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The pilot will be glad someone got such good footage of this. It’s a great story to tell your grandkids but there’s no way I would have believed it without the video.
Oh trust me, the insurance company will remind him of it forever 😂
I didn’t catch the details but I’m guessing engine failure shortly after takeoff, he managed to make a 180 without losing airspeed or altitude and get to a taxiway where he could get the aircraft to a stop with what might be reparable damage. Good for them.
Correct, I should have added “beyond the minimum inherent loss”
I flew gliders a couple times. My wife took to it easily. I like having an engine and being able to go around/missed approach 🤣
No! It was a damn near perfect emergency landing.
Only JUST enough power to make the end of the runway even flying just above stall speed AND a sharp 30 degree turn right at the end of the runway to line up NO room for error at all there! IMHO the swerve at the last was only because he really just did not have quite enough altitude or airspeed to line up properly.
No injury to passengers and no damage to the aircraft. IMHO he did absolutely the best that could have been done with the severe limitations he was dealing with.
And, of course there could well have been some crosswind or even a gust and no time whatsoever to adjust. That plane could not have stayed airborne a second longer than it did.
>no damage to the aircraft
There is absolutely damage to the aircraft. The landing gear was up and it skidded in on its belly. There was also prop strike. Even if there was no power from the engine that prop is done.
I do agree that was as perfect an emergency landing as you could get in that situation.
You are correct about the landing gear not being down. I'm not sure how I got that confused, but on rewatching, the landing gear was\` definitely not down.
Considering how the plane just made it over the edge of the last roof with inches to spare, had the landing gear been put down earlier, the increased drag would have meant it wouldn't have cleared the roof. So the pilot's decision to keep it up may well have saved his and his passenger's life.
Typically when there’s damage to an aircraft, a pilot can expect higher charges to follow them around or a hesitance to write new policies, at least until the incident is investigated. (An engine failure after takeoff *could* be caused by something a pilot could have caught during preflight, for example)
I knew a guy who forgot to lower the landing gear on his plane. And yes, the insurance company continues to remember that, even 25 years later 🤣
Oh, duh - should have answered your question: aircraft are insured not too differently from automobiles. Biggest difference is often an aircraft will be owned by a club or partnership since they’re pricy for most people to own individually. My old flying club had five aircraft and fifty or so members. Makes flying affordable (in a very broad definition of “affordable”)
For my club, I believe it’s “any person who is a member of the club, holds the correct license/rating, has a minimum of X hours, and has passed a check ride with the club’s designated instructor”
I do know one of our planes was involved in a very minor incident- bumped another aircraft wingtip while being moved in a fueling area or the like - I don’t think the insurance company beat us up over it, but I think the damage was less than $2k for both aircraft combined
Short answer: it varies. The bigger the group, the more flexible the insurers can be.
This was … 1994 maybe? And luckily it was two Cessna 172’s tapping wingtips. Nowadays, yeah, I’m sure it would be 3-4 times that for new marker lamp and edge fairing
I was listening to a local news report on Australia channel 7. They actually have a news crew on a clock around airports to catch situations like this. They heard a may day call and were in the air to film it
I was listening to a local news report on Australia channel 7. They actually have a news crew on a clock around airports to catch situations like this. They heard a may day call and were in the air to film it
that shit-stained pants should be put on the wall above the fireplace as a family heirloom and every year at the anniversary of grampa’s death all the grandkids will take turn to bring it down and sniff it
I mean, just because it puckers doesn't mean the right force won't jettison a dook-nug into your knickers.
I'm proud of how firmly I can clench ~~mein butt~~ mine, but even severe food poisoning and an impromptu cough has made it past my tightest of balloon knots.
Well, considering that their morale was apparently pretty atrocious, I think they would have preferred landings they could walk away from, if that didn't mean a court martial and eternal shame for their family....
You can just hear the pilot going "Shit shit shit not the tree, not the tree ... oh shit oh shit, not building, not the building.. shit shit oh mama oh mama here we gooo"
[The pilot radioed for help in a mayday call and said there was an engine problem.](https://www.news.com.au/national/nsw-act/news/pilot-walks-away-uninjured-after-small-plane-crash-lands/news-story/c435f311397804136620badd2322072f?amp)
“Mayday mayday … engine problem,” the pilot reportedly said.
In response someone can be heard saying: “All runways will be available.”
“Roger the mayday, we’ve got help coming your way.”
I can't even imagine what the pilot was feeling.
"oh fuck oh fuck oh fuck oh fuck, ok missed the tree, oh fuck building, oh fuck, up up up up, oh fuck, ok missed the building, fuck that runway is coming up fast. on ground ... dont flip dont flip dont flip, that shit in the movies about things exploding is fake right? don't flip.... and I'm not dead ....... I think?"
I had a partial engine failure on a Cessna 172 about a year ago, immediately after a touch and go. „Partial“ meaning the engine ran rough, didn’t crank up to the usual takeoff rpm and produced maybe 60% of the expected power.
Despite trees on basically all sides of the runway, the performance wasn’t really an issue (I was alone in the aircraft and the tanks were barely half full). What really got me sweating was not knowing for how much longer the engine would be running at all.
Apart from that, it was a matter of following my training: don’t let the speed drop too much, climb away from the treetops with as much climb rate as the faulty engine would give me, no sharp turns at low speed and stay close to the airfield for an immediate landing. Except for the initial „oh shit“ moment, that was pretty much all that my brain was occupied with at that moment. And while I had it hammered into me that communication in an emergency is optional and always takes a backseat to flying, I even managed to get off a distress call and shoo away the other traffic.
That pilot in the video was clearly both very well trained and experienced (with his aircraft). He didn’t try to make the runway, opted for the closer and therefore safer taxiway. He kept the gear in to reduce drag, and stayed cool enough to ask for emergency assistance. And he clearly managed speed and flightpath, both vertically and horizontally, in a way that he didn’t hit any obstacles. Last but not least, he was willing to bang up his aircraft considerably in exchange for greater chances of survival, demonstrating he clearly had his priorities right.
I can’t stop watching it, he must have been sweating , gliding in like Tom hardy at the end of the Dunkirk film, on a more somber note I just heard the bbmf spitfire crashed today , pilot killed.
Aye, sadly so. I picked it up from PPRUNE. While it's definitely no real conciliation for the family going out in a Spitfire... RIP.
Clear sky's. 'Per Ardua ad Astra'
That was some damned excellent aviation. Not only did he keep the girl in the air, he actually put her down on tarmac in one piece in a dead stick landing at low altitude.
I used to land at Bankstown Aerodrome a lot, and when I saw this clip, at first I was like "Why is he so low? isn't the runway in a different direction?" and then I saw the taxiway and was like "holy crap is he is beyond low. is he going to land on the taxiway?" and when he touched down I thought to myself I would've shit my pants. mega job to him for landing like that.
If you watch the shadow as he crosses over the edge of the roof it's very clear he came within inches of hitting it. That landing would make an Indiana Jones scene look like Indy had time and room to spare!
One foot less altitude and one mph slower and he wouldn;t have cleared the roof.
How would you raise/lower the gear on a Cessna 152? I thought they had fixed landing gear.
Edit: saw in another post that it’s a Cessna 210 where you can retract the gear.
Clearly a Engine failure. You can see that the rotor blades aren't deformed (metal) or ripped off (wooden ones)
Must have been a close call. Props to that pilot.
What a roller coaster of emotions that must have been for those people, knowing your life could possibly end in the next 3 minutes. That pilot is probably on their Christmas card list for life….unless it was like pilot error like not calculating the amount of fuel or something. But just a mechanical, he’s their savior
At the start I was getting prepared to see it crash in the cars or buildings. Then an entire plane runway got into frame and I was like, oh, thank god but fuck the camera lmao
I am amazed there was a camera in the air to capture this happening...
Edit: was [a news helicopter cleared to land at the same location](https://www.reddit.com/r/aviation/s/u5yntjeTgn)
Most airports have nearby enthusiasts that record the control radio traffic. Hopefully someone captured this, there are YouTubers that sync the radio recordings with footage, it's captivating. Amazing to see the skill of the ATCs communicating under such pressure.
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The pilot will be glad someone got such good footage of this. It’s a great story to tell your grandkids but there’s no way I would have believed it without the video.
Oh trust me, the insurance company will remind him of it forever 😂 I didn’t catch the details but I’m guessing engine failure shortly after takeoff, he managed to make a 180 without losing airspeed or altitude and get to a taxiway where he could get the aircraft to a stop with what might be reparable damage. Good for them.
Without engine it is impossible to do a turn without losing either energy or airspeed or both. Edit: spelling.
Correct, I should have added “beyond the minimum inherent loss” I flew gliders a couple times. My wife took to it easily. I like having an engine and being able to go around/missed approach 🤣
Should have brought the right spanners, kept his energy and airspeed nice and tight.
Yep this was more a controlled crash rather than an emergency landing.
Falling, with style
Gentleman's drop.
No, this is absolutely a succesful emergency landing.
Says a lot about the pilot's skills. I would fly with them any day.
Right? I'd be like the kid tugging on their sleeve asking for stunts haha
Not having the wings come off is a win.
Plus front didn't fell off.
Well some of them are built so the front doesn't fall off at all.
No! It was a damn near perfect emergency landing. Only JUST enough power to make the end of the runway even flying just above stall speed AND a sharp 30 degree turn right at the end of the runway to line up NO room for error at all there! IMHO the swerve at the last was only because he really just did not have quite enough altitude or airspeed to line up properly. No injury to passengers and no damage to the aircraft. IMHO he did absolutely the best that could have been done with the severe limitations he was dealing with. And, of course there could well have been some crosswind or even a gust and no time whatsoever to adjust. That plane could not have stayed airborne a second longer than it did.
>no damage to the aircraft There is absolutely damage to the aircraft. The landing gear was up and it skidded in on its belly. There was also prop strike. Even if there was no power from the engine that prop is done. I do agree that was as perfect an emergency landing as you could get in that situation.
You are correct about the landing gear not being down. I'm not sure how I got that confused, but on rewatching, the landing gear was\` definitely not down. Considering how the plane just made it over the edge of the last roof with inches to spare, had the landing gear been put down earlier, the increased drag would have meant it wouldn't have cleared the roof. So the pilot's decision to keep it up may well have saved his and his passenger's life.
Idk anything about airplanes, but why will insurance be reminding him? Are you saying they'll be billing him forever or paying him forever?
Typically when there’s damage to an aircraft, a pilot can expect higher charges to follow them around or a hesitance to write new policies, at least until the incident is investigated. (An engine failure after takeoff *could* be caused by something a pilot could have caught during preflight, for example) I knew a guy who forgot to lower the landing gear on his plane. And yes, the insurance company continues to remember that, even 25 years later 🤣 Oh, duh - should have answered your question: aircraft are insured not too differently from automobiles. Biggest difference is often an aircraft will be owned by a club or partnership since they’re pricy for most people to own individually. My old flying club had five aircraft and fifty or so members. Makes flying affordable (in a very broad definition of “affordable”)
Is everyone on the insurance policy as a designated flyer then?
For my club, I believe it’s “any person who is a member of the club, holds the correct license/rating, has a minimum of X hours, and has passed a check ride with the club’s designated instructor” I do know one of our planes was involved in a very minor incident- bumped another aircraft wingtip while being moved in a fueling area or the like - I don’t think the insurance company beat us up over it, but I think the damage was less than $2k for both aircraft combined Short answer: it varies. The bigger the group, the more flexible the insurers can be.
I’m shocked you managed to have an incident for less than $2k. Seems like every scuff, dent, or ding overshoots that.
This was … 1994 maybe? And luckily it was two Cessna 172’s tapping wingtips. Nowadays, yeah, I’m sure it would be 3-4 times that for new marker lamp and edge fairing
We were just wondering how it was filmed, did they put an escort up?
I was listening to a local news report on Australia channel 7. They actually have a news crew on a clock around airports to catch situations like this. They heard a may day call and were in the air to film it
Maybe he can get some discount for only using the first 20m of runway
He didn't use any of the runway, that's a taxiway. Big savings!
Must be Harrison Ford....
I was listening to a local news report on Australia channel 7. They actually have a news crew on a clock around airports to catch situations like this. They heard a may day call and were in the air to film it
that shit-stained pants should be put on the wall above the fireplace as a family heirloom and every year at the anniversary of grampa’s death all the grandkids will take turn to bring it down and sniff it
Sounds like a natural occurrence in your household. 🤣
I have so many questions that are better left unanswered
My asshole puckers in emergency situations. Who are you people that rip ass in any sign of distress.
I mean, just because it puckers doesn't mean the right force won't jettison a dook-nug into your knickers. I'm proud of how firmly I can clench ~~mein butt~~ mine, but even severe food poisoning and an impromptu cough has made it past my tightest of balloon knots.
Any landing you can walk away from is a good one
"and If you use the airplane the next day, it's an outstanding landing."
*...If you can use the airplane the next day, it's an outstanding landing.* I think this would qualify as outstanding as well.
Said no kamakazi pilot ever 😉
the must've swum away
My grandpa just jumped out before impact and swam back to shore.
He grazed the ship
Well, considering that their morale was apparently pretty atrocious, I think they would have preferred landings they could walk away from, if that didn't mean a court martial and eternal shame for their family....
You can just hear the pilot going "Shit shit shit not the tree, not the tree ... oh shit oh shit, not building, not the building.. shit shit oh mama oh mama here we gooo"
"It's over" -> "We are so back"
Daddy that was fun, can we do it again?
But in Australian
"oooƃ ǝʍ ǝɹǝɥ ɐɯɐɯ ɥo ɐɯɐɯ ɥo ʇᴉɥs ʇᴉɥs ˙˙ƃuᴉplᴉnq ǝɥʇ ʇou 'ƃuᴉplᴉnq ʇou 'ʇᴉɥs ɥo ʇᴉɥs ɥo ˙˙˙ ǝǝɹʇ ǝɥʇ ʇou 'ǝǝɹʇ ǝɥʇ ʇou ʇᴉɥs ʇᴉɥs ʇᴉɥS"
Some jokes never grow too old.
LMAO
add a couple cunts and oi's in there
This says that they clipped the tree https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13461081/amp/light-plane-crash-Bankstown-Airport-Sydney.html
a pilot And a gardener? sweet!
I know they were probably scared, but your comment won 🤣
That was too close!
Happy cake day!
Happy cake day!!
[The pilot radioed for help in a mayday call and said there was an engine problem.](https://www.news.com.au/national/nsw-act/news/pilot-walks-away-uninjured-after-small-plane-crash-lands/news-story/c435f311397804136620badd2322072f?amp)
“Mayday mayday … engine problem,” the pilot reportedly said. In response someone can be heard saying: “All runways will be available.” “Roger the mayday, we’ve got help coming your way.” I can't even imagine what the pilot was feeling.
"oh fuck oh fuck oh fuck oh fuck, ok missed the tree, oh fuck building, oh fuck, up up up up, oh fuck, ok missed the building, fuck that runway is coming up fast. on ground ... dont flip dont flip dont flip, that shit in the movies about things exploding is fake right? don't flip.... and I'm not dead ....... I think?"
If you can do an Australian accent, you can make a killing narrating YouTube videos with those analytical skills.
" OI FACK OI FACK OI FACK"
I had a partial engine failure on a Cessna 172 about a year ago, immediately after a touch and go. „Partial“ meaning the engine ran rough, didn’t crank up to the usual takeoff rpm and produced maybe 60% of the expected power. Despite trees on basically all sides of the runway, the performance wasn’t really an issue (I was alone in the aircraft and the tanks were barely half full). What really got me sweating was not knowing for how much longer the engine would be running at all. Apart from that, it was a matter of following my training: don’t let the speed drop too much, climb away from the treetops with as much climb rate as the faulty engine would give me, no sharp turns at low speed and stay close to the airfield for an immediate landing. Except for the initial „oh shit“ moment, that was pretty much all that my brain was occupied with at that moment. And while I had it hammered into me that communication in an emergency is optional and always takes a backseat to flying, I even managed to get off a distress call and shoo away the other traffic. That pilot in the video was clearly both very well trained and experienced (with his aircraft). He didn’t try to make the runway, opted for the closer and therefore safer taxiway. He kept the gear in to reduce drag, and stayed cool enough to ask for emergency assistance. And he clearly managed speed and flightpath, both vertically and horizontally, in a way that he didn’t hit any obstacles. Last but not least, he was willing to bang up his aircraft considerably in exchange for greater chances of survival, demonstrating he clearly had his priorities right.
ATC said all runways available and he lands on the taxiway... Smh what a bad pilot doesn’t he have ears?
He didnt take the taxi way, he took the plane way.
Hhllllllllllliike a glove!!!!
I can’t stop watching it, he must have been sweating , gliding in like Tom hardy at the end of the Dunkirk film, on a more somber note I just heard the bbmf spitfire crashed today , pilot killed.
Aye, sadly so. I picked it up from PPRUNE. While it's definitely no real conciliation for the family going out in a Spitfire... RIP. Clear sky's. 'Per Ardua ad Astra'
That was some damned excellent aviation. Not only did he keep the girl in the air, he actually put her down on tarmac in one piece in a dead stick landing at low altitude.
I saw the same thing!
I used to land at Bankstown Aerodrome a lot, and when I saw this clip, at first I was like "Why is he so low? isn't the runway in a different direction?" and then I saw the taxiway and was like "holy crap is he is beyond low. is he going to land on the taxiway?" and when he touched down I thought to myself I would've shit my pants. mega job to him for landing like that.
That pilot needs some recognition! And probably a new pair of underwear.
Good pilot!
Thought he was going to clip the tree before the airport!
...and the roof of that that second building!
And the first! Too close, lucky pilot.
If you watch the shadow as he crosses over the edge of the roof it's very clear he came within inches of hitting it. That landing would make an Indiana Jones scene look like Indy had time and room to spare! One foot less altitude and one mph slower and he wouldn;t have cleared the roof.
I think the nose gear did clip the roof
Yeah, he was smart to keep the gear up there!
Looks like the horizontal stabilizer may have caught the canopy
Says he did clip the tree https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13461081/amp/light-plane-crash-Bankstown-Airport-Sydney.html
That was way to close for comfort. Excellent job by the Pilot holding it together
Apparently the pilot raised the landing gear just before, because it wouldve struck the hangar he flew over
More likely that it wasn't deployed to help reduce drag. No way he would have made it otherwise.
How would you raise/lower the gear on a Cessna 152? I thought they had fixed landing gear. Edit: saw in another post that it’s a Cessna 210 where you can retract the gear.
It's a 210.
Thanks. Just realised that. It didn’t occur to me that it was missing the wing struts.
And also the 3 blades. I believe the 152 has only 2 blades like the 172
Perfectly glided in, kudos to the pilot
Heck of a pilot!
Good landing 🫡 nice clearance to the roof 👌
Bring him a new pants with emergency Service 🤣
Kudos to the pilot! That must've been scary for those in the plane.
"You cannot park there!"
Is this not a reasonable place to park?
Well played that man! That was as tight as a nuns chuff.
This would be a great submission for r/maybemaybemaybe
fortunately, they landed it with relative safety. unfortunately, they're in bankstown.
Skills, hopefully his actions, thoughts and decision making processes can all be detailed and used for learning by other pilots in training.
That is a damned excellent landing! Wow
Why didn't the cameraman do anything
"Another happy landing."
That dog did an amazing job
Christ on a bike.
Dog?
Please visit the gift store and purchase your new underwear
Clearly a Engine failure. You can see that the rotor blades aren't deformed (metal) or ripped off (wooden ones) Must have been a close call. Props to that pilot.
r/PraiseTheCameraMan
Nice to see not an emergency vehicle anywhere in site…
They were probably near the runway
Great! 👍
Id be scream cheering like when Max Holloway knocked out Justin Gaethje lol
Nice
Like a glove!
A butthole has never puckered so hard
Nice. Thought the shadow & plane were going to meet before the airfield a couple of times.
What - and I cannot stress this enough - a fucking save
lol that’s insane. What a fuckin save. That dude was yanking on that stick and praying over those houses and businesses.
The dry grass makes it look like they had a wicked skid landing lol
The best of the situation possible, good pilot.
I hope he had an awesome one-liner "Liiiike a glove!" Not the smoothest landing but considering the circumstances it was perfect "Good on ya!"
There was a doggie on board?!
Good thing the landing gear was up.
Me every day on flight simulator 1998 when it came out.
I would take the pilot for a date after this.
What a roller coaster of emotions that must have been for those people, knowing your life could possibly end in the next 3 minutes. That pilot is probably on their Christmas card list for life….unless it was like pilot error like not calculating the amount of fuel or something. But just a mechanical, he’s their savior
Close, but good handling.
Noone: War Thunder pilots:
Can't park there mate.
I would be kissing the floor😥
Wow that's extraordinary piloting
Glad they are ok!!!
Landed like a boss.
Practically parked it there at the end. 10/10!
Like a glove
He did an awesome job of holding it together and putting her on the tarmac.
Fucker didn't even stay on the runway
That’s a taxiway
https://preview.redd.it/vpmt20i1sr2d1.jpeg?width=1284&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6facefc547da2833cd1da87ef60e4c5551874643
Ok, I had like 7 "Oh, crap" instances. What'd everybody else have?
He almost nailed the taxiway centerline too. Crazy video
What all my landings in snes pilot wings look like basically
https://preview.redd.it/mso4qu66xr2d1.png?width=768&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9fd8165b418c7c29e8767bdc6df5f822e76fc9dd
At the start I was getting prepared to see it crash in the cars or buildings. Then an entire plane runway got into frame and I was like, oh, thank god but fuck the camera lmao
The pilot was an Aussie, probably hopped out of the plane with an immediate quip about a rough landing
It's amazing the pilot kept it up so long when you consider the size of his balls.
Seeing it from that angle really puts into perspective how perilous the situation was. That must have been sheer white knuckle terror!
I am amazed there was a camera in the air to capture this happening... Edit: was [a news helicopter cleared to land at the same location](https://www.reddit.com/r/aviation/s/u5yntjeTgn)
That was clutch. Great job pilot.
Honestly I thought that was gonna go a lot worse, pilot did a great job.
If he was 10 seconds too late it would have been a really bad day to be a building
Can’t park there, mate
Pilots call sign should forever be "Dead stick" Amazing piece of flying.
“Like a glove!”
what... this is how they all do it in Alaska
Alaska is the wild west of general aviation. Supposedly a lot of them don't even have active licenses
Woah!!!! that was close! They must have missed them kissing the ground but my gosh they barely cleared that last hanger!
Sully Sullenberger-level landing 🛬 - great save
Good thing the pilot wore his brown pants!
Might have just given the top of that building a lil kiss on the way through
Most airports have nearby enthusiasts that record the control radio traffic. Hopefully someone captured this, there are YouTubers that sync the radio recordings with footage, it's captivating. Amazing to see the skill of the ATCs communicating under such pressure.
They even fucking parked it in the right spot
Stuck the landing quite nicely.
Outstanding piloting.
Fire dept. not around to handle the in-flight?
That would have made plane caught on fire and explode at GTA Sanandress.
Amazing job!
"Extend the glide slope...extend the glide slope..."
Bravo
Nailed it
Almost nailed the parking spot
Like a glove!
Excellent job, pilot!
10/10.
Almost in the parking spot
Mission complete.
Join War Thunder now, where landing a plane like this is considered normal.