King Air 350 Landing MUST SEE

A great morning flight in the King Air 350 into South Lake Tahoe to pick up passengers. Video is from about 15,000 ft to landing...enjoy!

[@mikearuba]

Awesome pilot! Smooth as hell, stabilized pattern, barely rocked the wings, and kissed the ground, and centerlined it the whole way. Thanks for sharing!

[@gnufz8623]

Most beautiful approach I've seen in a cockpit video so far... Thanks for this great video!

[@larzDJ]

One of the most beautiful runway locations! Great job with the landing too !

[@GediSpock]

“That thing touched down like a butterfly with sore feet”

[@DrGonzoChronic]

- Doug White

[@johnrumpf8559]

“Real Pilot Story: Pinch Hitting a King Air”

[@johngmulhatton9794]

Wow, that was a perfect landing, real smooth touchdown.

[@GhostSheep96]

Whats a beautiful approach. What a view. I bet you love your job ^.^

[@TWhite94]

The most beautiful and stabilized approach I've ever seen flown all the way down to the ground, Walter Beech would be so proud to see an airplane bearing his name being flown like that.

[@brandonkuchmecki8021]

Tanner White appreciate that

[@mundlkalli4396]

Absolutely....I was going to say the same thing...

[@anthonypropst1818]

That was a Charlie Daniels "That's how you do it son moment. kzbin.info/www/bejne/h2LGhattZ9-NoaM 🙂

[@STARTTHEMBOTH]

Kind of hard to tell when it landed. :D NICE.

[@p1epoppa]

Beautiful camera work. Worth every minute.

[@evan.agumbs1887]

A very smooth and scenic approach and an excellent landing.

[@stevenrojas8251]

That was the smoothest apprach, like flown on autopilot!! Awesome pilot control skills

[@micahmx85]

That was nice! and with that long corporate roll out, you gotta love it.

[@FacePoopable]

What a great view. I love Tahoe. Nice landing, too.

[@univibe23]

Beautiful!

[@Spartan536]

That was one of the best landings I have ever seen, extremely professional, I think you beat CAT III Autoland systems in smothness, well done!

[@Skylane_Pilot]

All that and no passengers to impress. Professionalism at its finest

[@randyporter3491]

I think that any of us fly, would love to have a landing so video worthy. Nice job and thanks for sharing.

[@rcichella]

Smooooooth. What a great airplane. Congrats!!!

[@maximusdirectus]

When my C90 grows up it wants to be just like yours! By the way very smooth my friend...

[@scottbaker1018]

Lots of us love theC-90. 👍👍. Its a bad ass jet prop .

[@anthonypropst1818]

Ever so often I have to come back and see again what a good landing looks like. When I see it I say " come on man, come on man, maaan please, nooo waaay!" LOL Good job.

[@Bartonovich52]

Nice. I love flying the 350i.

[@10dthompson60]

Top landing! What I'd give to have a job like that on a regional airline in the US, there must be like 7 of them

[@jjsifo1]

Very , very smooth........

[@stevenowen82]

What a smooth landing!

[@smartycummins2500]

Gotta love south lake

[@TommyG11814]

Good stuff.

[@jackshatley1962]

AMAZING LANDING

[@1bullsprig]

Had a buddy that worked for L3 and especially on King Airs. They apparently tricked them out for the military, who used them to fly high ranking members on short flights. Anyway, he said one day they had one chained down to the tarmac and the pilot ran the engines up. He said that thing had so much amazing power that the plane pulled up from the ground and he was afraid it was going to break the chains off.

[@michaelleblanc445]

Hello! Nice vidéo! Which airport did you take off from please? the plane was coming from which airport? Was it an IFR to VFR flight? I have the impression that it was a VFR arrived. I cannot find any chart corresponding to this approach.

[@goldcfi7103]

Hard work pays off!

[@tripacer8259]

Didn't even bump the camera, nice!

[@cesarango01]

Great landing.

[@trainman071]

nice!!! perfect landing

[@charlesalexandre3590]

Greasssssyyyyyyyyy well done

[@robertlashier6272]

Owsome view!!!

[@ianroberts9195]

Sheer perfection!!!! Well done, Cap’n. I loved flying the King Air and never greased it that well. Hats off to you, Sir.

[@Offskew]

Thought i recognized that view...I live about a mile from the Airport...Very Nice Landing BTW.

[@CaptainArt777]

ALL must-see titles get a thumbs down. Way too many of those.

[@SteyrR]

Haha true. Everyone one that 'shocked the world' should get 2 down.

[@jesusEnriquePiani]

Excelente.....

[@Arnonav2]

very nice one!

[@pushing2throttles]

Greased landing. Damn that's some nice airmanship, or as one motion picture character once stated "fancy pilot shit"...

[@markls2003]

wow....!!!

[@avnrulz]

Was a crew chief in a VC-6A (A90 King Air).

[@cherifbar]

They give Density Altitude on the ATIS now?

[@anton6slavic]

Purrfect 3 point landing

[@captg5]

+Anthony Yong ha....3 point, ur missing when the mains and nose hit

[@anton6slavic]

+captg5 haha... of course I knew that. Just 'pulling' your legs

[@mintyfreshbreath3945]

ever see a T tailed bonanza?...i have...and the plans for a twin engined staggerwing.

[@geddon436]

did you use "beta"(reverse prop direction) to stop quickly? or you brakes? or both? What is normal procedure for king air?

[@mercedeswcls]

If that landing wasn't a 10/10 I don't know what is

[@captg5]

thanks appreciate that

[@damienmcbratney3197]

Thats how you do it!

[@cjracer1000]

There it is!

[@scotttee1581]

I like the bit at 5:03.

[@davedennis6042]

Flying a $12 Mil aircraft you better be able to land it like that. Nice work.

[@Bartonovich52]

$12? 9

[@adjudantloic]

Nice!

[@arnoldberk7686]

Did it land

[@screaminlordbyron7767]

Butter!

[@Cougar1212]

Saaaa Mooooooth !!

[@dmimcg]

Isn't it a Left Traffic Pattern for 18? Did I miss something.

[@offgridcabin1557]

According to the Airport diagram, it is a left pattern for runway 18 and a right pattern for runway 36. Looks to me like the pilot didn't read up on it.

[@stuartpayne6475]

Clearly he his being instructed by approach/tower if you listen to his comms so doing what he is being instructed isn't incorrect

[@bruce2357]

It's an uncontrolled airport there is no tower.

[@jivadaya6439]

Uncontrolled?

[@bruce2357]

Yes, it's an uncontrolled airport. No tower, no air traffic controllers on site. There's a radio frequency assigned to this airport that pilots use. They announce their intentions when taking off and landing for other pilots to hear. It's very common in the United States at airports that don't have enough traffic to justify a control tower and paid air traffic controllers. It's known as CTAF or common traffic advisory frequency. Some airports such as the airport I learned at have a tower that is only open during the daytime, at night you use the same tower frequency as a CTAF frequency and it turns into an uncontrolled airport. Read through the information and you'll see where it says no tower and then farther down you will see the CTAF. www.airnav.com/airport/ktvl

[@redrobin106]

Where was this landing? What airport?

[@captg5]

thanks

[@3240590]

Greasing it in!

[@alonzovillarreal4666]

Now that was a greaser!

[@greynand]

Nice

[@LOLmusics]

Flight sim 2020?

[@DoctorDARKSIDE]

That centreline... Has been nailed!!!

[@makemyday2560]

Smooooooth...

[@NoBody-ht1oh]

Must see??? Why? Will I die if I don’t?

[@chuckkirkpatrick6712]

"Greaser"!

[@captg5]

yes

[@suasponte8363]

MUST SEE?

[@deadstick8624]

Great Landing, but when you turned onto final, you never did line up with the runway centerline until you were practically over the numbers.

[@japoluga1348]

He was crabbing into the wind. Look it up. Great technique on this pilot.

[@deadstick8624]

@@japoluga1348 No he wasn't. The nose of the plane never changed position. I was looking at his track toward the runway not the orientation of his plane around the X-axis.

[@japoluga1348]

@@deadstick8624 We're looking at this from the position of the camera with barely any of the plane's front visible to properly assess the track. My conclusion is simply based on the fact that as he crossed the numbers he straightened his heading to align with the runway just before landing. Looks nothing more than a classic crosswind landing to me.

[@deadstick8624]

@@japoluga1348 You must not be a pilot if you can't see the track the plane was on while getting closer to the runway. That is something that you learn to do before you can even solo for the first time. It has nothing to do with the position of the nose's heading, it's the track over the ground that you have to look at. There are maneuvers that you have to learn before you get your Commercial License where you have to pay attention to the ground track of your plane, which is good practice for leaning to play with crosswinds.

[@japoluga1348]

@@deadstick8624 That's right, my reading of the situation differs from yours therefore you question my credentials. Typical irrational Internet talking head.

[@nikolaospeterson2495]

Well, I am going to do this on my sim (Microsoft X), I have a "Super' King Air 350 (Well experienced)

[@nocalsteve]

That landing impressed Mary Lou Retton.

[@gogomas]

Nice landing but "Must See" ? The world is not going to end if we don`t watch this. How about "Have a look at this"

[@artmccomeskey738]

i thought the same thing ....was waiting for a deer or elk to dart across the runway

[@WizzRacing]

You keep landing like that the mechanic that does inspection on the landing gear it is going to think you're joking.

[@WobblyLawbaby]

perfect landing. But King Air 350 is very hard to drive.

[@taimoorahmed_507]

+Wobbly Law Yes, it is hard to drive. That is why they fly it...

[@WobblyLawbaby]

+taimoor ahmed rising to the challenge "well done"

[@taimoorahmed_507]

haha :)

[@KKG51]

+1 to what Tanner White said, like a perfectly orchestrated ballet! Kevin in CT

[@fobfalcon1]

is that Must See a KZbin thing?

[@elton6656]

beautiful landing, but thumbs down for misleading title

[@fobfalcon1]

funny how they never address these comments

[@loch70]

8:35 Whats that sound? Autopilot disconnect?

[@lkorn9150]

That's an altitude warning. Probably that he was close (or at) minimums.

[@bashdan]

loch70 it's an Altitude Alert alarm to alert you when you are 100 ft away from the altitude set on the Altitude Hold of the A/P

[@Bartonovich52]

It’s actually 1000 feet away from selected altitude, or deviating more than 300 feet from captured altitude.

[@VIXagora]

What this ICAO airport?

[@TheEmperor9985]

Junio Gracielo Lake Tahoe Airport (IATA: TVL, ICAO: KTVL, FAA LID: TVL)

[@chasthegreat3748]

Now try it with wind. lolz

[@mysticwine]

Guess what? I didn't see it

[@cactusforever7198]

god seem take for ever for touch down passing the landing marker lol

[@teeembeee]

B-52's fly tighter patterns than that.

[@Bartonovich52]

So what? It’s not a friggin contest.

[@allen480]

@@Bartonovich52 👎🖕

[@zippy3711]

MUST SEE What?

[@alexmccabe1948]

zippy the beautiful scenery? The perfect approach? The smooth landing? Have some taste.

[@reddogchi]

A greaser!

[@Howrider65]

A ghost town now. I remember when Air Cal used to land there.. And Elvis even landed there with many other well known entertainers.. There all gone now and the place is dead and boring..

[@pcmf4273]

10

[@MrCapi55]

With those landings, you must fly F-15/F18 in the USAF.

[@zonavelhalpma]

must see what ? 1

[@witkr904]

One word to describe......."Textbook"

[@captg5]

south lake tahoe, ktvl

[@jasonobrien00]

Great example of a drug-In landing below glide slope. Not something to be proud of

[@bruce2357]

Not even close. I go on google earth and I can get a pretty good idea of where he was when you hear the 500' call out. I measure that to the end of the runway and it works out to 1.75 miles from the numbers. That converts to a slope of approximately 5.4% which converts to a 3.09 degree approach angle. Go to Airnav and look up KTVL which is the identifier for the airport. Notice that the PAPI lights for runway 18 are set to a 3.00 degree angle. He was basically right on the glide slope, not dragging it in at all and definitely not below the glide slope.

[@jasonobrien00]

+Bruce you would be correct if this were not an instrument runway, but it is. The PAPI's are, as you said set for a 3.0 deg path but not to the numbers. If you look at the approach plate the PAPI path has a TCH (threshold crossing height ) of 49ft. This means if he was on the visual glide slope, as he should be, he would cross the threshold at 49' above the touchdown zone elevation and if he doesn't flare at all, he would hit the runway 993 ft down where those big aim point markings are and NOT the numbers. Since we flare to land, the expectation is that the plane will touchdown beyond the 1000' markers. The only time you should aim for the numbers (i.e. Ducking under) on an instrument marked runway (even if flying a visual approach) is if absolutely necessary for landing distance. Obviously not the case here So since we call all see that he was only a few feet above the runway when he crossed the numbers we KNOW he did not stay on the PAPI path. So let's see what angle he flew.

[@jasonobrien00]

+Bruce IF he was as you estimated, 1.75 NM from the end of the runway at 500 ft agl, his distance to the aim point at 1000 ft down the runway would be 1.9nm putting him approx 75ft low on a 2.6 deg glide path at that moment in time so yes he was drug in.

[@Bartonovich52]

Fuck off!

[@floydndaisy]

Ah yes, the old drag it in and cross the threshold about two feet above the runway and then float 1,500 feet approach.

[@antonfuhrmann4931]

good Pilot Performance, very boring Video. Anton Fuhrmann

[@mercedeswcls]

If that landing wasn't a 10/10 I don't know what is