Smoothest Crash Landing I’ve Ever Seen
Here is an amazing clip of a small plane crash landing in California when one of its landing gears refused to function properly. Funny thing is, there wasn’t really any “crash” in the landing.
What makes this especially interesting is that someone apparently got another plane up in the air in time to film what was going on, and they did a really good job of capturing the entire event.
POINT MUGU, California
Monday Jul 30, 2007
A twin-engine turboprop aircraft with its left main landing gear stuck in the up position skidded to a safe landing at a Navy air station Monday.Twelve people were aboard.The civilian Grumman G-159 was on a shuttle flight from the military’s San Nicolas Island to Point Mugu.
The Phoenix Air plane carrying nine passengers and three flight crew members circled for about an hour to burn off excess fuel.
The airplane came in with its left engine feathered â€the propeller slowly turning†and it set down gently before settling onto its left wing, then skidded to its left off the runway and onto an unpaved area.
Everyone aboard jumped out of the aircraft as fire trucks sprayed the craft.
There was no fire and the plane appeared to be repairable.San Nicolas is a Navy-owned island off Southern California. The plane is leased to shuttle military personnel and civilian workers between the mainland and the island.
Point Mugu Naval Air Station is part of the Navy base in Ventura County, northwest of Los Angeles.
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Ive flown back and forth on that plane many times.The pilot is grate.
As if it is pre-planned :)
thumbs up for pilot. he really keep his nerve under control to save the life of people on board.
There’s a lot to be said for auto-pilot and the wonders of technology but you’ll never beat years of experience and a gut feeling. :)
The pilot must have ice-cubes in his blood… How cool can you stay in a situation like that. Well trained and many hours in the cockpit I guess…
Rhoody
Wow – kudos for this pilot who kept a cool head and did all the right things in an emergency situation. Way to go!