Looked as good as it could get to me. I enjoy seeing these guys do a good job. For the guys that always have 14 better ideas it’s a different feeling when something goes wrong at anything over about 40’ AGL than it may seem. I know this from experience not just watching. You start thinking and breathing differently really really quick. Takes a lot of will to stick with what is right and make it out of even a minor emergency. Great job

wow, what's the bip bip bip bip at the end of the video ?

if you are waiting for this half wit to give you information you are wasting your time. he obviously is the last person who knew what happened!

Not sure it was a forced landing. He had his hand on the throttle the whole time, but didn’t appear to be attempting to restart the engine. Seems he thought he could land on the snow…

Man, i hope i can keep it together to do an inverted shutdown procedure like that

Didn't seem to do anything to try to restart the engine...

It's all fine and dandy until it's not, and instead of flying you're falling through the air like sh1t from a goose.

Was that some sort of crash alarm at the end?

It actually seemed like he was fighting a cross wind. That close to the ground should have told him his wind was wrong without a wind sock or flag. Going around once or twice to see when neutral rudders were good, then flat into the wind before touchdown and allowing for a last 5secs full flaps with harder nose down, and an incredibly low-Speed into soft snow, might have saved plane and pilot damage.

you are more important than an airplane. glad that you were ok.

Wow. Just wondering why he even attempted it.

Skis?

Did everyone die?

wow! hard to know when your choice of fields can only be those covered in snow. Good job.

Amazing work, considering the situation you found yourself in. Not only was the ground covered in snow, but the sky was as white as the ground. This makes putting the nose as the correct attitude almost impossible. As for people commenting, he should have ditched on the road. That would be a terrible idea. Roads surprising as this might seem make terrible runaways for ditching aircraft. Far to many obsticles and steep turns. This guy made the right choice and chose to ditch in a nice open field with plenty of soft snow i cushion the impact.

I don't understand why small planes don't have airbags.

Why are you trying to land on snow? very expensive mistake.🤨

Note the footwear etc now that pilot will be scrambling in the snow. There’s a saying I’ve long flew by, especially in light aircraft, “dress for success…and egress”

So, it looks like you landed there by choice?

He handled the situation well

Gotta love that muscle memory on shutdown sequence! Nice work.

I would love to know the back story to this....As in why he was trying to land there and if he knew that land well. Glad he wasn't hurt...Poor Kitfox tho

Road landing debate: What is more important, the aircraft or you life? Road landing is 50/50....either the aircraft and you are 100%.... or you are dead! Land in a field and you are guaranteed to break the aircraft but 90% chance of survival.

That's gonna cost ya

You were unlucky and couldn't have landed nearer to the start of the field ,just clinging snow !

I know I'm late, but glad you are OK. A good landing is one you can walk away from!

What was the reason for making that emergency landing? Engine was still running!

Well done! Love the speed you switching things off and exited the aircraft!

As long as you walked away is all that matters. Plane will probly be ok with a some wing and prop repairs.

Thanks for sharing. Curious what size tires you had on. Sometimes, if able, it helps to overfly first with power and speed to tap your mains on the surface and feel how soft it is. You can also get an idea of how deep it is too. Good job.

hell nice save man youre alive

This is why I don’t fly planes with a canopy like so many low wing LSA’s. If I ever end a flight upside down, I want two doors as emergency exits.

Nicely done

That whole thing was well executed well done. Can’t see how burying your gas tanks in soft snow could be anything but good.

Wow, glad you are okay! Can I use this clip in my upcoming video? Full credits to you in the video description of course 😊

Надо было ручку на себя при посадке. Видя что снег подорвать самолёт. Самолёт плюхнулся бы плашмя, без капотирования.

Why did he need to land? He had engine power. Seems to me he was in a position to find a more suitable landing spot if he was forced to land. But I don’t see any reason for a forced landing.

He walked away….. good landing!

Holy shit the sound of that engine. Makes the hair stand up on the back of my neck

Did you have skis on the plane?

It's good that the pilot was unharmed. But I began to worry that he could freeze there while getting to a warm place.

dumb question what you think the speed was when he crashes, I say about 60 mph or less?

Hey Above Summit, do you have an email address at which we could contact you regarding this video? We would be interested to discuss a license to use this video if this is generally possible? (i.e. via email) 🙂 Cheers, Felix

how deep was it? did you have skies?

did the engine quit? or just bad landing? why did it flip over? deep snow? it looked like you were crabbing too

ПОЧЕМУ? ЧТО СЛУЧИЛОСЬ? В ЧЁМ ПРИЧИНА?

I broke an airplane once. I did everything by the book but I still spent years playing "what -if" games with myself. I hope you did not beat on yourself too much! Breaking an airplane can eat at a man!

crusty snow. I keep telling people, the moment you break through the top crust, it's going over. Got to touch down with minimal airspeed (full stall touchdown) to minimize the energy you carry into it. You did about as good as you can hope for.

youtubers are all phenomena and top gun behind the desk, but landing in the snow is very very difficult and risky.

He survive the landing but died of exposure in the 30 below weather out in the middle of nowhere surrounded by 10 feet of snow!