Raw Video: Emergency Landing, Coast Guard Pilot

The pilot of a small engine plane was forced to make an emergency landing in Miami-Dade County, Florida, when the nose landing gear would not deploy. The pilot and his passenger, both members of the Coast Guard Auxiliary, landed safely. (Feb. 4)

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• Fla.
• Crash
• Landing

[FlightLevelHeaded]

@ JoshClements22:

That all sounds very impressive until you realize the 1974 Cessna 414 has electric landing gear (and flaps). The engines weren't shut off prior to landing. When an aircraft has three-bladed props, you can't minimize damage or inspection requirements by stopping or feathering the props. This pilot knew that. That's why he's in the cockpit and your on FlightSim 2000.

[pyrrho314]

a propeller-wind-pushy wingy wheely broken flying thingy?

[LowEarthOrbitPilot]

@Aquatica4: Yes, they did put it down where they intended to; At their destination, where the Coast Guard had immediate access to it.

[LowEarthOrbitPilot]

@rednck09: They DID (and DO) care, because the aircraft is not owned by the Coast Guard or by any other branch of the government. It was a privately owned aircraft (known as a Coast Guard 'facility' when flying in service to the Coast Guard), and the relationship to the owner was very special, indeed. Both of those highly skilled pilots did not want to have to put it down, knowing they were about to sustain any amount of damage, but they had to, and did it RIGHT!

[Kongasp]

Excelent job!

[ADDSL9]

Just to make the record straight, the crew and pilot of this aircraft were Coast Guard Auxiliary pilots, not Coast Guard. The Auxiliary pilots are volunteers and highly skilled pilots, many of them retired pilots oar airline captains.

[Aquatica4]

So let me get this straight they make an emergency landing because of the nose landing gear not deploying properly yet they still have to land.... did they land where they wanted to be at or did they land at a runway that was not their destination?

[rishiroypilot]

@FlyingPhoAddict i second that brother.

[rednck09]

@Francois8011 They dont care... they dont pay for it.. the goverment does.

[Francois8011]

Shutting down/ feathering the prop would have made a great difference on the bill!

[KiDFRANKKK]

@JoshClements22 IF youre 18, maybe you should update your about me info broski trolololl. "Illinois FAA approved me" lol that makes no sense. Well anyways, I have a private, and im going to southern illinois for aviation. Getting ready for the next big airline hiring. Livin your dream. Get mad

[JoshClements22]

@KiDFRANKKK first of all you're fucking retarded to say you stalked me and "saw I'm 16",

I'm 18, first of all buddy,

and second of all I DO have my pilots license, Illinois FAA approved me with this fancy thing called a Certificate, and I got the papers two weeks later.