Whidbey Island Mooney Approach

A wild ride in a Mooney as it does an approach into Whidbey Island in moderate to severe turbulence, landing high and fast on a short strip, and almost crashing

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• Whidbey
• Island
• Mooney
• Airplane
• Turbulence
• Landing
• Approach
• Crash

[mitgolden76]

what the f*** were you thinking? definately should've been a go around.. did you touch the flaps at all?

[gsmac1969]

Keep in mind...this is NOT ME flying the airplane!

Mooneys are extremely slippery: that's why they're so fast. You can have flaps down, speed brakes out, and if you haven't started your descent far enough out, you are still going to come in high and hot.

[gsmac1969]

...continued...

This guy obviously was in the "land" mindset, to the point where there were 200 feet left of runway, and because of the trees and his remaining speed, he no longer had the opportunity to go around. He did run off the runway at the end, but it's a miracle he didn't wreck the airplane.

[gsmac1969]

Hi everyone,

I'm the one who posted this video here. I need to make a clarification.

Lest anyone think that I was the moron attempting this landing, please let me inform everyone that no, this is not me. I would have abandoned the approach before even reaching the clearing before the threshold. I've flown high-performance Mooneys before, and am very familiar with their slippery fly-all-day personalities.

[jakeharvey]

I love how everyone likes to pretend they'd never make a mistake like this. You've all got perfect judgment and perfect skill.

Everyone has done something stupid or dangerous and had a close call they hopefully learned something from. If you deny this you're lying - and if you actually believe your own lies, God help you.

[DaquanJ]

the name of this field is whidbey identifier is w10

[Brn2FlyUL]

Terrible Judgment call! He tries to loose altitude by lowering the nose thus gaining airspeed. Go around or side slipe!

[gizmomulanPiper]

altitude, airspeed, glideslope, altitude, airspeed, glideslope, altitude, airspeed, glideslope, altitude, airspeed, glideslope, altitude, airspeed, glideslope, altitude, airspeed, glideslope, wave-off.

[AlanAshton]

Was anyone else screaming "GO AROUND" in their head while watching this?

[psneves]

"wegot it," We got it? "GOOD!!!"

kkkkkkkkkk

[psneves]

I liked the "OH SH#T" moment!

[VENOMOH]

Wow! Mooneys fly by-the-numbers, and that was anything but... I'm glad there was no prop-strike, but jeeze... Even in a C172 that should have been a go-around, and the Skyhawk would have been better suited to handle it. Anything as "slippery" as a Mooney should consider a stabilized approach. Glad to see everyone came out of it okay, and hopefulle a learning experience for the pilot. Maybe even a submission to AOPA Magazine's "Never Again" section?

[RogerDeanSmart]

@gsmac1969 That is correct and it happens everydday when someone doesn't plan their let down or enroute descent

[dtmspam]

As a Mooney pilot, I recognized the high and hot quite a ways out. You can't goose a Mooney in--not enough drag in the airframe and rubber puck landing gear. Definite go-round...

[DontSkrewWitMe]

i would say go around but as a pilot i know that in that kinda situation u just wanna have it over with and if gas is an issue, ohh boy