Whats that beeping sound?

[mingalababya]

at least there didn't wear out the brakes on that landing #positive thinking

[emtpilot132]

I think he was trying for a power off 180. That would explain why hes at idle and so high. The gear up thing? Fail.

[ksbear2]

And they walk among us and vote!

[MrWindowsvista]

aaaaaah that hurts in every pilot heart! Idiot!

[bibleisfake]

What idiots. 

[asa9enaka]

There were at least three people in this plane and no one noticed.

A assume that MrSkyGuy was in the back seat?

[TinselKoala]

Face Palm.

The extremely unstable approach is the first clue to pilot complacency. Ignoring the gear warning horn: Priceless.

[streetrace442]

Must be former Air Force plots.  Navy wouldn't do such a thing.

[mikedamat]

@streetrace442 Google Chesley Sullenberger.

[streetrace442]

@mikedamat Yes, I remember that.

[swa6058]

Oops, someone forgot to boost.... :)

[freakybuzz]

There are only two kinds of pilots in the world; those who have made a gear-up landing, and those who have yet to.

[trosslv]

This is why you don't get in a conversation while landing an airplane! The two guys in pilot and co-pilot seats are having a grand conversation insteading paying attention to the airplane.

[ElroyHarvey]

You say always fly with a checklist but here in the UK i was taught to use the checklist for all other stages except the landing, The landing part of the checklist is the only part that has to be remembered as there is just too much going in at that time for a single pilot PPL to do and read the checklist.

I know you said it's easily done but this just proves there is a time to just shut up and concentrate on what your doing, could have been a lot worse.

[6y298]

i suppose the sonic isolation provided by the headsets didn't help - that aural warning just plain 'disappeared' from their awareness.

[cavok84]

for those who care to know rather than speculate. The right seater was an airline check airman (instructor) flying with a CFI (instructor) who was familiar with the aircraft. Both extremely experienced.

this was not intentional, rather a good example to all pilots of the tricks your brain can play on you.

Any real pilot on here will not state " I would NEVER do that" . Just be aware that this has happened to many a pilot.

[Tricky2000100]

Why are people saying this is intentional. If you were deliberately landing with the gear up due to mechanical failure, you would not be having an idle conversation on final. The guy was all over the place, far too high etc.

That said it can happen, simple distraction, big cost.

[therealmcnulty]

One of those things you do one time. Doesn't matter how many hours you've got under your belt.

[TUUK2006]

What PROOF does anyone have that this is pilot error and he didn't purposefully put it down this way due to a mechanical failure? None. But then, no one would ever make shit up on the internet, would they?

[pryan37bb]

@TUUK2006 He smacked the dash in frustration and the co-pilot gave him the death stare at the end. Besides, the original video would probably have been put up on YouTube as "Emergency landing" and would've gotten many more views. Go find that video.

[pageois]

Too much talking on approach. Dickhead.

[rolfen]

This guy obviously had most of his time on a plane with fixed under carriage... back in the days... hehe

[RMRockstar]

darwin award runner- up

[travelsonic]

Derp

[GoldenHeartedTV]

haha what a fail put this on fail blog!

[MrSkyGuy]

@GoldenHeartedTV Go ahead and submit it. :)

[sleepingsquirrel]

The old saying gear up landing " those who have and those who will" doesn't apply to me . I bought an airplane that has bagged its limit of two!? Wait ,what is the limit?

[safespeed100]

Oh dear. Another inexcusable pilot error. Anyone who has gained a licence has made an error at some point or another, and anyone who says they haven't made some sort of error shouldn't be flown with because (a) they're pompous and (b) they have clearly yet to have their 'moment'. Landing gear-up is quite inexcusable though.

[StuartRedman1]

he was way to high to.

[ms80831]

F uel

U ndercarriage

M ixture

P rops

S et trim

[shiversphoto]

What happened to a sterile cockpit atmosphere on landing? 

[kitfoxflyer]

GUMPS -- dummy forgot



[TylerRFwishes]

lmao, wow I dont think I have laughed this hard in like months... Exstreeeem fail.

[SubaruB4RSK]

The beeping is because the engine is near or at idle and the gear is still up right?

[MrSkyGuy]

@SubaruB4RSK Yep, that is the "landing configuration" horn indicating to the crew that the gear is still in the stowed position.

Oops.

[Hariuka]

they are all so calm on it....... It is like they did this as "just in case you need to so you know it isn't that scary to be a man"

[GolfPr0digy]

Fale!!!!!!!! I flown for 2 years in high school. Gotta say. Even i couldnt have failed more than that. Just goes to show, u shoukd wrry bout flyin the damn plane rather than talk about the sex ur nt gonna get tonight.

[halflifefan84]

@GolfPr0digy maybe u shud have re taken the first 2 years of spelling school, i mean cmon who spells it Fale?

its fail

[tinyman12323]

@GolfPr0digy You FAIL at spelling.

[CousinDupree]

Off topic, but anyhow: Many moons ago, Flying magazine had an ongoing debate about who produced the best commercial pilots; general aviation or the military. In all the noise of the ensuing raging argument, a retired US Admiral chimed in with something to the effect of: "I take no sides in the ongoing debate, but before my friends in the military get too full of themselves, I would remind them that there are four documented cases of the Navy launching aircraft with their wings still folded up."

[zegrated]

that would have sucked alot more if it was a commercial plane with a ton of passengers on it

[ap00204]

Landing gear is for sissies anyway. Real men land gear up and then buy a new plane.

[Amegeri]

Excellent.

[Angerfist2]

@ap00204

hahaha lol

[toekneef1]

How do we know if they landed like that because they COULDN'T drop the gear? Maybe it got jammed or something. Video starts a bit too late to figure out what was going on besides the warning beep

[travelcedric]

@toekneef1 If they were not able to get the gear down, they would have attempted a landing on the grass, and there would have been rescue crews waiting in case of fire.

[xanadian9]

Oops.

[polak4lyf]

human factors, learning this at uni, pilot was soo stressed that he was too busy to hear the warning

[roaringrockets]

It is a great mistake to think that pilots are generally intelligent, alert or competent. Airplanes have an incredible number of idiot lights and klaxons and the like... but it still doesn't keep the idiots from being idiots.

[RobertGary1]

Dude you are an idiot. Many of the worlds best pilots have landed gear up. Its an accident. Can you say that you've never made any mistake at any time in your car? I've never landed gear up but I'm not going to pass judgement on others (at least until the day I lose my medical).

[kurtjahr]

@RobertGary1

"Many of the world's best pilots have landed gear up." - Citation please.

I understand your lack of want to judge, but I think some things are inexcusable. I will never land gear up, just as I will never take off with contaminated wings or fly overweight.

This is not to say that I do not make mistakes - we are all human - but there are some mistakes that simply have no good reason ever to be made.

[mancer0]

It is something we instructors tell you about soooo much and train to prevent sooo much.

If your on short final and you don't do a GUMPS after all your training...

You might want to try truck driving school....

[nxtvctm]

@kurtjahr Big call there mate. We are all human and that is why when put under certain conditions or circumstances, even the best of the best can be brought down to planet earth by their mistakes.

The mistake this pilot made was forget his downwind checks and final checks (Pitch-fine, gear-down and three greens, flaps to full). Maybe he's new to the aircraft, check his training records and check rides, who knows, hopefully doesn't do it again.

[kurtjahr]

@nxtvctm I respectfully disagree. The mistake this pilot made, yes, was to do his appropriate checks and flows.

But also, the mistake this pilot made was to not pay proper attention to his aircraft handling. It was to fly unprofessionally, disregarding clear warnings in his immediate environment. The mistake he made was to break the number one rule: don't bend any metal.

The cockpit is not an appropriate place for excuses. When you strap in, you take full responsibility for all that occurs.

[bartsucks]

@RobertGary1 Which explains why he ignored the BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP

[danbrewgmail]

douchebag. man, that had to hurt.

[lauragower]

watch his hand slap the dash at the end of video. funny

[RobertGary1]

He's probably more worried about having failed his checkride than scratching up the airplane (which could have been a rental).

[kaanxxx]

That was an expensive mistake, About half the price of a new cessna 182..

Maybe exageratted a bit...

[ryan3571]

...checklist?..!

[jakem1900]

what a twat !

[lucabrasi1337]

GUMPS.

[jetfighter2011]

That's what insurance is for.

[SenorSpode]

No, that's what checklists are for. And two more words: STERILE COCKPIT. No casual conversation during descent, approach and landing. At all. That is what doomed Colgan 3407: once you violate sterile cockpit, you lose situational awareness because of distraction. It makes the difference between a 'controlled crash' and a deadly one.

[powera10]

Where the hell was the checklist on this duff up?

[archxp]

Well, i have to say that it was the expensive lesson. The plane has to replace the prop, overhaul the engine, fix the fuselage, etc. and recertify the air worthiness before back to service.

The approach was so steep, like they practicing the force landing. But no matter what's going on, NEVER forget the CHECKLISTS! especially landing. And never forget to confirm the "Two Whites, Two Reds, Three Greens, and Landing Light On" on short final.

[fb2800]

The heads sets were not the problem. Their ear drums were picking up the sound ok its just their brain was not responding. Interesting lesson in human behavior! To me the approach looked unusual and I think it was this that absorbed 100% of the pilots and crews concentration, leaving no computing power to process the sound of the horn. Like running out of RAM or short term memory It does not take all that much to induce a mistake, particularly when flying and under pressure

[1776vtgmb]

Aren't those noise canceling headsets great?

Willy B.

[Probzone]

@1776vtgmb nope

[sel36]

FUAROCK!!!!!!!!!

[xl1200]

doh!

[NorthwoodsResort]

Maybe the guy was used to flying a non RG cessna.. Also I wonder, is the annunciator audio fed to the headsets? If not, I reckon it'd be a bit less obnoxious with those cans over your ears.

Happy planespotting

[89Sunbird]

My time with headsets say they do very little to quiet the outside noise...primary function is just so you can hear other people...that was so damn loud there is no way he could not have heard it, unless he has some AC/DC blasting through his headphones...

[fly44d]

Oh man. I've never come close to forgetting to put the gear down, but I've landed and realized I didn't remember doing it. I would sure feel like a dumbass but I'll never call anyone one because of this. It is so easy to focus on one problem and not notice a new one.

[docutzi]

No gear?!!?!?

[magick205]

Dumbass. No airbus for you.

[Airportchris2]

haha.