[REAL] Piper Aztec (PA-23) St. Barthelemy crash! (AirAmericaCaribbean.com)

[MyTopFun]

It's not a baron btw ;)

[RICHTAYL]

Welcome to St. Barts! ;)

Good to see the emergency service wandering out to the stricken aircraft...

[justanotherfreak2008]

woow. crap. crap happened;)

[flchange]

Crap!!! hahahaha

[talkyrocko]

oh, crap! 

[Knightsairsoftteam]

I don't know much about flying yet, but I joined Civil Air Patrol...Aren't you just supposed to abort landing if you get that far, and take another shot?

[Tovkal]

@Knightsairsoftteam Yes you are... A pilot should always land on the first third (1/3) of the runway...

[kikkawateru]

someone couldnt wait to get to the beach XD

[joaofbi4321]

That piolt Is SOOOOOOOOO stupid

[gkcopperdrag]

I wonder if there's an STC for this piper to beachcraft conversion.

[shaunsprogress]

How long did that pilot have to perform a go around?! Poor show indeed.

[Erich64x2]

Every time I see this I just ask myself why the guy doesn't just go around.

[TheChrisju]

well that kinda.... blows

[alienhuman]

It's all good... the passengers told the pilot they wanted their first stop to be the at the beach!

[ewandougie]

Seriously why on earth did he not go around, he had too much speed on short final and floated for ages. This is the worst decision I have ever seen . I bet the insurance company will not pay out for that one.

[GeneralSirDouglasMcA]

This is supposed to be one of the hardest airports in the world to land at. I'm going to get on Flight Simulator 2004 and see how I measure up. ;D

[Tovkal]

@GeneralSirDouglasMcA The default scenery is a bit... default. The best one for TFFJ is the one from FlyTampa (TFFJ comes with the TNCM scenery)

[wassim407]

@GeneralSirDouglasMcA the 3rd hardest airport to be exact

[AKcharger]

@GeneralSirDouglasMcA Try some places up here in Alaska :-)

[l3ulldozer]

looks like a tough downhill landing over an obstacle...too bad he was going way too fast and overshot most of the runway. Going around is a little cheaper than engine rebuilds last time i checked.

[10dthompson60]

'oops'

[SlittyDrake]

They were actually filming a movie, I heard

[socal828]

famous words "well that kinda... blows" hahahaha

[Renard380]

that's so sad for the plane! it was so obvious he wasn't gonna stop on time..

[RADIOACTIVEBUNY]

"That kind of... blows." Buddy you have no idea

[hanniel04]

he should have chosen to go around rather than landing...

[rumpastumpa]

gillis' first landing! LOL

[Brad5312]

Could have been an engine failure and couldn't go around

[ncheriyan]

He went past the 'touchdown zone' markings on the runway. Seems like a ground effect escalated by wind patterns, but I can't say for sure

[ChevyK3500]

well atleast it was a soft landing at the beach. Ladies and Gentlemen we have arrived at St Bathelemy enjoy your stay........ I need a beer and a lawn chair get me out of this cockpit! lol

[dantorp11]

hahahah lol :) looked so funny

[prabhatkaushik]

I'v never flown a plane and even i know he should'v gone round. :P touches down nearly within the last quarter of the runway..

[Kobradelta1000]

They should paint a biiiig "G.A." in the middle of the runway- to remember...... :)

[Bagels108]

i'd have gone around once I passed the aiming points without touching down. yuck yuck yuck

[sendmorebrains]

Meh - close enuff.

Bring out the beach towels and a tow truck.

Next time get more T&G time.

[robertgift]

What's the problem?

He landed at the threshold.

Just at the wrong end.

It'll buff out.

[DougDaCosta]

What is it with these guys who come in too fast! They must be spoiled landing on 10,000 ft. long runways.

[gusandger]

jajajaa que buena respuesta!!

[OI8APC2]

IDIOT!!! Did he really think he was going to stop in time with such a late touch down? 

[FoulOwl]

I hope he was flying alone.Otherwise,somebody's gonna want to kick his ass.I would.

[FlightSimulatorXATC]

there was a moment where he could have decided to go around or land and do that. probably didnt have a twix nearby.

[Manongjojo]

He waited too long to touch down

[xXJamie09Xx]

yeah he landed on the thresh hold, on the opposite side that is :P

[Zippowned]

NAUGHTY LITTLE PILOT!

[Mishinima]

He should have made a go around !

[fischerskidude]

need a second? have a twix!

[pujols544]

Idiot deserved it. WAYYYYYYYY too far down the runway.

[nitestrike1000]

OHHHH!!! The mangled brains!!! hehe I hope no one was on the beach in front of rhe aircraft

[FLIGHTCOMPANY]

Say good bye to your license!!

[FSXTheGreat]

That is why that Gustaf III Airport is a dangerous and a scary airport, just because that there is a lot of incidents (well, maybe some) at Gustaf III Airport. It's due that you have to go over a hill and then descend and then land at the airport, it adds a bit speed causing a challenge. But the other runway side is easy, even though that no buildings are in your way.

This is what he should do: He should go around and try again, or land at the other runway side.

What he did: Float over runway.

[FoulOwl]

His wife had asked him to save a spot on the beach....I think he misunderstood.

[LH287]

LOOOL

[astocks2622]

anyone ever heard of picking an abort point?

[bkingair350]

good video!

[1999sebring]

doubt he was drunk wish people would quit saying pilots are drunks! He shoulda went around though, but none of us we're there he might have been very critical on fuel or had some sort of mechanical or possilibly a medical emergency that forced hit to get the plane on the ground without delay.

[ejx202momo]

is not a piper ita a beech 58 !!

[FLIGHTSIMEXTREME]

@ejx202momo no its not

[12danistheman]

drunk pilot. he should've aborted. he flew 3/4 of the runway and then espected to be able to stop...

drunk...

[kilroy2009]

I rented a 172 there once and performed T&G's. The most exciting landings of my life. Plus as you climb over the beach, topless women will wave at you. :-)

[Tovkal]

Lol

[bratonabike]

@kilroy2009 hahaha bring a pro camera ;)

[RainbowManification]

@kilroy2009 That would be very destracting

[ryan0157]

@kilroy2009 there where no topless wemon on that beach for a while after this

[haloha3]

@kilroy2009 i think after this they are headless not topless anymore ;D

[alienhuman]

@kilroy2009 No you didn't.

[kilroy2009]

@alienhuman ... :-) as crazy as it sounds, it is true. I had an instructor with me and they were still the most white-knuckled touch & gos of my life. The 25 knot crosswinds added to the excitement too!

[alienhuman]

@kilroy2009 I withdraw my doubt, now that you mentioned an instructor was along.

[kilroy2009]

@alienhuman I was there on vacation for a week and wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to learn to land here. To go it alone, one has to have a sign-off from an instructor to obtain a permit. And to get the sign-off, I believe one has to have about 5- 10 successful landings (I don't remember the exact count), but it includes having to land each way on the runway (10 and 28). It's difficult to obtain the sign-off in one day because the winds are usually favor a RW 10 landing.

[snoopy70able1]

Very bad decision, if ever there was a go around situation that surely was it...

[AWPS3007]

really small runway though...

[toledin14]

go around bad pilot

[USAFThunderBirdsFtw]

When in doubt, power out. That's a good saying, and he should've done that instead.

[27Riverdale27]

I know it's a tough approach at that airport but he should have gone around. Pretty poor decision to try and land after ballooning like that...

[airplane82]

looks like a senaca to me, ya he should of executed a go around!! lol

[czarcrz12]

the approach was fast for the aztec, the pilot flared early so the aircraft floats and he missed the touch down zone, he could avert the incident if the pilot make a go around since he already passed the middle part of the runway length...

[JIMMYLINE]

wow..talk about being at the "right place at the right time." This was kind of cool and kind of scary at the same time!

[bengals101]

im a commercial pilot and that was an absolutely terrible decision to land. shame on that pilot

[tatercito]

@bengals101 i agree with you... BUT how about if he had an engine failure ?... we dont know what happened inside the plane so =D ! we can just guess xD

[AmericanAviator]

@bengals101 Agreed. I was thinking "Just do a go around, you dumb bastard! Just do a go around!"

[trollydodger]

ok either you stole this very same clip from airboyd or he stole it from you and made it HD, explain?

[thejuanfelipe95]

patos al agua aunque se nota video falso

[Tovkal]

Pues si conoces el autor de esta falsificación, dime su nombre, para ponerme en contacto y contratarle...

[Raxel8911]

@thejuanfelipe95 Eres bien ridiculo de verdad... como se nota q no sabes nada de la vida...

[FlingwingGolfer]

Well, yeah, it WAS a bad landing, and he SHOULD have gone around, but man, there are some heavy breakmarks towards the end of that runway, so I bet he's not the first, and I'll also bet he's not the last either...

[Tovkal]

Yes, but maybe the others started to brake before, or maybe where rejected take offs... But one thing is sure: it wasn't caught on video. :P

[sokem1]

what a Cock....he tottally missed the touchdown Zone

[anush10]

"that kinda blows" haha, made my day

[IFLY4PAY]

The pilot may have just been in a hurry to get into the water. He/she is also a "highly qualified" swimmer.  j/k

[mrgeeProductions]

maybe they charge for GO AROUNDS at this airport!

[DetEJagDe]

why didnt he land from the other way?

[Tovkal]

Because there's no way to go around if necessary.

[umahuma4]

It wasnt the active runway, when your landing a plane, you land into the wind, if you land with a tailwind, your going to float and speed up, It is possible to land with a tailwind but it is very dangerous and should only be used in emergency landing situations.

[DetEJagDe]

But if you look at the trees in the beginning of the clip, dosnt it look that it is much wind

[legendofwayne]

Looked like one of my Flight Simulator landings...

[umahuma4]

Mybe this is where this guy learned to fly.

[adonismartinez]

see the tire marks at the end of runway , an incredible braking.

This video should be: "how to make a runway fly-by"

[JGthenumberone]

GO AROUND!!!!!!

[umahuma4]

Was this guy going to be late for a wedding if he went around? What made him decide not to?

[umahuma4]

Hey should of gone around.

[fsC130J]

too much pride to go around

[33areyou]

thats a piper aztec ...he shud have went around and try the approach again after he used up all that runway in ground effect

[blueb0g]

That's not an Aztec...

[Tovkal]

Hard to know, maybe a Seneca?

[blueb0g]

yeah, could be. I've sat in an Aztec, flying one in not too soon, didn't look like that! But I could be wrong.

[tsuhnai]

Yes, it certainly is an Aztec. See the tailplane (trapez shape) an the ldg (retracted fwd not sideways). Seneca has rectangular tailplane and ldg links inward...

[sammyo219]

nah.. its an aztec

[debiassi]

Definately inexperience and high workload led to a number of critical errors. Too bad he didnt close the engines to prevent an expensive teardown on 2 engines. Of course he should have gone round unless there was a fault with the plane but even then he should have closed the engines to prevent further significant damage. The way insurance companies work he will I expect have a hefty bill to pay depending on the engine life times as they only pay out proportionate amounts

[adonai2540]

Who cares about the engines?

[train7297mb]

oh shit

[dbowie2007]

the pilot/owner is a jerk, I hear that before

[Tovkal]

So is it.

[tigershark8325]

Seems to b a number of factors that led to this incident. Crosswind, extended flare, and probably inexperience on the pilots part.

[Tovkal]

More than inexperienced pilot is reckless, as someone told me.

[zyxweftr]

the pilot waited way too long to touch down and should have gone around

[kramerah]

it wasnt an aztec it is a senneca

[76Cardinal177RG]

MORON! Waste of a perfectly good Aztec.

[tenbbs]

Another wonderful argument for the use of helicopters :) (in certain situations of course)

[mikey69up]

this pilot would probably crash the heli too

[capdavi89]

mist approach..!! jerk..!!

[soshowcanihelp]

hope hes not dead....... you can tell he was to fast. that was way past the runway threshhold...........

[Tovkal]

Nobody was seriusly injured, and in the area is well know that the pilot is used to take the plane out of the limits.

[mandolinplayer13]

LOL "that... kind of.. blows..."

[D9magestic]

Gee the fire truck responded quick. It must get heaps of practice.

[Tovkal]

It's a very small airport, and the fire station is good positioned.

[L1J2D3]

why did he not go around? the dude was over like 3/4 of the runway before touchdown and was defo goin a bit too fast... he didnt look to comfortable with the airport either...

[cpatterson19]

It's definite this dude didnt land at that airport too often. He put lives at risk by not going around. I dont think it was excessively fast cause I've seen many planes land at that airport but looking at it I dont think he landed there too often.

[IrishRail123]

what a spa lol he was deffinately soposed to go around..... shit pilot

[santi22221]

he wanted to land yes or yes...and he did it

[devorn32]

he should of power up and go around, lazy ass

[LufthansaDAIGO]

He came in too fast, didn't he?

[MikesVideosOnline]

too fast and landed too late

[cookiemonster0626]

at least it didnt go into the water ha ha ha

[hangdownroses]

lol, what an idiot....

[johnsmithfsx]

A horrible decision. He had passed over 75% before touching down. That's definitely a go around situation...

[umahuma4]

also cocky pilots are a potentioal danger to public safety and the safty of anyone in the aircraft. I hope this guy gets his pilot certification taken away

[umahuma4]

he should of gone around, bad judgement

[MrPilot1230]

Wow that is one dumb pilot! Trying to land at the Aiming Point bars on the other end of the runway in a PA-23??? Fucken idiot, its called a GO-AROUND for a reason!

[liquidbios]

while i mostly agree with you (being a pilot too) i have to say that its a little over kill. it is very easy to condemn someone from the comfort of your desk chair. for all we know there was something preventing him from preforming a proper go around.

[MrPilot1230]

ok, i agree that i may have gone slightly over kill but when you look at the video it all comes down to basic common sence and basic skills that you get taught when going through your Private Pilot training. If it looks like you wont be able to stop in time safely or if it doesnt "Feel" right (unless in an emergancy situation), Go-Around. All on-board are lucky it didnt turn out worse than what it looked. the plane could have gone end over end into the water after hitting the sand.

[umahuma4]

or breaking into peices trying to ditch it in the water killing everyone on board, there was no reason that looked like preventd him from going around, mybe he was just lazy or something

[bounceferret]

30 second emergency response, now thats a good little airport!

[CDBoyT017]

When did this happen?

[Tovkal]

Don't know exactly, no more than three months ago.

[jdinri]

During the last week of May, 09.

[aleupalex]

Thank you for this moment in time! YOU ARE SO LUCKY!!! And you were barely amazed! haha! lol!

[don11hur]

unlucky!!! haha!

[FSboarder]

go around,

[Karkarbink]

What WAS HE THINKING !

[Tovkal]

"There's runway enough" :)

[kthankxbye]

That water looks amazing.

[norbecm]

At least there is a bar about 50 feet to the right of where the plane is. First round should be on the house for the entertainment.

[Chick6517]

i cant believe this actually happend in real like.. haha its kinda one of those things you have see to believe and i saw but im not sure i believe it.. but still its amazes me lol,

[fastsiik]

" that kinda blows" LOL

[Chick6517]

wow! never thought i would say this but i really liked this .. i was entertained throught out the whole thing and it didnt bore me.. haha which is good cause i love watching videos i can enjoy right away.

[seno862]

OMFG man...just for the stupidity and laziness of not wanting to go around!!!

[yuyin20]

STUPID MORON!!!!!!!!!

[jd10t]

For a start he was too fast, and any normal pilot would have done a go around as he was way too far down they runway to touch down.

[Biggaygerald]

I wonder if he'd had his supervised arrival signed off...as is a requirement (normally). Very stupid not to go-around.

[RYR9145]

FU***NG NOOB OF A PILOT

[tk0145]

I love how the emergency crew takes so long to get onto the tarmac and then casually walks over to the plane.

[clarinetman1664]

It took less than 1 minute to the emergency crew to be on the place of the crash after the impact in the sand, if you think that's sooo long....

And what do you want them to do ? Put water all over the plane wheiter it is or not on fire ? Everybody came out of the plane, no reason to panic and spray everyone with white liquid....

[lee317]

Also, as an emergency responder you do not want to run into a situation you have not assessed the safety of. It does no good if firefighters are hurt responding to help victims.

[tk0145]

Both valid points. I guess theres nothing you can really do in that situation anyways, except help the wounded.

[Cormacpara]

any landing you can walk away from!

[aceboy143]

stupid fuck should've gone around

[Big777jet]

Bad judgement landing. LOL! He should have know better! Next time, he won't happen again..

[marioblasco]

Oooppss he forgot the go around procedure !

[joemccormick]

Someone has a problem with not overshooting when he knows where he's touching down is almost the end of the runway.