Controlled Crash of Cessna

Nosewheel would not come down, pilot burnt off fuel and performed the inevitable landing. Steady filming provided by Sam from MKT airfield in Noonamah. Great effort by all involved.

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Autos & Vehicles

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• aircraft
• plance
• crash
• cessna
• australia
• darwin
• northern
• territory
• sam

[andreg00]

Yes same question from me: Why did you not kill the engine on final ???

[leow626569]

@sk8pss 1) I think you mean elevator 2) it is hard back the whole time

[GrizzlyRecoveryZone1]

I'm not a pilot. What happened here? 

[hyedenny]

@andreg00 Probably so they could get the insurance company to buy a new engine and prop.

[40joel]

@FALCO64125 Yeah thats true they would probably want to tear the motor down anyway. Still I think shutting it off would be your best bet

[FALCO64125]

@andreg00 I doubt that would help much anyway. Even if you got lucky and the prop stopped in a horizontal position to where it wouldn't dig into the ground, the impact would probably still be enough to warrant tearing down the engine and inspecting everything. Ignore the engine though and you still have the cowling and skin to repair.

[nj4ck]

was the pilot injured? looked pretty rough.

[skat0r]

@andreg00 maybe too much stuff to think of

[sarge810]

At least he or she is alive to fix the engine. Well done!

[joblessalex]

that's not so bad! ......oh nevermind

[seref747]

Nasil becerdi cok merak ettim.

[Joalch]

I'd like to point out: - Why in gods name you did not land full flaps and much slower??? - Why you didn't cut the mixture off before land to safe the so expensive engine??

Same thing happened to me once and the only damege was, propellers and some scuffs on the bottom !!