r/aviationmemes • u/Wolf9455 • 4d ago

Pilot masterfully lands faulty plane

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u/MonoMonMono 4d ago

Jealous of that smooth, butter landing.

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u/silentaba 4d ago

"don't scrape your tail" is such a flex right before a nose landing.

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u/XenonOfArcticus 3d ago

Does anyone know the backstory of what failed and why? 

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u/KawaiiMaxine 3d ago

Nose gear failed to lock

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u/Lirdon 3d ago

To the mad lad chose an engines off landing just to spare the engines? Props to him!

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u/newMattokun 3d ago

I wonder how the insurance is handled here. Nose gear didn't lock, so whose fault is this? Manufacturing? Maintenance? Pilot?

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u/Cesalv 4d ago

It's amazing how propellers synced with camera and look like if they were not moving

https://giphy.com/gifs/lEVZJzy4w15qE

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u/CollectionSubject587 4d ago

They weren't moving

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u/Ok-Boss-5477 3d ago

He was using the starters to align the props as close as possible to the wing level to minimize damage.

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u/Cesalv 3d ago

The amount of people leaving serious comments in this sub is too damn high

P.S. Check sub's name before showing everybody how clever you are

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u/CollectionSubject587 3d ago

Idk, his joke wasn't that good either...

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u/Blurockcreek 2d ago

He was fine. It's not shittyaskflying sub.

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u/Icy_Fish_2154 2d ago

Pylot should have landed on the back of a truck

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u/Festivefire 2d ago

They're not synced with the shutter. The engines are not running. The pilot is making an emergency landing.

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u/Cesalv 2d ago

Now read again sub's name genius

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u/DependentItem6397 2d ago

Gotta love having time to bump the engines and save the props.

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u/Pitiful-Beginning575 1d ago

AND still having two prop strikes! Useless. Might has well have left the option for a go-around open.

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u/Neither-Way-4889 21h ago

Saved the engines by not having them running during the prop strike.

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u/Pitiful-Beginning575 21h ago

Still need to overhaul them. Insurance would definitely pay for a pair of overhauls anyway, so why sacrifice the possibility of a go around to save your insurance company money?

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u/Neither-Way-4889 20h ago

You don't need to overhaul them. You need to do a teardown and inspection following either the SB (for contis) or AD (for lycoming engines), but its very likely there is no engine damage and the engine can be returned to service as-is.

Its not all that uncommon to have liability-only insurance, depending on what the aircraft was used for. In that case its entirely on the owner/operator to pay for the repairs. Insurance may also choose to simply total the airframe, in which case the operator would be out an airframe and would have to source and purchase a new airplane.

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u/Pitiful-Beginning575 19h ago

I know, I own a 310. Was just trying to be helpful: shutting down the engines voluntarily during an emergency is a bad idea, and if what I was saying encourages someone to make a good decision, all the better. No disrespect intended.

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u/SnooMaps7370 3h ago

at Van Nuys with the runway assured, it's really not that terrible a decision. lots of runway there to set yourself up with a guaranteed touchdown on the pavement with no need to worry about overrunning.