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  • I feel like disengaging the AP and taking over the aircraft, especially when climbing 4,000ft above desired altitude, is a given. However, I'm assuming he was attempting to find a way to set his AP to Alt Hold instead of maintaining a constant V/S because he was unfamiliar with the aircraft and it's systems. Either way this seems like common emergency procedure, and something ATC should've been prepared to handle if necessary.

  • The first ATC guy was so annoying.

    But I guess it it wasn't it forté.

  • Shit. I am a private with IFR and he makes me look like a beginner!

  • 8:38 "Were having a hoot!"

    

  • Wow, that's impressive !! good job !!

  • lmao,, he says 1000 feet per second! it shud be minute.. 7:29

  • how about the other pilot? :S dead too?

  • @afgrocks123 Only one pilot King air is a small twin prop

  • @RipFlm but flying is way easy on a totally ok plane... i flew my first flight yesterday and it was wayy tooo easy since i have 1000 hour experience on flight simulator..

  • Damn, I wanted to to be the first passenger to land a plane.

  • Simply Amazing!!!

  • rock on.

  • The title should say "pilot lands plane, pilot dies". This guy was obviously a relatively competent pilot himself, just unfamiliar with multi engine or King Airs. If this guy didn't already have experience the controllers would have had a much harder if not impossible time trying to talk him down. A non-pilot would have had a hard time just trying to figure out how to call ATC on the radios...

  • @lstorm2003 Dear ls.,

    In fact the reporting of the event in the title ought to respect the sequence of events and say, like you say: Pilot Dies - Passenger/pilot lands plane.

    Did you catch how many people were on board?

    .

    Cheers.

    from,

    del-boy.

  • @herb420ful Its my dream too, especially now flying PMDG 737NGX on FSX. Im good with radio handling and entire controls and systems of airplane.

    That guy is doing well too, keeps himself calm and learns on the go.

  • ive been using xplanes alot n i had a dream like this lol had to land a plane after the windows broke and killed 3 pilots ended up landing in canada lol

  • I would have shit my pants!

  • The title makes it sound like the passenger landed then the pilot died...

  • "You find me......the longest widest runway you can, ma'am!!"

    Holy Hell

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  • I don't usually root for the ladies, and it's a personal flaw I have to admit, but I have got to say, this woman is a true professional and I would be honored to have the guidance. Truly incredible work. Of course my sincerest condolences to the family of the airman and my highest regards to the pilot in command and the tower crew for their professionalism and courage.

  • at 8:30:

    ATC: 9DW, you doing alright descending?

    9DW: Oh we're having a hoot, 9er delta wisky at 16,000

  • Stay with me Miami, lets go.

  • ATC: We wanna take a nice shallow decent 500 f/m

    9DW: I got er' at 1000 f/s

    ATC: 9DW....that's fantastic

    mad props to this guy

  • @AMT906 9DW that's fantastic... breaking the sound barrier in a King Air in a vertical dive!

  • this was a horrible situation...but...this poor guy flying the plane sounded like C.W. McCall. "Miami Center, this here's the rubber duck, C'mon Back" as bad as this situation was i couldnt quit laughing.

  • thank god he wasnt flying a jumbo jet....

  • @metalbeak14 YA

  • @metalbeak14 If he was flying a jumbo jet, it would land itself... haha I think its more challenging to land a cessna, than it would be using a computer to land it on a triple 7

  • I am so impressed with all who came together and helped make this landing as safe and, shall I say stress-free? I'm blind, and I know of a blind pilot whose husband was her co-pilot. If I were in a situation like that, and if my instrument pannel spoke to me, with the help of that air traffic controler and God, supposing I had such equipment, I wonder if I'd be able to land an airplane in a case like this one. Scary thought, but fascinating, too!

  • 8:35 - ATC ; "King Air five delta whiskey, doing all right there descending?" KING AIR; "Errm we are havin' a hoot, niner delta whiskey" ROFL!!!! Amazingly good job.

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  • The air traffic controllers here are as much heros as the passenger-pilot.

    From the ones who took over other duties to free up those interacting, to the female ATCer called in for her piloting experience who talked the passenger/pilot down, everyone here deserves a medal.

  • This guy is one cool customer under fire !! Just imagine the panic on board that aircraft.

  • This guy is one cool customer under fire !!

  • 2 people are dummies How about you try and fly that plane!?!

  • @RandomMadness01 lol i would id actualy know what to do and say though

  • As a student pilot in my 30s, I could only imagine what it would be like to be flying a twin.. let alone with my family in the back.

  • Oh come on, stress and other aircraft aside, why did this poor guy have to tell ATC repeatedly that the autopilot target was 10000 but the aircraft had passed that and was still climbing (in v/s mode maybe)? Must have been frustrating - 'come on Miami, stay with me - lets go!' lol. Anyway great work by ALL concerned.

  • "132 what?!" I want to meet this guy!

  • @MOVIESFORRANDY...WHAT ROCK DID YOU CRAWL OUT FROM UNDER?...ON THE OTHER HAND...I'VE SEEN THINGS LIKE YOU SQUIRTED OUT OF SOME SICK DOG'S ASS.

  • THIS HERO OF AN ACCIDENTAL PIC PERFORMED GREAT..IMPRESSIVE. HIS ENTIRE FAMILY WAS IN THE BACK....FREAKING OUT. YOU CAN HEAR HIS EXTREME STRESS. THE BEECH KING AIR 200 IS A MUCH MORE COMPLEX AIRCRAFT THAN WHAT HE WAS FAMILIAR WITH. SOUNDS LIKE THE AUTOPILOT WAS CORRUPTED..ANOTHER MESS. THANK GOD FOR GOOD WEATHER, AND DAYTIME VFR. AND ATC!!!! AWESOME!!!

  • YOU CAN TAKE 10 NON TRAINED PEOPLE IN TEN BRAND NEW C172S....ALL DIE. THIS LOW TIME, SINGLE ENGINE PILOT DID EXCELLENT...AS WELL AS ATC.

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  • "you said you'd like to make a turn to the left while you're descending?"

    " i can do that "

  • Auto pilot disconnect! on da yoke buddy!

  • Are these overlapping frequencies on this recording, or is the King Air pilot on a discrete frequency with ATC?

  • THANKS SO MUCH , THIS DIDN'T HAPPEN AT NIGHT. WHAT A TROOPER!

  • when i got on the grown i would whipped that dead pilots ass.

  • @moviesforrandy please... die in a fucking ditch...

  • The Miami controller gives the pilot the wrong frequency to Ft. Myers Approach. How he got the right frequency? The Ft. Myers Approach controller retires 3/29/11. We loose another great controller.

  • why did not atc clear all traffic straight away

  • Ahahhahha 7:32

    "I got it at 1000 feet per second."

    He's approaching Mach 1!

  • SIGN HIM OFF FOR ALL KING AIRS....GOD DAMN IT!!!!

  • Not only does the ATC deserve a medal. But somebody needs to give the temp pilot a twin engine pilots license

  • @marco21falcon So that every flight he has can be a cluster F***? lol

  • quite an adventure,kudos to the temp pilot

  • Me an the good Lords flying this un. Mam.

  • Me an the good Lords flying this un

  • i listened to this after hearing it on drew and mike in detroit, they talked to the guy who landed this plane.....damn.....that is something to go thru but he did it...he fricken did it!! man has some big u know whats! great job.

  • im traveling in a few days and im all scared from crash videos.......

  • @vaadam29 love you too, vaadam

  • @ad1131 prick

  • rofl "You find me the longest, widest runway you can, ma'am"

  • I will say that you need to know how to use the common sense autopilot controls

  • Bet the autopilot is on a pitch hold and not an altitude hold.

  • @GreatInca no shit sherlock?

  • this air controller is like the person at mcdonalds over the intercom in the drive thru when i say a double cheese burger and a small diet coke and they say, youd like chicken tenders with a xlarge coke. nooooo thats not what i said!

  • you can fly a commercial aircraft under 12500 lbs single pilot as long as the aircraft is equipped with autopilot along with a few other things. The aircraft was a king air under 12500 lbs.

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  • Where is the fucking co pilot? What did he say fuck it im done? The passanger should get the douche bags pay for the year..he was more calm than the fucking co pilot...Ahh what is it u need maaaam...fucking southeners all alike

  • @jej0701 You dont need a fucking co pilot for a private flight dumbass

  • @Dominoes282

    no you don't, and even if so he didn't need help to fly the plane co-PILOT lol

  • Jesus H Christ, imagine what was going on in the co pilot's head....Once they got the other dude i would have headed to the little liquor bottles and not think twice....i would have gone out with a bang

  • he is from minute to minute better!

    I like

  • Poor guy, having to deal with all that while his buddy has died in the seat next to him. Horrible thing to happen, well done to all, RIP to the pilot.

  • im sure he landed and enrolled pilot school :-)

  • @darkmensch Eh, the guys already a pilot, but he was only rated for SEL (Single Engine Land), the King Air 200 he was flying during this incident was a twin engine turbo prop, much different then the Cessna 150 or 172 or some other single engine trainer he learned to fly. So what he accomplished was a great accomplishment nonetheless.

  • I am a crash rescue firefighter at the the airport this guy landed at and I was on duty this day. Both the pilot and the ATC personnel did an outstanding job. The pilot that landed the aircraft had his wife and kids on board as well.

  • the women directing atc did an amazing job very good!

  • what the fuck is with all the idiots saying they want it to happen to them?

    are you serious?

  • @chrisjeffsmusic because they have no common knowledge of reality

  • @chrisjeffsmusic because they all think they could do it better

  • by 10 minutes in he almost sounded like any other professional pilot.. 

  • Billy Ray cirus is a hero THIS IS HIS JET YA KNOW LMAO

  • I want this to happen to me, but with like one of those big airline jets and a lot of people onboard, in bad weather and low gas. That would be a challenge of a lifetime!! For extra points, make an engine fail on final or something..

  • @Kg277 Yeah & a highjacking while getting a blow job from Kendra who happended to be on board.  Happy days

  • I want this to happen to me!!

  • @Kg277 ull shit ur diaper

  • Who is up for some free Flying lessons on the Fly ? ........... tho that's some bussy.. radio trafic ..

  • This guy is a fucking dude - unbelievable

  • Shouldn't ATC have been concerned of the Oxygen levels at 17 thousand? I think They should have had the guy switch of the master once he busted 14-15k feet as they should have been concerned with the oxygen levels. Second they should have had the guy descend immediately once he disengaged the autopilot instead of having him hold 17k. Just an opinion from a fellow capitain. I may be wrong though. I don't know if the Autopilot would still stay on after switching off the master as a fail-safe

  • @oardila99 It was a Kingair 200, in which case it's pressurized.

  • @oardila99

    I agree.......oxygen ! get em down to 10K

  • omg that atc chatter is unbelievable......all these other planes getting their vectors while this situation is going down, thats scary as hell

  • Airboyd has the full length of this posted here on You Tube. It's the one that is 38 minutes long. The pilot dies at 00:26

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  • Its a good thing the passenger knows how to fly a plane otherwise it would have ended in tragedy

  • the professionality of the ATC is truly amazing.

  • lol. "Longest, widest runway you can, ma'am."

    What a great guy. He saved the day!

  • People are not understanding but this guy can fly a single engine plane. The King air is a double engine plane. Still props for him this is amazing.

  • That female controller is awesome..calming voice and obvioiusly a pilot. Too bad the FAA didn't require all controllers to be pilots like they used to. The intial controller had too much going on, and did the right thing turning it over to the woman controller.

  • i know aircraft are designed to be flown by one pilot. I did my flight training in England and fly in Nepal. We are not allowed to fly single pilot in nepal either helicopter or fixed wing. strange rule but true. it even applies for cessna. I have not flown in USA so i may not be aware of the rules there. I fly beech 1900d and ATR for which i am type rated.

  • Hats off to this guy. Not many people would be this cool, wish I could say I would but just listening to this gives me a scare.

  • foxtrot - uniform - charly - kilo !

  • Fuck me this guy deserves a medal ha ha

  • OK....where is part 2?

  • Man... i would Love to land a plane after somthing happend to the pilot,

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  • I have no idea about flying and this guy keeps an absolutely f-in cool unbelievable. This guy is phenomenal

  • This guy was very cool. Flying a King Air is nothing like a single engine cessna or piper. good job!

  • That situation can be freightning in a simulator. If I had to do it I would try my best, not chikening out, but I would definitely need a 'delta whiskey' once on the ground.

  • This man certainly keep his cool. Need to give him the passenger of the year award.  I'm typed in a King Air and it can be intimating I'm sure to a single engine pilot. ATC certainly did a great job for this pilot and his family. Bravo

    Capum Wayne

  • @aviator1243

    Agree, I hope somebody bought him a Whiskey.

  • thank you for the reply. Well in Nepal we fly 2 crew compulsory. even when we fly beech 1900D. I have not flown king air. Must have the same configuration?

  • lol find me the longest runway you can

  • thank you ofr your reply. so as far as i un derstand the king air is a private aircraft and in USA a twin prop aircraft if private can be flown by only one pilot? I can understand for a cessna but for an aircraft like king air may be rules should be changed.

  • LOL at 7:30...I got it at 1000 feet per second. Advise DW thats fantastic

  • just one question both pilots unconscious? why do they allow to fly a king air with only one pilot. is it allowed. i am a commercial pilot and will not flty alone

  • its a private plane

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  • @vickrant11 your obviously not a pilot considering a King Air is a single pilot plane. As are some small jets.

  • Thank you for posting!

    God, I need a whiskey...

    *priceless*

  • And this is why ATC gets paid what they do! Awseome!

  • The plane was still climbing after the 10,000 autopilot setting because there is also a rate of climb function on autopilot that will continue a climb at a certain rate of climb if it is set to climb at a certain rate of climb. It is common for pilots to use this setting in lower altitudes while climbing up to cruise altitude.

  • oops i thought it was a commercial aircraft. i take that back.

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  • Regional airlines and most majors don't even have 3 pilots on the a/c for domestic flights. I would know I work for the airlines. I can see two pilots at a max for a small turbine a/c. I'm a pilot and I fly a small a/c by myself one pilot.

  • that guy is awesome

    under the circumstances he pretty much did something that changed his life

  • "N9DW were doing great....." lol under the circumstances he did FANTASTIC!

  • I wot shit me self

  • that sucks if it keep climbing :P

  • Wonder how many hours he had on a single engine. Once he got situated he handled the situation very well hats of to him and the controller.

  • this guy is living my dream!

  • thats a nightmare

  • if you dont know how to fly yes, ill give you that.

  • @manishkyle rofl, oh hey there manishkyle

  • @manishkyle how is it sick? his dream is to save people u dumb ass

  • Yes, I have to agree if your not familiar with airplanes that are single operator certified.... don't comment.

  • You people are idiots - if you don't know what you're talking about, please do us a favor and just watch/listen.

  • He was in a private plane. There was no co-pilot.. and only commercial jets have flight engineers.. which are really useless now adays

  • no the pilot was the only one

  • There was only one pilot on board. The man was flying from Marco Island to his home with his wife and kids. There were no other pilots on board this twin prop King Air.

  • there are no flight engineer's anymore

  • Not true.... FE's are still around, just not like they used to be

  • Co-pilot only Handles Radio Communications LOL :)

  • they also do takeoffs, approaches, sometimes landings, make sure the gear is up, radios, and then sleep in the chair.

  • thats is true for big jets but in small planes like grob tutors and cesnas 152 you only have one pilot and passangers and sometimes the pilot solos

  • v v v v was a relpy to aviator2k9

  • no that is not funny, my best friend was one of the ones in the back crying and why dnt u just imagine the fact that u were one of them in a plane where the pilot had a heart attack and now u have no way to land would u think it was funny then. mr doug did a very amazing job and im thankful that him bailey, mamma terri, and maggie are okay. think about somebody else other than yourself

  • if i were that passenger,i would have ripped off my shirt leaving only my vest,cover myself in ketchup,and when the reporters try to interview me,they would just assume they were talking to John McClane

  • HAHAHA

  • oh yea u rly think its funny. retard

  • LMAO 1000 feet per second

  • 1000 feet per second looooooool

  • can somebody tell me exactly what happened ?????????

  • A Beechcraft B200 twin turboprop executive style aircraft took off from Marco Island, FL , short time later, pilot died in the cockpit, no co-pilot --- this guy was one of the passengers, thank God he had some single engine experience... ATC talked him down to a graceful landing at Ft Meyers Intl

  • the pilot died during flight, passenger takes piolots position, airplane experts help him land

  • probably the AP alt isn't armed and the AP is following its set VS ?

  • how many times does 9DW have to say, "Its set at 10 thousand - we've gone through that already." Geez!

  • Oh MY, it's like I'm living this with the Air Traffic Controller. Poor guy, but Bless him for having the common sense to contact a qualified person to assist. This Controller had to be on pins and needles. The acting pilot was exceptional in his determination to save his family!! Everyone involved should be commended and congradulated!! NOTE the person giving directions is FEMALE. You GO GIRL!!! :-)

  • No, it wasn't a girl. Sorry.

  • The 2nd person that came on and began giving instructions on how disengage the auto-pilot isn't female? He refered to her as maam??