Boeing 747 Loses Landing Gear | Viral Debrief
This Boeing 747 had one set of landing gear missing as it came in to land after the mechanics accidentally improperly installed a part on the aircraft.
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I love how you give advice on how to land in a wind, and in my mind I'm thinking "yeah, yeah, good idea. I'll totally do that next time I'm landing a big jet. Thanks for the tip." I'm a doctor. lol
Every pilot is taught to increase the approach speed of a plane (even small private planes) when it's windy. I have forgotten the exact percentage of increase based on wind, but the information provided in the video is, as I noted, standard, varying of course for each type of aircraft.
@@jonshepard85 I wanna say half the guat factor. So if it's 15 gusting to 25, add 5 knots to normal approach speed.
Maybe you can leave some tips for 74Gear-Pilot on removing someone's tonsils or such. lol
Sometimes a passenger has had to land a plane, who knows that information might come in handy. Any knowledge you acquired is not wasted. LOL
@@ezell8884 only in Hollywood movies... you’re probably more likely to get struck by lightning several times than have to land a plane as a passenger.
The heli guy knew he wasn't going to clear the road and wires, good choice.
Right? I was thinking the same thing as it looked like he was going for the road first, saw the lines, and then turned it over to autorotate into the field.
Yeah I was thinking the same thing he's probably not going to make it past the road, and risking hitting a car would only make things worse. Great quick thinking and execution.
I swear you can see the moment he decides, pulls the nose up just a hair to guage his speed/loft and then immediately dives left down left hard to get some speed/loft for what I'd guess is a little more risky (tempting a sideways 'crash' or rotor hitting the dirt, but way safer than eating some power lines.)
He didn't have the required energy to make it, so he didn't have that option, at all.
Im just wondering why that guy had a gun😂
That helicopter crash landing, you see how the pilot got as close to the freeway as possible before he had to set it down? That was impressive, he knew if anyone was injured and had to be rescued, they’d have a better chance of surviving being closer to where rescue crews could get to them quicker. Good job sir!!!!
They were shooting wildlife for fun because they are twisted and sick in the head. Humans are animals and wildlife, maybe thats why God decided to ditch the poxy chopper 😁😁😂😂
Not just that, but generally speaking asphalt holds heat better than grass and trees, and creates thermal pockets that provide lift. He may have been riding the thermal a little to slow his descent.
It's hard for me to wrap my head around the fact that something as heavy as a 747 at close to max landing weight can BOUNCE and not drive the landing gear right up through the airplane. The engineers at Boeing who designed those landing gear struts really earned their money. The first time I saw a 747 bounce was at IAH and a Royal Jordanian plane bounced on landing. I actually thought I'd be interviewed on TV because I witnessed the crash. That was when I discovered just how stout those struts really are.
Now try to wrap your head around this. Ground pressure exists. The actual surface footprint of the tires is roughly 6 sq ft per tire. In this video, that's 12 instances of 6 sq ft, or 72 sq ft. Roughly 300,000 kilos are being divided between those 12 instances. Roughly 4160 kilos per square foot. To put that into scale, the footprint of a standard cab pickup is roughly 175 sq ft. (7 foot wide, 25 foot long) and weighs roughly 2950 KG total (using a 2002 Ford F250 as my example) Now, that runway has to put up with a sudden shock load comparable to stacking 2 full size trucks on top of one another, and then have them hit 1 square foot of area... Not sure about that particular runway, but the regional here had to have 6 feet of concrete under the 6 inches of asphalt just to land the "puddle jumper" dash 800 turboprops. Just how deep do you think that runway has to be?
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There is another point I would like to make about the helicopter pilot. He did a great job in telling his passengers "stay where you are". One of the hazards with an unpowered helicopter rotor is that they can suffer from an aeroelastic event called "blade sail", the sudden, unexpected departure from from its rotational plane. The tips of the rotor blades on a Bell OH13 (Sioux), a chopper I have both flown and worked on, are about 10 feet off the ground when stationary. I have seen the tip of an unpowered rotating blade sail down and strike 3 ft high fire extinguisher about half way up. The pilot kept his head, allowing his passengers to keep theirs!
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Completely agree, the chopper was in no immediate danger requiring an evacuation. Also, not only would blade sail be an issue, but they were also on uneven ground, so one side of the prop will be rotating towards the ground. Passengers can lose all common sense in a state of panic and find themselves making moronic decisions. Always best to make sure everything is completely shut down and come to a halt before allowing them to exit in a situation like this.
I appreciate how you interject your own experiences into these "viral" incidents. It brings these videos from just some other no-context "oops" or "wow" into a topic we learn more about. Thank you.
Kelsey's nod of approval for the KLM landing was precious.
I'll further compliment those helicopter pilots (who I just noticed were probably hunting based on the AR15 in the cockpit lol) by saying they didn't immediately go for their gopros like some other people and instead made sure everyone was alright first, then doing whatever they did to make sure the helicopter was shutting down properly. I also like how they kept an upbeat mood to keep everyone calm and cheerful. THAT is how you handle a stressful situation. 👏
The AR is the equivalent of gopros for some people.
Looks like they may have been hog hunting. I know they're a nuisance in some states, like Texas. Ranchers will let, or maybe even pay, these guys to come and thin out the population of hogs on their property. Some ppl shoot them and some ppl run dogs on them. I've never been for letting dogs get hurt for hogs, I'd rather just shoot the hogs with cheap ammo, if i had to. I can't stand seeing a poor dog get gutted.
Also how they made sure people stayed inside until the rotors stopped.
Is hunting from a helicopter legal anywhere in the US? If I were using a helicopter as transportation to a hunting site, the long guns would be in a case.
@@Av8or7 I'm not 100% sure on the legality of it in TX. The only person I know personally that's done it was flying with the owner of the property. The owner of the property owned the helicopter and has a helicopter pilots license. The owner/pilot is a Vietnam vet that flew hueys, and lives on a couple thousand acres in BFE Texas.
"Wind shear is something that is hard to determine because it's wind..." - my brain in auto complete mode: "and it shears"
I thought the same thing as I was reading your comment
The term "wind shear" uses shear as a noun, as in a type of force. This is opposed to a centrifugal force caused by a rotating mass.
@@Jukkala Thanks 👍🏼 Obviously, we all live on a rotating mass called Earth. Centrifugal "forces" are therefore very real in our daily lives, no need to explain. However, spontaneous local wind shears and downdrafts are not something to mess with, especially in small aircraft
I am a How to train your dragon fan, and to me, and many other fans, this means something else
@@berkiaskyclan2948 yep
19:27 that was actually an Airphil express A320, flight 969, and yes that was the original audio, and yes the investigation cited the cause as pilot error.
The airport was Kalibo International Airport (KLO/RPVK) which "serves" Boracay but is actually a good 40 miles from Boracay which is an island without an airport of its own. The runway at the time was 7175 feet long, which is on the short side but not extremely so, I mean, LaGuardia's runways are only 7000 feet. It looks like poor speed management to me and not having a stabilized approach.
@@alexmollen9339 Are you sure? It is the former Caticlan Airport that has changed name to Boracay Airport (MPH/RPVE) and after extending the runway it can actually take an A320 now, if handled with care. I went there once in the old days when you had to fly with an ATR42. I admit that judging from the surroundings it does look a lot more like Kalibo., but then why would Kelsey call it Boracay?
@@tommyrjensen A quick look at Google Maps told me that they would have ended up in the ocean at Boracay Airport (MPH/RPVE) at both ends of the runway. So definitely Kalibo International Airport (KLO/RPVK).
@@tommyrjensen it is definitely Kalibo. Air Phil Express was already rebranded to PAL express when RPVE was expanded to accomodate the A320. See also the terminal building a few meters from the runway threshold. Thats the terminal building of RPVK those days.
I hope the report also praised the pilot’s actions!
As someone who has a massive fear of planes, watching your content has helped calm me so much. I think just learning about how things work and how much the pilots know really helps, and you explain things so well!
Good for You...way to go......but watching this channel and a couple more I will never fly again.......keeping my feet on the ground
@@haroldk724 Commercial flights are extremely safe and it is proven that more people have died in car crashes while traveling to the airport than have died in aircraft. The huge majority of aircraft deaths are in privately owned small aircraft. I don't know the exact dates but there was a 10 year period of time between 2009 and 2019 where not one person died in a commercial airplane crash in the USA.
i only fear when im not flying it, like driving if someone drives me i get violently ill and im so stressed
@@cherb23 at least you can avoid situations when you are driving yourself. I would never take public transportation, especially commercial flights, i dont trust them.
@@coffee8814 you can''t avoid anything when other people crash into your car.
That KLM landing was smoooooooth. Passengers would have barely felt it. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
I liked the helicopter guys attitude to the crash. After asking if everybody was ok, and all of them replied with a yes, he only had one thing to say. "Perfect" The chopper is probably heavily damaged. Lots of paper work etc etc but all that really mattered to him is everybody was unhurt. Props to the pilot. Seriously...he needs new props.
... and a takeoff checklist apparently, according to others here who pointed out a magneto switch oversight.
hey, this is my avatar. get your own, copycat!
Every time I see a 747 in a video like this, I am more impressed with the strength and resilience of the 747. If I win the lottery, what I would buy.
That'd be a dope home tbh.
@@lydiamulfinger6781 hell yeah! But lets be honest....if I had one I would make it into a fucking paintball field and reinact Air Force One while playing the soundtrack from that scene! What?! Ok fine back to making a cruise ship a home...with a Titanic section were the hull has holes pop open and water.....shit
@@bsgtrekfan88 you should be a movie director
Then spend the next 15 years learning how to fly it :)
I remember reading that the 747's landing gear is built strong enough that it can land at max weight in 45 degree crab.
Kelsey is mistaken on the first vid. I remember watching this one. They came in hard to try and bounce the under carriage loose. They had a spotter that would have told them if the wheel had come down. If it would have dropped, they would have taken back off, circled and come back in for a normal landing. The hard landing was deliberate
I fact-checked and found you are correct and it sure makes sense. 👍🏻
This was my first thought when I saw this clip. Glad to hear it was intentional. I suspect they knew the exact sink rate they could hit at safely. My father was a 747 captain when he retired. He was methodical and sharp and everything was intentional.
WRONG. He bounced, simply because the hyd problem he had meant that some of the elevator surfaces were not available, thus catching him out when he tried to do his normal flare. The slowness of the aircraft's response is not something normally practiced and therefore entirely excusable.
bullshit. See correct explanation from MegaWeebles below.
@@12345fowler I was listening to it live on BBC and SkyNews at the time. The thing was flying around for hours before it came to land. The crew said that they were going to attempt it before they did it. Their conversations with ATC were broadcast live at the time. You know you can disagree with someone without going all Rain Man. No need to swear.
I used to float like a butterfly... until I almost rode off into a random house on the end of the runway. Expert FS2020 pilot here.
I've done my share of floating in Kerbal Space Program. Bouncing too.
I did a go-around a week ago! Really cool that this channel taught me what was going on. I spoke to the captain afterwards and apparently the tower was signaling the incorrect runway 😬 Captain was pretty upset about it.
That is understandable. As an aviator myself, I know that some of the worst crashes in history were a result of miscommunication, or ATC errors
I thought you meant you flew a go around at first! 🤣 I was momentarily puzzled that you’d only learned from KZhead what was going on before I realised you’d been a passenger!
@@moiraatkinson Same. For a minute I thought he myst have been the co-pilot of Flight 420 to San Francisco, if he learned about go-arounds from this channel.
@@ImNotCreativeEnoughToMakeUser Yeah, the Tenerife disaster has been, IIRC, the worst by fatalities in history, and was caused in large part by a series of the ground and tower miscommunications with the flight crews. :(
@@cykkm Yeah, there is one I remember seeing a documentary on where a bunch of mishaps occurred all at once, leading to two jumbo jets colliding on the runway, as one was crossing, and the other taking off
"Any landing you can walk away from, is a good one" - Said no ground engineer ever😂
Any landing you can walk away from is a good one but a great landing is when you can use the aircraft again.
@@californiacastle i personally know pilots who were fired after these so called "good landings" - I would suggest rethinking that statement.
that's also said by NO ONE directly involved in the industry!
@@ghostrider-be9ek you make it seem like I was implying that every landing is a reckless and haphazard dive job. 1. Any landing that has the potential to be dangerous is good when you can walk away from it. 2. Any crash (landing) is good when the aircraft is salvageable. 3. Internet sarcasm or tongue-in-cheek, whatever you want to call it…it was an offhand remark not really worthy of anybody’s response. Take care.
@@californiacastle no, I take issue with the statement that 'any landing you walk away from is good' - given that I personally know pilots who have been fired for 'good' landings.
That’s one hung I’ve always loved about helicopters. While you fixed wing folks get lots of time to plan things out when your engine(s) go quiet, you also need a LOT of room to land. We don’t have much time… but only need an area 1/2 the size of a tennis court to pull it off 😃
I love your personal stories that you add. I think this is your biggest strength. Keep up the good work ACE
@74 Gear It's really nice how you talk about your own mistakes or experiences after each clip. It really takes out the judgement aspect and makes it into a true teaching moment. A lot of people have never had a leader that genuinely took the attitude of "Mistakes happen. It's okay. What can we learn going FORWARD?". Thanks again for making these videos. I love your commentary, explanations, and stories. I also love your unique blend of swagger and professionalism.
I love the way Kelsey says... "Comin' up..." "Let's get into it..." "Keep the blue side up."
And his unique capabilities of not blinking eyes
Pilots ain’t got time to blink.
I love how the eyes get a bit big at a few points on the last clip where you could tell he's thinking, this is a bit far down the runway... you should be on the ground now... this isn't going to be good - but he didn't say it.
I have a special place in my heart for the 747. It's the plane that brought me home from Iraq.
that autorotation was perfect, love how he realised there were power lines too and altered his course
A good auto starts with making sure both mags are on.... : P
@@tmanf22 Did he have the time, or the ability to take hands + focus off flight controls to actually do that? A good auto ends with everyone alive surely.
@@thert.hon.thelordnicholson7261 no, but if he followed the checklist he wouldn't have taken off without both mags on and thus not crashing
@@thert.hon.thelordnicholson7261 It's fairly safe to assume the pilot was the guy in the right seat and the passenger in the left. We can also see there's no controls attached on the left so it is definitely a passenger and not a fellow pilot.
@@tmanf22 Fair point!
The clean, empty hotel background makes me smile…it’s great to see stop overs being used for more than drinking or sleeping.. the videos and explanations are even better!
Dude, you are a really good orator. Excellent emphasis, comedy, facial expressions, etc., a perfectly executed landing every time.
The guy who set the world record for helicopter altitude (Jean Boulet) also set the record for autorotation during the same flight, safely landing from 40,000ft after his engine flamed out due to the cold.
18:52 Was not expecting a 747 pilot to imitate the sound of speed brakes lmao
That helo pilot did a fantastic job; he had no time at all at that altitude to even think about it. Not only find a place to set down but missed the road too. I'd fly with him anytime.
You'd fly with a guy who happily takes off with the magneto switches set to off'? And then sheepishly looks at the camera when he goes to turn them off after they've crashed?
Yeah Rob, took the word out of my mouth. I think he did a great job not killing them after, but he also caused it. Anyone can make mistakes, but thats what check lists are for. If you go by memory, you'll miss something for sure
More importantly he moved quickly to avoid the power lines lining the road. Would have be a sad ending if he'd tripped into those. ⚡
During the flight, the key was facing 2 o clock. After shutdown it was facing 10 o clock. You can't do a 90 degree rotation from off to off.
@@ovalteen4404 what are you saying? If you watch the actual video, you can clearly see the key in the same position after the crash as before he started his take off. You can see him switch it to off during his shut down procedure. He didnt have the switch off in flight, it was on a single mag not both, as it should be at all times unless doing a mag check.
I see bush copter and first thought is Australia for some reason, immediately upon seeing AR-15 I said out loud "Oh, they are in Texas"
~~Lol~~ 🚁
Pig shoots from helicopter probably
@@kevinfeeney7371 That is 100% what it was. I would bet good money that it is a pig shoot in Texas lol.
Yeah ive seen the original video post of that, was a hog hunt.
re: hog hunt. wow, how brave of those hunters - not!!!! 😼
Love hearing you explain the clips, hearing the reasoning, and the solutions sometimes, is so cool. I also love watching shows like Air Disasters because I think the NTSB investigations and solutions are incredible
I’ve been an aircraft mechanic or a manager my whole adult life, and I never get tired of it. I think I have jet fuel in my veins.
“I’m 6 feet tall” That sounds like something a 5’11” guy would say.
Outa my way shrimp.
Do we know each other?
@@brentbarnhart5827 I don’t think so
It was joke, I'm 5'11"
@@brentbarnhart5827 haha good one.
Loved the saying "All expense trip to Headquaters to meet the chief pilot" xD
That made me giggle too.
Commercial aircraft: most data recorded on nearly indestructible "black box". Garage build: duct tape that Go Pro.
Doesn't sound like a great vacation spot lol
That is a travel pass I would wrather take a pass on...
Kelsey, your videos are just incredible. The way that you explain everything to even the most uneducated viewers is spot on. Thanks for the patience that you have in all of the explanations of every different scenario in your videos! I have really enjoyed every one that I have watched. Keep up the great work!
Rotor Pilots ROCK! Lots of hours fixed wing and lots of hour in rotors. Love it!!! Good job Kelsey!!!!
He had a bad mag ground and it allowed him to take off with mags off. Vibration found the ground and lost the engine. He’s young and will learn from his mistake.
Rumour has it that the Korean Air flight was charged four landing fees!
Captain Kangaroo had to pay for one of them personally :D
But they got to log four landings in their log book.
Nope. You guys got it all wrong. The pilot had found a copy of Rhinestone Cowboy and after removing 19 years of dust he put it in his DVD player and didn't even blink for the next 2 hours. He then decided to enter a bull riding competition at the end of his next shift. So what we all witnessed was just a warm up practice session. That pilot has a right to dream, and who are we to judge? 😆🤣😂
With that helicopter autorotation landing, I'm also glad that the pilot was able to instantly identify that it would NOT be safe to attempt for the field across the road - not just because of the trees on the other side, but also because at their rate of descent those barely visible power lines would have been a very possible issue to a safe landing (I say barely visible because you can't see the wires - just the wooden posts). I also rather appreciate that the pilot's first question was "is everyone okay" while they were doing the "okay, are we on fire?" checks... Worked on shutting everything down, and kept safety as the key thing, especially with the whole remark about waiting for the blades to stop spinning, which is something only those around rotary wing aircraft will know are a massive hazard. The cool, calm, collected apology for the unplanned landing was icing on the cake of handling a bad situation!
Concur. It’s just too bad his tail clipped the tree just as he was flaring. He probably would have not folded the skid gear on the one side. But, overall upright and everyone walked away. Good job!
I also love the bit where he notices his mag switches were off.
@@XLC-zd8dn my flight instructor taught me, "when the engine quits its the insurance company's helo. Damage shouldn't even be a consideration. Survival is the only thing that matters."
@@Cannon1221 - Totally concur. I just felt bad for the guy as he was doing such a good job and just nicked that tree. But, as the saying goes, any landing you can walk away from is a good landing. 😉
That rotor blade spinning above your head isn't "acting" like your wing, it IS your wing!! ;-)
No. It's acting. Helicopters don't fly, they beat the air into submission.
@@onewingedangelsephiroth1561 no not beating the helicopters become good friends with the air and do many favors for it and once it has the airs full trust it social manipulates it into feeling bad for all of the things the helicopter has done for it and says that the air will be in no debt if the air gives it levitation as an ability this usually takes around 7 days and this process is called *Building the helicopter*
@@onewingedangelsephiroth1561 - yup, heard them all, including "a collection of spare parts flying in loose formation." My favorite being: Airplanes are different from helicopters. An airplane, by it's nature, wants to fly and unless interfered with too strongly by unusual circumstances or a deliberately incompetent pilot, the airplane will fly. A helicopter doesn't want to fly. It is supported in the air by a series of conflicting forces. Disrupt any one of those forces, and the helicopter stops flying, immediately and disastrously. There is no such things as a gliding helicopter. That's why, in general, airplane pilots are buoyant, clear eyed extroverts while helicopter pilots are brooders, introspective anticipators of trouble. They know if something hasn't happened, it's about to! Still, all things considered, that helicopter pilot did a good job. The aircraft but bent but everyone inside (4 souls I believe) walked away with no injuries. I'm not sure a light airplane in the same situation would have faired as well but that's just speculation on my part.
no it IS a rotor blade. different kind of air manipulation, same function
@@monavie9110 - I think you're really picking nits on this one. The rotor blade on a helicopter is an "airfoil" (wing) just like the wings on a 747 are "airfoils" and wings on C172 are "airfoils" and the wings on a glider are "airfoils." They all manipulate the air in the same way. Air moves faster over the top of the wing than it does below thus creating a relative low pressure area on top of the airfoil (ie: wing!) and thus creating lift. They all do the same thing. They are all wings and they all create lift. The difference lies in the fact that the wings on a 747, C172, or glider are all fixed (stationary) relative to the fuselage of the aircraft while the rotors (wings) on a helicopter are not and the helicopters wings are not dependent on the motion of the aircraft as a whole to generate left which allows helicopters to do the one main thing that fixed wing aircraft will never be able to do. "Hover!"
Kelsey, I watched all your videos and it really has reduced any anxiety I had for flying. I flew this week and I was even able to tell my husband what the plane did. Just understanding what things are when they happen ,for example, during turbulents really helps.
When I hear of pilots dumping fuel, I picture families having picnics in the park and people walking their dogs suddenly getting soaked by a mist of jet fuel.
generally, fuel is dumped at a high enough altitude that it disperses into the atmosphere and nobody gets misted. There was an incident over LA last year, though, where the pilot dumped fuel way too low and it did actually soak people that were outside, including a playground full of kids. But that was because they were not following procedure.
That was more what happened with that aircraft near LAX that dumped fuel at about 2500 feet. Usually they're 6000+ and over a relatively unpopulated area, it has time to evaporate.
When possible, they try to do it out over the ocean. Also, unless they are flying at low altitude, most/all of the fuel will evaporate before it can reach the ground. But yes, on rare occasions, aircraft have rained Jet-A on the world below. 😕
Too bad jet fuel is literally highly cancerous and you don't want to breathe it in or get it anywhere near your skin
@@thecloneguyz Isn't it just kerosene? When I was a kid we used kerosene lanterns on family camping trips. Maybe that's why my dad got cancer at 33.
Kelsey, I love when you explain about crabbing. My flight instructor tought me to do it around just 20 hours on my logbook. I also experienced a long landing once, I used literally all the runaway of a civil airport (on a 152!!!) but in the end ATC didn't yell as I announced myself as a student pilot during the approach. But on the positive side, I ended up taking my license in only 23 days, aceing all the exams, sort of record my instructor told me.
I'm not even a pilot but I've always been fascinated with planes. Kelsey explains these concepts so well for lay-people! There've been times when I've had some smooth landings and you don't even notice and other times when it's really rough and people clap when it's finally over! Guess it all depends on the different factors that the captains were facing on that particular day!
I just love how freaking polite everyone is! No muss no fuss...total calm! Amazingly confident and competent pilot!
the insight in the beginning of this video is extremely insightful and the work you put into these videos is greatly appreciated. thanks man keep making great content
I believe this is the Virgin Atlantic landing at Gatwick in 2014. The aircraft had flown by the tower previously so they could look at the undercarriage which hadn't fully retracted after taking off from Heathrow. An interview with the pilot revealed that they deliberately made a hard landing to try and dislodge the undercarriage since the cause of the fault at that time wasn't known.
I was just about to comment on that landing when I saw your post. I remember watching it unfold on the telly when it took place.
I can tell this guy is a great pilot in the way he explains things.
Hi Kelsey, thank you so much for your channel. I have been watching quite a few of your videos, and thoroughly enjoy the way you present. The mix of serious, great info and humour works really well. All the best and always safe landings. :)
"Ok so he's coming in for an emergency landing, why didn't he aim for the road? Wow that descent was rapid...OH SHIT HE'S IN A CHOPPER NEVERMIND."
Probably wouldn't have been able to reach it and still line up with the road. Auto rotations are very steep, especially if you take up a nose down attitude. My question is this, why did he fly it into the ground, he never slowed his ground speed with a flair.
Watched a vid about the development of helicopters. They were still VERY new and individually made and a man was trying to convince some rich people to invest. Final argument that swung the deal? "This machine is going to save a lot of lives."
As someone has already noted he probably wasn't sure if he could get that far. Also, dirt has a bit of "give" to it which helps when you have fixed skids instead of landing gear with shock absorbers....
@@rattler24 If he hadn't slowed his descent, they'd all be pancakes. Notice how not far off the ground they were in the first place, there weren't a whole lot of autorotation to work with, especially after eating up some of the speed to turn away from the road.
1:08 that's the pilot hi five that slight nod is a great job bro. 11:58 is the opposite that look is priceless. lol 14:49 so good the smile turns in to the nod then turns into a nice! that's a touchdown right there
just wanting to tell ya that I appreciate a TON that you upload in 1440p too. It's my native resolution and I love it! Thank you so much not only for that but also for the insanely awesome content!
I think things go wrong faster in a helicopter than a plane. Pilot did a great job keeping calm and making sure his passengers stay calm as well.
These are always entertaining! My dad flew Vulcans, and later Jaguars for the RAF and I remember he used to say 'tell your friends your dad is a fighter pilot, Sue' 😀 ''
These days you can boast My Dad flew VULCAN'S!
@Glow in the dark yes we were stationed at Lossiemouth and later Coltishall. He got up to some hair raising stuff I guess some of which im finding out sbout now.My sister had a flight in a Jaguar with him-not me I haven't the guts for it! I recall the Nimrod planes ,two of the first plane names I learnt were nimrod and lightnings (SO loud)
@@paintedblue1791 hey yeah, i loved that plane, used to see it from the playground coming in, and hear that sound and be like 'yay the Dads are back!'
Wow, lucky him, the Vulcan is such a cool plane
How you ever said "Coming Up" when ATC asks you to climb?
no but I think now I have to do it, next time I am announcing my flight on IG so you can listen to ATC I will try to slide that in there.
Kelsey: vee one, rotate, positive climb Captain: Gear up Kelsey: Gear........ coming up!
@@74gear You should do one of the voices for car navigation systems. "Right turn... coming up."
"Cargo 456, LA Center, climb and maintain FL 340." "Flight level 340, Coming Up!"
I'm about 0.9% sure that's in the AIM under Proper Phraseology.
I swear you have become my therapy. If ever I am blue I just check in with you and my spirit is always lifted. That's pretty awesome.
Love the WW1 pilot quote « When an engine fails you need to wind your watch » one could use this in life. I just found your channel and bingeing! 😍🇨🇦
I absolutely love this channel. My cousin is an astronaut and I love everything to do with aviation.
WOW, thats pretty awesome to know someone who went into space.
@@74gear It really is lol. He was a pilot twice, commander twice, and spent time on space station Mir. Now he is in the astronaut hall of fame. Thank you for your reply. 😊
Im old but I love it , too. My late husband was a pilot and this channel is realistic yet fun.
@@djbeezy whats his name?
@@tisscience5693 John Blaha
The helicopter pilot did a great landing, but caused the accident in the first place by taking off with the magneto switches in the off position! Those switches fail to "on" if they have a bad connection, so that's why they were able to take off. You can see it in the full video and in his expression when he sees they're off as they're shutting down. Lesson: ALWAYS DO CHECKLISTS!!!!
Perfectly good hog hunting day shot to hell! Welcome to Texas!
i appreciate the "float" talk. just got back into flight sims with the new one out. hardest thing for me is the speed on approach. like you said it feels like it should just stop. but you have to glide sooooo slow(probably a lot different when in the cockpit), especially in bigger aircraft. i tend to stick to smaller planes so far. less speed, lighter, and way easier to land smooth.
One of the best on KZhead. Love your videos mate, keep up the good work!
Why did you stop doing the thing where you showed the view from the hotel and we got to guess where it was and then you would reveal it at the end? I really enjoyed it. Can you bring it back?
I thought of this too, I actually was shy to ask because I thought I must of missed a video of Kelsey saying that he will not do the view and guess anymore ,
I can only guess he was flying to much to the same destinations
@@coca-colayes1958 That's a good guess. But I wish he would at least tell us if that's the case.
Also maybe a bit of a privacy issue, as if he shows where he is regularly, someone might find out a schedule.
@@calvinstevenson2296 Yeah, but he films a few days early so he would probably be gone by the time his location was revealed.
I am going to use that countdown next time I land a 747. Thanx man!
Airliners generally do the countdown for you. There's an automated voice that announces 500 feet, 100 feet, then 50, 40, 30, 20, 10. And, if you're in an Airbus, it then proceeds to insult your landing ("Retard! Retard! Retard!")
aap 747 ke pilot hoo?
I’ll use it next time I hijack
@@vbscript2 He’s not talking about the actual Radio altimeter callouts, he taking about the mental checklist he uses on crosswind landings.
@@vbscript2 Yeah he’s not on about that. He’s saying when he’s counting down as he comes down, at 10 he applies rudder to come out of the crab.
Discovered your channel completely by accident. Now addicted. Great job!
That little pause right before Kelsey says "coming up" have me hooked on these vids. :P
That 747 pilot was trying to slam the plane into the ground to get the remaining gear to come down lol
Sank you very much I'm glad some body on this channel agrees with me and has the common sense to see exactly what happened . That's why he rode a wheelie so the gear would come down or give it time to come down . Thank you
Yes, I was thinking the same thing as well.
Was wondering about that but what use is the gear coming down if they are already on the ground?
@@rangerrick8220 it’d be for the gear which didn’t come down due to the hydraulics problem. The pilots might have thought that enough downward force would jolt it free
@@rangerrick8220 They might have done a go-around once the tower verified the missing gear coming down?
Thank you so much for explaining the crosswind 'crab' technique in such detail. It's a fascinating sub-topic to me. I was once seated at the back of a big jet in a very nasty crab landing in Munich. It was rainy and windy day. It didn't scare me, but I sure as heck knew it wasn't good when the pilot made a big correction before planting the back wheels.
Although, truly, when kittens 'crab' it's much cuter. "Look how big and ferocious I am!"
Watching these videos really helps calm my nerves about flying when I have to for work so I appreciate the knowledge and reassurance that everything is going to be fine even if things go bad.
Hi Kelsey! After watching a ton of your videos (and others) I have a landing-related question: Since you're going maybe 150kts or so and your tires go from completely stationary to 150kts or so in an instant, we see tire smoke. Totally understandable. What's the average service life of a main gear tire on a 747? How often (under normal service) do tires have to be replaced? I would imagine they wear unevenly, and quickly. Thanks for the entertaining and informative content!
Hey, Kelsey! I just kinda wanted to say thank you for all your videos and such, they are so much fun, and always cheer me up after a bad day. Currently, I'm a private pilot, and kinda because of your videos, I've come to realize that I want to go further with aviation in my life. I'm currently in the process of getting my instrument rating, hopefully in the future to become a commercial or ATP pilot. So yea, thanks for everything and keep up the great work!!!
I dont know where you are but now the US carriers are all fizzed up about losing 5 percent of their workload because they cant schedule enough legal crews.
Hey Kelsey, love these Viral Debrief series - always interesting situations and great explanations.
I've flown KLM a few times, and I've probably flown just around 10-15 times in my life (at 23), and out of all the flights I've been on, KLM seems to have either stellar pilots or stellar luck with weather at landing, because every time I've flown with them the landings have been so smooth you barely noticed the plane touching down. All other flights have either been rocky or downright scary landings.
Hi Kelsey I've been watching your videos since I first found them on lock down and I have to congratulate you on your videos and the way you explain everything. First-class videos 👏👏👏👏👌👌👌👌
As a flight school student, just want to say we all watch every single vid. Keep up the good work.
There's just something relaxing ending your week watching a vid from Kelsey. Keep up the good work!
Hey Kelsey, great channel.. just to correct you on the 747 landing without the right main gear.. check out the loss of system 4 hydraulics checklist.. you’ll notice that it’s a flap 25 landing with no auto spoiler or autobrake.. see also what other flight controls are affected you’ll notice that only 50% of elevators are available. Then check out the performance section for landing and note vref for flap25 app at 285 tons which is Max landing weight for pax config (302) for freighters.. you’ll note that the RoD is high because of the high vref F25 and if you ever do a high Vref F25 landing there is less flare required more of a slight check otherwise it’s float city as you say! Now remember you have only 50% elevator and no auto spoiler.. (they can only be raised when nose gear is down) so with only half your elevators working a high Vref and only a slight check to arrest RoD and no Auto spoiler you’ll get a bounce!! These guys weren’t scared or inexperienced.. 3 pilots on board that day who knew exactly what to expect and planned and discussed every possible threat and mitigated.!they were flying around for nearly 4 hours after takeoff to resolve the problem. I know this because I worked with these guys on this fleet. We practiced these kind of scenarios all the time during LOFT in the sim.. whilst this was an extremely rare event these guys did a first class job and knowing the skipper he was very calm and super cool during the whole event! Keep up the great work 👍🏼👍🏼
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Thank you for getting me interesting in something new! I am definitely glad I found your channel!
Thanks for making these videos, I love hearing you explain things like this.
That runway in Boracay(RPVE) is really short. A320s barely fit there. My company actually requires MED braking action, full reverse, and full flaps when landing there. Nice video @kelsey
the video's in Kalibo RPVK
@@GugsGunny well that makes sense. RPVE’s clearway is water, not some rice paddies. Thanks!
One of the best landings I've seen with a full gear much less 25% less.... Congrats Captain!
Just discovered your channel - very informative. I am going to recommend my son subscribes, too. He's currently learning to fly and could possibly be a bigger Av-geek than me. Thanks for sharing.
John.....get your son to listen to qualified instructors not a scruffy freighter co-pilot....who just expresses his opinion of what he thinks is right not what is right......
@@daftvader4218 Or he could listen to both, one for more entertainment and a few tips, and the other for the REQUIRED information and experience to be able to fly in the first place lol. It's not like this guy's son is going to listen to what this guy has to say and follow his advice over his actual instructors.
Was in Army primary flight school at Ft. Wolters, TX. Of course we were taught to auto rotate. The instructor would cut the engine without warning and we'd have to initiate an auto rotation, but this usually happened between a thousand and 500' so there was plenty of time to prepare. I agree with you that the helicopter pilot flying what looks like a Robinson 22 did a really great job getting the thing on the ground without pancaking, or even rolling over (which I've seen happen) at such a low altitude. Thanks for your vids!
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That KLM 474 is landing at LAX (you can see the light up poles at the entrance in the background). From the angle of the buildings in the background it looks like the filming was either done from the small access road that runs to the north of the airfield, or from one of the hills/structures just outside the to the north.
Thanks for all the aviation knowledge. I’m learning a lot I’m starting flight school on the first of the year. Keep up the good work. 👍✈️✈️✈️✈️
just came across this channel and i have learned so much. SUBSCRIBED!
I see Kelsey is being quite active in the comments today XD if you read this, just wanna let you know you got great content, I always look forward to your uploads they never let me down. I love being able to watch stuff about aviation with a good sense of humour too :)
Just curious if Kelsey showed the 777 oopsy and followed it with a 747 shine to throw a little dig at one 777 FO on YT?
God, I don't know what's better... watching the planes or Kelsey's face 😂 I subscribed for both.
Thank you for your channel ! I really enjoy these . You and Petter (mentor pilot) have have me a lot of insight !
I have to watch each landing/film-clip twice. I first watch the aircraft then rewind to watch your facial expressions. The videos you’re making makes me want to change careers and become a pilot.
Another greath video. Just FYI, the plane landing in Boracay was an Airphil Express Airbus A320 plane with 140 people. No injuries/death. Hope this helps you. Thanks for your time and best from HKG
I admire how calm were the passengers on that helicopter during and after the mishap. In my case, I'd be just like the giraffe in your Madagascar video. Greetings from Argentina.
Greetings from Argentina times two! 😁
@@lovelandtales527 ¡Qué grande!
You can see the passenger has a rifle and ammo. Probably some sort of aerial hunt, so I reckon this wasn't their first time in a helicopter....hell, maybe not even their first engine out.
Five seconds is not much time to even to begin processing emotion if you are going down.
@@larrybe2900 Agreed, they were likely almost on the ground by the time the passengers comprehended what was about to happen. Even in a plane, the stories and video you see from real emergency landings everyone is typically pretty calm. Reality isn't dramatic enough for Hollywood - the place most people get their idea of emergencies (and how a courtroom works).
I enjoy your videos. Every time I watch one I learn something new. Thank you.
I really enjoy your videos, which combine chair flying and ground school - eg flaps deployed too late, importance of energy management, ailerons into wind, etc. Although i only fly GA, thank you for helping my brain “stay current.”
"Any day now." I love your dry humor!
@74gear, You can see @9:26, he realizes he caused the engine failure by not having his mags on. He attempts to turn them off only to see that he had never turned them on.
Yeah, this was a self inflicted crash landing.
got to talk to an air ambulance pilot about emergency crash procedures, and he told us about the fuel cutoffs, and then said helicopter pilots are so conditioned to emergency shutdown procedures, that even if the pilot is killed in the crash, there's a 50% chance he will still hit the cutoffs.
You got to it before me lol. If you look up the original video, I think he only had his left mag on. You can see the key position before he takes off in the original long video. At least that's what I heard. I thought it was funny when he said, "give the pilot a beer", because the pilot caused it to go down himself! But, regardless he put it down, and everyone was okay sooooso? Would you offer him a beer knowing that? Haha 😂. (honest question) I wouldn't.
How did he start engine, take off and fly to the point of engine failure with the mags off?
@@hesatwitchyone Years ago, I worked a coding job for a big sports website. Each weekend during football games, the site went down due to some legacy server code that wasn't optimized. Finally, a senior engineer was brought in to fix the issue. He was cheered a hero when he corrected it. Turns out when we looked up the code history, he was the original author in the first place. 🤦♂️
Cool channel bro! This isn't something I would usually be interested in watching but you have a gift of making it so.
Love your video's Kelsey! Watch 'm every day. Keep it up.
On that first video I don’t think they dumped the fuel because they were circling over my house for almost 2 hours. My brother was a 747 captain and told me that it was a hydraulic system failure and the right wing gear didn’t retract properly and wouldn’t retract or extend after they cycled it a few times.
Kelsey, regarding the last clip, the aircraft landed at Kalibo Airport, which is one of two airports serving Boracay. Kalibo is about 30 NM from Caticlan Airport, which is the "real" airport for Boracay. At the time of this incident (2012), the runway at Caticlan was only 900 meters long. The runway at Kalibo is very slippery when wet. Then add tailwind and unstabilized approach to the list ...
This is correct. I'd like to add that this landing was on runway 26, which was only around 2170m (7120ft) long at the time. Today it's 2500m (8200ft) long.
Thanks. I found the Caticlan Airport on Google imagery, and it goes into the ocean at both ends, and neither end had anything resembling the city areas below the path of the plane.
I used to be one of your co-workers. I suspect they would have silenced aural alerts because the gear was up, which would have killed the RA callouts. If they habitually flare at a certain altitude they could have easily missed it, leading to an exceptionally hard landing. I've seen it happen in person, it's really easy to not notice the RA callouts are absent. It worked for us to have the 2 FO make the calls from the observer seat.
I plan on being a "Flight Attendant" in the future and a lot of your videos including Stella's are comforting and exciting for hopefully my future career!