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  • Sure looked like alot of flap......that's just my uniformed observation.

  • It was not a C-172, it was a C-182.

  • I'm sure the hot climate of South America didn't help. Should have used a 182 or larger.

  • Weight and balance much??

  • So sad

  • The Doctor flying this Mercy Mission didn't have Bush Pilot Training. No overloaded. He pulled up too much elevator and too much right rudder. He Over controlled to the right and pulled out of ground effect, and stalled. Those Pull Ups then stalls happens a lot on USA too.

    Only way to avoid stalling at 60 feet was pushing flaps to 30 and pushing nose down to do MCA flying at 50 feet until pick up speed for a 10 deg. flap Vx.

    But this Doctor could not do it and kept nose up, HE WAS NOT TRAINED

  • It looks as though he did a soft field takeoff incorrectly. You're supposed to lift the plane off of the ground as soon as possible (around40-45 kts) and then immediately pitch down again to build airspeed, which he didn't do. The plane only flies at 40-45kts in ground effect, once it climbs higher, it'll have trouble climbing/stall. The fact that it looks like the plane was overloaded and that he yawed to the right immediately after takeoff didn't help. That's my take on it at least

  • Also, looking at it again, the smoke direction shows the left crosswind very clearly.

  • @ConvairDart106 I think he might have had full rudder correction already

  • As someone else observed, it's a 182 and may not have been overloaded. However, it appears that the pilot was either un-licensed or drastically distracted at a critical time since he just doesn't fly the airplane. He lifts off in a side slip and doesn't seem to know how to regain control.

  • oh they dayed

  • why did the plane crash??

  • @1mnmfan overload, the max wheight that this airplain can suport is 2550 pounds app(basic airplain weight plus fuel, passenger and baggage)clearly exceeded that weight. Pilot's fault

  • I think it hit an air pocket! (oh and it's a 182, look at the rear windows, air cleaner right below prop and cowl flaps)

  • planes have a weight limit predicated on runway length as well as structure. overload it, especialaly on a hot day (thinner air, and you can be signing your won death warrant.

    he got off the ground in 'ground effect - which extends up about the length of the wings.

    Then it stalled (wings stop flying, sometimes only one, and its all over - especially on a dirt field with obstrucitons

  • you can barely take off with a full tank and 2 people, let alone 8 people.

  • Safety last

  • Sadly, for me and one who has flown a Cessna, this is a classic case of overloading for sure.

  • Niggers all around the runway, not really a surprise a fatal crash would occur sooner or later

  • @sterby1

    You Sir, are a complete Jerk and Racist Areshole who should be put down at the earliest opportunity. You offer Nothing to society and so need to be erased asap.Amen.

  • @sterby1 You would crash and burn, killing everyone around you long before any of those people did.

    Your Hate against the world will come back and screw you in the ass, just wait and see.

  • Classic example of having one's head up the anal canal. But hey looks like the only way to fight illegal immigration

  • Classic example of having one's head up the anal canal. But hey looks like the only way to fight illegal immigration

  • Thats exactly what will happen if you climb out of ground effect without the proper airspeed

  • LMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!

  • I've seen this clip a thousand times and people keep saying that the aircraft is a Cessna 172. It is a 182 because of the cowl flaps and the sound of the engine. I any event, he was overloaded beyond the aircrafts capability. Sad thing to watch indeed.

  • c141heaven.info/dotcom/64/pic_­64_0614.php

  • A plane crash is never due to a single factor.

    As far as I can see:

    Pilot never countered the crosswind, and might not have given enough rudder to compensate on the first place.

    Pilot sees he is about to fall off the runway, and pulls it up in panic. Due to still being in the ground effect, planes does take off. Pilot pulls the nose up even more to dodge the crowd, which means its airspeed probably dropped even lower.

    Once he got out of the ground effect, it was an immediate stall and crash.

  • CEASE ABBREVIATIONS which many do not understand. You have room to spell out.

    Had he leveled and not tried to gain much altitude, could he have gained just enough airspeed to just miss obstructions and make the flight?

    Did the pilot weigh anything?

    Passenger in the middle - unbelted?

    PIlot had valid pilot's license?

  • That aircraft is definitely overweight..

    You can see as soon as it leave ground effect it struggles to climb.

  • What happened: The plane was not too overloaded...

    1. The pilot did not counteract the crosswinds on takeoff properly. Note how much the plane veers off of the original course.

    2. The pilot had the flaps lowered to a point where there was more drag than extra lift. It is recommended to only use 20 degrees flaps on takeoff in a Cessna.

    3. The pilot tried to climb by pulling up more, not releasing the flaps.

    But this is only my opinion.

  • @PenorBethith C-172 short/soft field T/O calls for 10 degrees.

  • @EricBeach oh, ok. the last time i saw a takeoff checklist i thought i saw 10 degrees. guess i was wrong.

    idk i should look at a manual soon

  • @EricBeach *20

  • @PenorBethith You NEVER release what flaps you have when that close to the ground. He was behind what is called the power curve. High Density Altitude and probably loaded to gross if not more. Pitch forward.

  • @lovemyrinker Actually, raising could have possibly saved them, along with pitching down. It looks like the pilot tried to gain altitude before attempting to recover, increasing angle of attack to and past the point of a stall. What raising the flaps would've done was remove excess drag in exchange for the slight amount of extra lift, thus letting him gain speed. Raising the flaps saved c-141 tail number 64-0614. I'm a student pilot but I haven't learned much about the power curve yet.

  • @lovemyrinker c141heaven.info/dotcom/64/pic_­64_0614.php

  • There's not much excuse for what we just watched. I feel sorry for those who lost their lives.

  • I'm not even a pilot (only played quite a bit of flight simulator) yet even I can point out mistakes the pilot made. Perhaps the plane was a bit overloaded, but that probably wouldn't have caused the crash if handled carefully. The flaps look way too angled downwards... yet still he tried to pull up too quickly before the plane gained speed. Once slightly airborne he lifted the nose MORE to try gain altitude... bad move with flaps and velocity like that -> he then stalled. Bad flying, sad clip !

  • Not that it really matters, but I'm pretty sure that's a 182.

  • seems to me that the pilot had more than 20 degrees of flap which prevents the speed increase dramatically, and the stall of the aircraft.

  • If that O2 bottle ruptured, it's lights out for everyone. Yes heavy behind CG....full seating plus O2 bottle down the middle....Doesn't math count for anything....???

  • Taking off with too much flaps. Should use no more than 10 degrees.

  • WEIGHT AND BALANCE..jeezuz

  • Does anyone know what sort of contraption is in the cabin behind the PIC's seat? It looks like bottles of oxygen. I could be mistaken. But it looks heavy!

  • @TheAviator789 That was industrial cylinder oxygen.Very large and very heavy.Looks overloaded to me.

    Warm humid,maybe density altitude to high.Possible aft CG.

  • i'm really impressed as how that airplane was able to lift off the ground, considering we are talking about somewhere near cali, which is supossedly 950 ish meters over mean sea level (about 4000 ft), and with overweight . We are talking about 5 PEOPLE and A OXYGEN TANK... there's no doubt in my mind that airplane was overweight.

    Leaving all that aside, the pilot clearly spoils the little or almost unexistent lift he had by crabbing the airplane... an accident that should be easy to avoid.

  • He was using too much flap and never gained enough speed to escape ground effect. Short field requires flaps 10, Vx before rotation then Vy after clearing all obstacles. Serious pilot error

  • Put the nose down!

  • That is a 182 not 172...

  • what is this guys problem!! V1 would have been abtained way after Vr and V2... definitely should not have ever been flying!! A cessna has a very large lift to weight ratio so he should have atleast let that poor plane gain some speed before rotation at like 40 kts :S

  • he could maintain flying without climb to gain speed :/

  • Not true, I use 20 degrees all the time, it's part of the soft field t/o proceedure to begin with (comment below). And yes, based on the elevator position on t/o, the cg was not aft, the dumbshit just pulled off the runway too soon, then didn't keep his nose down to accelarate. But I bet he was out of MGW to begin with.

  • @keithacoustic86 in the POH recommended short field t/o flap setting is 10 degrees... not sure where you got your information from :S

  • He was using to much flap. The plane could not gain speed, especially being over loaded. Never use more than 10 degrees of flaps during a takeoff under any circumstances. I really couldn't tell how much he was using but it looked like at least 20 degrees. If you are going to attempt something this stupid the plane should use all available runway and keep it on the ground until a solid rotation speed is acheived. He pulled it off the ground and floated in ground effect. sinceless trajedy.

  • how is this trajic imigrints trying to get to uk/usa and a really stupid pilot they deserved it !!

  • Upon many reviews, it is apparent that it was not an aft cg by observing the elevator position as it flys by. It clearly showed poor ruuder use in that he swerves off the runway as soon as he lifts the nose. Which was early as he still has a lot of runway left. At this point however he continues when he should have aborted. The crowd may have been a factor to his pulling it up as he was about to start chopping burger! As noted, he never gained enough speed to climb out of ground effect.

  • @ConvairDart106 I am just a student pilot, only 11.1 hrs so far but all in a 172R, so comparable aircraft but not exactly the same. In the machine I fly right rudder deflection is almost full on takeoff so I was personally wondering how he floated so drastically right after takeoff. Always, if I get it a bit wrong at takeoff it floats left.

  • @Bladod Not being there ourselves, makes it harder to pin down however, he may have had a little left crosswind OR, he may have been applying too much right rudder to offset the p-factor. It does look like a difficult view over the nose as he keeps the tail down the entire time. Looks to me like he was trying a short and soft takeoff with high density altitude to contend with which could easily have made him overweight if that were a factor.

  • @Bladod Hi Bladod. Been north fishing. You probably have a few more hours in now and have practiced crosswind take off and landings. Gusty winds and even moderate crosswinds demand proper use of rudder. Yes, normally you hold right rudder to offset P-factor. However, with a stiff left crosswind, P-factor can be eliminated altogether and actually demand stiff left rudder. I recall this from my student pilot days when taxiing out from behind a hangar only to weathervane 90 degrees LEFT in the wind

  • How do you pass a written test with stupidity with that

  • i'm willing to bet that its not overloaded....it looks like the cg is to far aft of its limits...u can see as soon as he takes off he doesn't have enough pitch down to counter the pitch up of the aircraft, so it stalls and it is impossible to recover...bummer

  • its a 182

  • This is sad, weight and balance is so critical to safe flying. 100% preventable

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  • Shoving the whole extended family into a plane that can hardly carry 4 passengers???

  • how stupid could you be, if youre gonna do stupid shit do it over the water by yourself. where the hell did they think they were going?

  • i know its mean, but..... HAHAHA OVERLOADED PLANE FILLED WITH MEXICANS!!!!!!! ahahahahahhahahahahhahaha

  • Not overloaded, just not balanced

  • this had NOTHING to do with the lady touching the pedals, even if she was to apply full oposite rotor, the plane could still take off, is very simply a fatal mistake on the pilot, plane not only overloaded but also way B/cg this guy killed these people, defenitely tail heavy, you can see the heavy 6ft oxigen tank going fron the back seat all the way to the back of the plane, not to mantion they already had 4 people there, Sorry that he died, but he didnt need to take the other three with him!

  • @MrPorscheracer I wouldn't completely rule out the possibility of the lady jabbing the left rudder. Yeah an overweight/aft of cg 172 might be able to take off in a full crab but once it gets out of ground effect i seriously doubt it can maintain Vs with all of that drag. It looks like the plane completely veers of the runway. There's no way the pilot would intentionally leave that much runway. I wish i could read the n number to do a little research

  • @jmo250 also just realized its a 182.  I see cowl flaps

  • does the pilot know what a 'weight and balance' chart is?

  • @handbackurmbe no. he probably used it to wipe his ass

  • @handbackurmbe Every pilot must learn weight and balance as part of their training.

    If they cant do correct weight and balance they shouldnt be flying.. simple!

  • Overloaded plane+irresponsible pilot.....what could they expect...ffs

  • what was this pilot thinking!?

  • @jerplane99 not true a C-172 XP has cowl flaps

  • @jerplane99 not true C-172 XP has cowl flaps

  • theres a reason why the aircrafts has a handbook, and a section about weight and balance. i'd be suprised if that 172 even had a airworthiness certificate.

  • apart of overloaded it looks tail heavy to me

  • stupid mexicans

  • Actually, at the beginning of the video you can hear the pilot saying to the lady (the one crying) "no me vas a tocar los pedales para nada" which means YOU SOULD NOT TOCH THE PEDDALS AT ALL. My guess is that the women got scare during takeoff and push with her fits on the left ruder pedal, and the pilot couldn’t take her fits of the pedal on time.

  • @EstebanCRC - I agree. I think the woman panicked and touched the pedals and as a result the pilot could not gain control - probably trying to fight it, etc. So this passanger should have been in the back seat. This is a disturbing video to watch.

  • We pilots need to play by the rules outlined in the POH. Yes, EVEN WHEN we are told that staying grouned could cost someone their life. I would be willing to bet that someone was under a lot of pressure to attempt this life flight. I don't like to pass judgement on other pilots because I've made a couple of mistakes myself that I'll never do again. Some of us have lived to talk about it. This guy wasn't so lucky

  • The medical examiner might as well of signed the death certificate after the pilot started the takeoff roll.

  • stall.......he took off so early and did a bad weight and balance......besides when he took off the airplane wasnot getting any wind from one side...the pilot son studies witn me.:(

  • crosswind take off and crosswind landing

  • @rochen214 There wasn't any crosswind. The pilot was just twisting his rudder to the side.

  • Did the plane die??

  • Ladies and Gentlemen I give you one of the worlds dumbest pilots and a crash that never should have happened.

  • Aft CG

  • lol... atleast she isn't crying anymore

  • @tmacization thats discussing.. and sad

  • @tmacization LOL? thats horrible how can you say that 

  • This crash was maybe over gross, but probably too much flaps, climbed out of ground effect without enough air speed, and maybe high density altitude. I made a 20K tailwind T/O once pulling a glider with 2 pax in glider and 1 pax with me in a C-182. I had to stay in ground effect for about five miles until I got enough speed (85 mph) to climb out. Scared my pax. Glider pilot stayed on and later said, "He thought he'd just crash where I did."

  • you can see plane crashed because pitch was not fully forward look at the blades of the prop as it goes past the pitch is set fine----plane will not fly in this config.

    ALWAYS PTF

    pitches trimmers flaps easy three

  • not just overload but way too much flaps

  • without a doubt this is a 182.

    2 landing lights

    cowl flaps

    oil cooler visible in the cowl

  • 2 landing lights? im still in 150's and 2 of the 3 at my school have 2 landing lights (well, 1 landing + taxi)

  • an incipient stall set in right away as he rotated and side-slipped the aircraft, probably from "Panic Reaction" rudder input, upon realizing an immediate Unusual Attitude just after Vr. yeah, from what everyone's saying, and the Video Evidence, clearly seen here,as the cabin was Piled full of People and Equipment, it's doubtful this Pilot was "on his game" as far as being Weight/Balance" savvy. real shame. killed a couple folks i understand.

    also, wonder what the Density and Field Elev was?

  • I'm not 100% sure,and please correct me if I'm wrong,but my thought was that a 172 has only 1 landing light,and a 182 has 2,as in the aircraft in this video...? After I watched it 100's X,I'm going for a weight and balance wrong offset,wich caused a important angle of attack and a turbulence on the upperside of the wing (extrados),wich led to a beginning stall. A crosswind and there you go...remains the question:why on full flaps..????

  • I heard say that the passenger in the co-pilot seat had grabbed the controls in apanic and thats what caused the accident. Anyone know anything?

  • FAIL (sad too)

  • everything about this take off is wrong

  • Why are the flaps deployed??

  • @TESTASPEEDER because of short runwway?

  • Certainly looks like a 182. Should have easily carried the passengers but we don't know what the baggage was. Looks VERY crowded when they're loading. I'm thinking aft CG and DA issues. I'd bet money homeboy didn't give his weight & balance a second thought.

  • ArizonaDesertPiper; you're right on. Overloaded and aft C/G to boot. Look at how the main gear is flexing. Also, did you notice the flaps? They're down making all kinds of drag-this boob didn't have a chance.

  • @2speaker That is EXACTLY what my first reaction was. If this is a 182 then it has more than enough power to handle that load. I just flew a 182 today with full fuel and 4 passengers, 2 heavyset guys, and it had no problems. It sure does seem like there is a BIG tail wind hurting him... Tragic to forget the wind when in a hurry to get going...

  • i think thats a 182? not a 172. see the windows? hmm i could be wrong? im more of a mooney guy, but w/e. tragic crash no doubt!

  • carlsheritt

    If it is a 182 where are the cowl flaps?

  • you can see that the cowl flaps are open at :14

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  • i usually am very sentimental and i feel sorry to say that but boy: "i can't stop laughin with that video whenever i see it" lolz

    sry

  • lol nose down more right rudder pls

  • carlsheritt: I doubt if this would have help. It appears that the plane was overloaded and seriously out of CG. Plus I suspect, based on the location, DA may have been an issue..

  • You clearly dont know how to fly a plane and if u do I would be very afraid for you.

  • carlsheritt; When did you earn your ticket and what are your ratings?

    I

  • carlsheritt

    That's what I thought.

  • Didn't you know bro?Every kid with a flight sim program and a YouTube account was meritously awarded their PPL...CPLs will be issued upon the completion of 100hrs of stupid comments on YT.

  • Hahahaha!!!! LOL

  • Hmmmm,could you explain me what the impact of more right rudder imput would have been in this case please...?

  • Plane lifts off in a slip creating excess drag. Flying in a coordinated manner and lowering the nose would allow the aircraft to gain additional airspeed and be better able to climb. The pilot allowed the aircraft to get behind the power curve and did not correct.

  • @carlsheritt

    Can't push the nose down no matter how hard you try if the plane is balanced improperly.

  • How did this pilot get licensed? There was too much weight on that plane in the rear. Why didn't he balance it properly?

  • This take of was in Columbia (real shitty version of the FAA) but could have been anywhere really. Pilots accumulate hours and suddenly become invincible, 10 feet tall and bulletproof. I really doubt if this pilot has done a weights and balances in a long time. BTW,This is a C172 not a 182 - ya can't hear a constant speed prop. The 182 has alot more balls. as far as the flaps, I hate to second guess dead pilots but this might be his attempt at a short field takeoff. Who knows. Fly safe. Regards.

  • This is a C182

  • dude I speak spanish, and the pilot told to the black girl to don't push the pedals, and because of her son she was crying so she didn't controll herself so she started pushing the pedals.

  • ochoapedro49,

    All that would have done, is make the plane crab / yaw. It would not have taken the plane down, straight like it did. He didn't have enough lift or enough speed. This was because he had too much weight and it wasn't balanced properly.

  • I seriously doubt so. Pedals are synchronised and he could have stopped them moving because of a girl...

  • Spanish or English or Russian,whatever...

    To intentionally bring the aircraft down,you should push the flight yoke forward to move the elevator downwards and pitch the plane into the ground,pull on the throttle to close and idle the engine,or lean/cut off the mixture...

  • asdasdsdaasdasd

  • Too high,too hot,too heavy,bad COG, a bit of crosswinds,uncooperative passenger,maybe nervous pilot adds up to tragedy.

  • Thats were I started kiddo. keep it up and never ignore the chance to learn more!

  • them mexicans do the same with their planes as they do with their cars, carm as many people in lol. jk jk man, this really sucks, sad to see horrible shit like this happen

  • they were from colombia kid, educate yourself.

  • the blatant ingnorance of the coment was meant to be funny. lighten up man

  • "Runway feelers" on the wheel skirts "fuzzy dice" hanging from the flap control lever and a dancing hula girl stuck on the top of the IP.

  • bornwestusa: that was a good one hehehehe

  • shut up that was not overloaded it was because the mother of the kid started to push the pedals, and that decreases the speed.

    that's used to stop the gliders increases the drag...

  • ..........how many flight hours do you have ?

  • Thats a Cessna Not a glider No airbrakes in cessna 172 anyways. The pilot made a bad call I guess Nobody taugt him safety during flight. Hot days and thin air bad combo with all that weight

  • NOT a 172. This is a 182, you can tell from the cowl flaps. Its generally pretty difficult to overload a 182 truck but perhaps this guy did it. I wouldn't make a guess without more info.

  • You can also tell it's a 182 from (a) the rear quarter windows, (b) the slender vertical stabiliser and (c) oil cooler in the right cowling opening, indicating an O-470/520-class engine.

  • You obviously know shit about aircraft's,their fonctionning and aviation in general...pushing the pedals would have crabbed the aircraft,it would have only a very very minor speed decrease.

  • Yeah its hard to say what exactly caused this crash with the info we have here.If I had to guess though id say it was a CG issue.The plane looks to fly in a tail-low config.When he rotated for TO, the right wing seems to stall first,and with that bad attitude he just never could overcome the stall.

  • You guys do realise the pilot couldn't have kept on the ground to gain speed. There's a pole sticking out the ground , so if he left teh ground 1 second later he would have hit it.

  • we can only speculate. your right he should have held it in ground effect togain some airspeed. on video it looked like he had some more runway left but who knows. if he was over weight and he didnt do weight and balance then he was an idiot. sad when things like this happen and they could have been prevented

  • POH in english, oh no!

  • Hmm just thought about it so more. The pilot could have come back on the ground after he realized there was not enough lift and changed the angle of attack.

  • I bet if he took off a little bet later, even if the plane was over MGW (Maximum Gross Weight) he still may have had a chance. At the beginning of the video the plane looked VERY loaded, and plus fuel probably made it worse... RIP

  • irresponsible pilot

  • @airbus91

    Please read before any stupid replies.

  • @airbus91 that's not a pilot...

  • It probably was overweight, not only that, I'm guessing the center of gravity was way past the center of lift.....(overweight and tail heavy)

  • ohh shit, so mayn people on board, a pilot, someone next the pilot, three people behind the pilot, that bed for rescue, an oxigen thank, and the plane fuel..... a expected crash....

  • they had WAYYYYYY to many people in that plane

  • Where was god?

  • In your head.

  • and he is way cg.....u can see the nose wheel bounce up and down when he is taxieing

  • were they mexican? if so that would b hella funny

  • he took off uncoordinated, playing with the rudder a lil too much

  • stall !... was the pilot a biginner ?

  • overweight doesnt kill people if you use caution, use all the runway, and climbout very very flat he paniked when he started to loose the centerline, and continued to rotate when he was still in ground effect, pulling back is rarely the answer especially when ur already slow!

  • Ur right 182. He was over weight, out of CG and probably with his luck a tail wind. He also could have panicked and retracted the flaps also causing the a/c to settle. To much left pedal also causing more drag, every accident theres a chance of events leading to it...we only see the last few I'm sure. First thing I teach my student's is to never retract the flaps if you get off early, nose down a little and accelerate. Doesn't matter it you're over gross though.

  • overload + short runway+flaps dw + CG desviation = STALL

  • Over weight and out of CG plain and simple. 4 people in a 172 and anything other than sea level DA you're not getting out of ground effect.