilotOfNorway91]

He just bounched that's all...but it was smooth.

[blast616]

every heavy aircraft bounces a bit when they land

[PilotOfNorway91]

Yes sir! ;)

[quickstr]

heavy?

[honeysphinx]

We were designated 'heavy' due to the weight of the aircraft with cargo.

[podi2006]

landing with 45 flaps. it sounds like an old cart.

[NerDmaN69]

What a wonderful sound xDDDDDD realy good video!!

[rc37]

woah i love the sound when it touched down then bounced again, really Cool vid :)

[JonTheDeeDeeDee]

was that a continental 767-400 at 0:50 ?

[rc37]

it was a 777-300/er ANA ??

[rhs2000vtec]

DO. YOU. READ. DESCRIPTIONS?

[UAL4ever]

It`t a star alliance aircraft but i don`t know what airline it belongs to.

[xJaMeSxdAxdKx]

UAL is united airlines

[UAL4ever]

are you saying that as a question or a statement?

[xJaMeSxdAxdKx]

As a statement.....You said you did not know what airline the star alliance aircraft was with.....united airlines....UAL...In the title