Light aircraft crash landing

This was filmed from my cockpit at a very popular fly in recently as I awaited my turn to line up. I asked the permission of the pilot of the crashed aeroplane before posting this clip.
A Tiger Moth had crashed on takeoff earlier and the AAIB closed the runway for several hours whilst an investigation was carried out. Several of us met up in the shade of my wing and passed the time talking about all things concerned with flying whilst patiently waiting for the runway to be opened. Eventually we were good to go but unfortunately, as you will see, the canopy was not properly secured on Tango Echo which directly caused the crash at the threshold.
I spoke to the pilot after the accident, a very experienced aviator, who explained that this was his first accident in 50 years of flying. We were relieved he was uninjured especially as he was one of the guys we were laughing and having a great social time with in the shade of our wing.
He later explained how badly the open canopy affected the airflow over the elevator that resulted in a high sink rate whilst his angle of attack voice alert was shouting at him to push push push. You will see from the slo mo just how open the canopy had become.
When all is said, he did a great job getting back on the ground and walking away from what could have been a far more serious accident. He did say he would install a fail safe for the canopy latches and fully intends getting Tango Echo back into the air.
If there is a lesson to be learned, it ought to be, check you've done your checks. Safe flying everyone.
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[@pylon500]

We had the canopy open on one of those here in Australia, pilot said it basically stopped flying. He managed to dive it to the ground and land fast in a paddock, but ended up upside down and injured, and struggling to get out.

[@al35mm]

Distress signals must be transmitted 3 times. E.g. Mayday, Mayday, Mayday. So she says... shit, shit, shit. She was trained well.

[@al35mm]

Well, to be honest, she couldn't have said anything more appropriate. Indelicate language? I think she gets the point across perfectly - she could have shouted, "pan pan pan, pan pan pan, pan pan pan", but, "shit, shit, shit" says so much more and in far less time! I think that should be officially recognised as an SOS signal :)

[@realdeathpony]

We don't mayday or pan on the ground

[@realdeathpony]

***** Howdy Kid. Don't forget to squawk 7700. Is this not a ground emergency?

[@realdeathpony]

***** You bet!

[@realdeathpony]

I believe taxi, hover etc are considered intent to fly. I am yet to log a flight as time when engine started or when I began to taxi. Power push or pulling pitch.

[@aC-ex6kz]

Summary: The pilot was at the hold ready for departure when the airfield was closed because of an accident. He shut the aircraft down and opened the canopy. The airfield reopened after approximately three hours and the pilot repeated his pre-takeoff checks with the exception of a visual check of the canopy locks, which were behind his shoulders. The canopy opened after takeoff and the pilot reported that he struggled to gain height despite using full power. He concentrated on flying the aircraft and commenced a left hand circuit to return to the runway. He reported that control difficulties due to the canopy being open prevented him from achieving a normal flare. The aircraft landed heavily, damaging the landing gear and propeller. The pilot concluded that the canopy had been left unlocked and he had not identified the error because he did not check the locks before takeoff. He considered that he had not taken enough time to ensure the pre-takeoff checks were properly carried out and that, given the break, the checks should have be started again from the beginning, despite any time pressure. Download report: MCR-01 Banbi, G-CUTE 09-16

[@JohanLoe1]

adri merlimont

[@rnzoli]

An interrupted checklist is a hotbed of errors. Closing fuel tank caps are also often forgotten that way (being interrupted during fueling or the pre-flight walk-around).

[@bernieweber4663]

Should check R wing spar too as it struck the ground

[@flyinhawaiian5848]

"And They Walked Away." Surprised the nose gear didn't collapse, that's a robust little airplane! Love the nostalgic cloth flying helmet!

[@SuperRealityKid]

Gibson and Barnes helmet. They make leather ones as well as bone domes. Great quality.

[@uptightnonchalant1857]

Great job handling a canopy situation. There have been many open canopy cases that have ended in life taking disaster.

[@peteraugust5295]

Always impressed to see how sturdy those little planes are.

[@gavanwhatever8196]

You can hear the pilot of TE calling out the problem at 0:50. Later on he calls downwind and final. If he's able to fly a circuit then it doesn't seem likely the airflow was significantly interrupted by the open canopy.

[@SuperRealityKid]

The airflow would have been disproportionately disrupted during the flare. This is actually what the pilot reported to me. He said he run out of back stick as he tried to keep the nose up.

[@gavanwhatever8196]

@@SuperRealityKid Ah okay. I guess it's significantly different airspeed and angle of attack on late final and flare.

[@bearospaceinsider5250]

if i remember right, there was a similar canopy latch safety issue wight the early rutan kit planes, and the rutans were contacting the kit owners to give them the hardware that fixes the problem. it may seem like a small thing, but it could be very serious. glad no one was hurt.

[@tsmgguy]

Right, the fuselage also develops lift, which is destroyed when the canopy comes open. It's like deploying a speed brake. It's impossible to close the canopy because air pressure under it is too great to overcome.

[@G56AG]

Maybe the canopy spoiled the airflow over the elevator, but it looks suspiciously like the pilot was distracted by the problem and forgot the golden rule, first and foremost fly the airplane!

[@DomAviationChannel]

I guess he noticed it after departure or midair that the canopy wasn´t properly closed. I would have gained altitude 3000ft at least than properly trimed the airplane and than tried to close the canopy. Anyway a landing you can walk away from is a good landing.

[@nightwaves3203]

The canopy spoiling the airflow over the elevator also includes the tail surfaces equating to pretty much like icing on the tail which the flight of the aircraft depends on. Icing or canopy like that ruining the airflow over the tail surface gives crashing as one of the stories resulting.

[@jacobmorgenstein6788]

G56AG icing in august what a shame

[@kencohagen4967]

G56AG the canopy creates lift just like the wing. It raised up throwing off the pilot's inputs, probably spoiling the airflow over the elevator. I wonder if the pilot could have held it down with one hand while flying the plane with the other. It would be interesting to see what the British aircraft authority, like our FAA, had to say.

[@gtc1961]

doubt it...biggest problem, as you said, with a situation like this is distraction...pilots are instructed FROM DAY ONE to fly the airplane, FLY THE AIRPLANE. My instructors would often put me under the hood and sing the most insane songs and play with all kinds of stuff to get me distracted.

[@Medge2sc]

Does the canopy open restrict power on G-CUTE like the RV's tend to? I would imagine with the canopy in the airflow and a potential limit on available power it would be a pig to handle. But he walked away so he can fly another day

[@gateway8833]

What’s wrong with that landing? He kept his canopy, didn’t sheer his gear off, he only bent one, load tested his wing and he walked away.

[@coriscotupi]

A real eye opener, glad the pilot is OK. This puts into good perspective the non-event that is is when those PA-28 doors pop open in flight. Compared to the airplane in the video, it's quite the benign occurrence in those models.

[@coriscotupi]

***** Exactly.

[@MrAlwaysBlue]

There were a couple of slight bounces before coming rest. That's three landings. At least he was still current.

[@umaxen0048]

At 1:53 before the "plane crash", it seems that the canopy of the light plane is fully open and flapping in the wind.

[@sonnyburnett8725]

I like this guys flying helmet. Classic.

[@bernieweber4663]

Yeah but it's just cloth and noise definitely gets thru even with he headset. It looks cool but doesn't protect the ears unless he had cutouts for the headset.

[@floydndaisy]

That was a great short field landing.

[@Mike-01234]

No written check list used prior to takeoff likely. Unfortunately, more common in pilots with a lot of experience.

[@SuperRealityKid]

Yes, quite likely. I don't think any of us are immune to the odd brain freeze though, they're the ones that get you. Stay safe.

[@C150hp150]

I agree with the distraction issue but I think the added drag lowered the stall speed and sink rate and he under estimated both, causing the nose to drop in.

[@grahamjordan1040]

Another expert

[@C150hp150]

Thanks, it's nice that you appreciate that. @@grahamjordan1040

[@jdm1152]

What caused the canopy to open?

[@HiddenWindshield]

Now *that's* a short-field landing. 😅😅😅

[@michaeljohn8905]

HiddenWindshield 😂😂 at least they made it safe ..👍👍

[@MAGApepe]

glad all are ok,,, you would think the air flow would keep it closed,,, guess not.. i guess it get under the canopy and pushes it open

[@Wingmanbill8007F]

Prime example of the importance of using a checklist when flying any aircraft.

[@aerialexplorer772]

This was at the fly-in at Brimpton earlier in the summer wasn't it? Shortly after the Tiger Moth crashed into a car. Wasn't there a third incident on the same day?

[@fritzkatz]

Did someone suggest on frequency "can't we get past that (and still takeoff)?" and he replies "that's not what you do." Love the English. Manners take priority before all practicality ! (and yes, I recognize the safety aspect of the runway then being closed should anyone depart and similarly need a quick emergency return... but 97% of it would remain unobstructed...)

[@fritzkatz]

"Whilst" "aeroplane" LOVE it ! We lazy Yanks have made such an abbreviated mess out of the Ye Olde English language...

[@SeikiBrian]

"...the Ye Olde English language." * "the Olde English language," or "Ye Olde English language," but not " the Ye Olde English language." ;-)

[@clintg1294]

Very short field landing procedures, flaps full, canopy unlocked and extended, throttle closed!

[@craigpennington1251]

Think he cut that a little short. Thank God no one was hurt or killed. Open canopy might be a factor in that crash.

[@cometjockeydave4041]

Thank goodness no one got hurt.

[@SKYWALKERD]

nicr video glad the other pilot was okay

[@MANOFKENT149]

Cute landing.

[@brucebear1]

Got a problem? First thing you do ... "fly the airplane" ...

[@ben3989]

Coanda effect seems like the right phenomenon to explain why he could close the canopy.

[@ben3989]

SuperRealityKid could not! The canopy at the right aoa probably has quite a bit of lift.

[@shakey2634]

“That’s no fun fun having a canopy open” The guys that learned to fly in open cockpit airplanes couldn’t figure why you would put a canopy on an airplane.

[@JimsEquipmentShed]

Its a to better not having one at all, than having one that has malfunctioned. And anyone that prefers open over closed has never flown in the rain.

[@shakey2634]

JimsEquipmentShed Yep, in the early days of open cockpits, they just didn’t fly in the rain.

[@JimsEquipmentShed]

@@shakey2634 Oh, they did, and they still do, I've been in one when its raining.

[@gordonmccoy4537]

Looks like the slipstream over the unmatched canopy raised the canopy to spoil the airflow over the tailplane and caused it to stall and quit flying.... (The stabilizer crests negative lift - when thst quits, the aircraft goes into a nose-low flight envelope...) Latch ALL THE DOORS next time....!

[@TrueLead1]

What is the Aircraft you are flying?

[@bernieweber4663]

Check hat R wing spar too for damage

[@JasonSchoeman]

Looks like those aeroplanes need a canopy open warning light.

[@CFITOMAHAWK]

Stalled it before the runway. Tried a normal landing approach with interrupted air flow.. Dont stall it, dont stall it.

[@SebastianAdamski83]

Aeroprakt A22? Love that plane

[@alainrac56]

Dynaero MCR... Surprisingly, a lot of so called "expert pilots" told us what happened and what the pilot failed to do, but even don't know what is the type of the ultralight aircraft...On MCR two seaters, VLA and UL, the canopy has a lockable hook on each side. If only one is not shut, the aircraft is perfectly flyable. If both are open, it begins to open when rolling, and better to abort take off...In my case, as it happened once, I didn't try to take off and stopped! I would bet that it was hot that day and the pilot forgot to lock both sides, like it had happened to me, an the canopy popped up when rolling, but it is just my opinion!

[@josemigarrido]

It is a good landing, because the pilot can walk away the plane. If the plane is able to fly again, the landing has to be qualified as really excellent.

[@charlesclem]

That was CUTE!

[@SuperRealityKid]

It was 😢😢

[@markharrison3963]

A little too light?

[@AVMamfortas]

A 'cute' shortie landing.

[@cJ-cr8gp]

I wonder if the AAIB approved that aircraft being moved a few minutes after it crashed?

[@marlowdupont4211]

Fuck the AAIB

[@cravendale9021]

is that a Kiev prop?

[@CFITOMAHAWK2]

Dont forget to stall it from about 50 feet agl instead of adding power..Stalling is good for short, very short landings..as seen..

[@CFITOMAHAWK2]

Joking? hell no..i always stall it at 50 feet..like above plane did...

[@Watson1]

What type of aircraft is the camera in?

[@SuperRealityKid]

Aeroprakt A22LS Foxbat (Valor in the USA)

[@mattc1026]

I loved the part where 95% of the video is spent sitting there doing nothing. Very interesting.

[@iain8837]

It takes a min or 2 to read the description, then double tap forward to the crash. But I guess once you watched it, you seemed to have plenty spare time to write a comment!

[@jhopkins213]

I loved the part where you watched anyway.

[@LTVoyager]

It is amazing how many you tubers have not yet learned how to edit their videos.

[@dovetailup8916]

seems like the airflow would cause the canopy to shut ???

[@fleurymanful]

SuperRealityKid next time you’re driving in convertible notice how the top will bulge outward when at speed.

[@twinzturbo]

with a splash like that I would think the NTSB would need to investigate

[@crooked-halo]

As a commercial, instrument rated pilot, I question the open canopy causing significant airflow interruption bad enough to cause the crash we see here. My bet is that the pilot was badly distracted by the open canopy and failed to remain calm and properly fly/land his plane.

[@songmaster9308]

Your commercial instrument rating offers no expertise with light aircraft flying with canopies open. So I do believe you are wrong. Read what the pilot said as quoted in some of the comments here.

[@Captain-.James.-T.-Kirk]

As a space shuttle pilot I question the analysis of croopy halo. I am also a neurosurgeon and a garbage truck driver so my opinion is extremely valid.

[@m18tankdestroyer43]

Ouch!

[@ROCKSTARCRANE]

Fly the airplane first, regardless of distractions...

[@Truth3567]

What the hell was that pilot doing ?

[@gosportjamie]

OK, so the pilot is having problems with his aircraft and still manages to land better than half the landings you see on film taken from runway security cameras...

[@mukkasaurus]

Now I'm no expert but I don't think your nose wheel is supposed to touch down first.

[@joeschlotthauer840]

I thought it was the man and woman we were watching that was going to do something stupid...

[@SuperRealityKid]

I don't think I would have posted it if we did something stupid Joe :-)

[@joeschlotthauer840]

@@SuperRealityKid You never know what you're going to get on KZbin, criminals love to record their actions...

[@SuperRealityKid]

@@joeschlotthauer840 I'm innocent, honest. Never did a thing rong.

[@michaeljohn8905]

Oh boy ...anyone wearing head gear like that I think I’d pass riding with him.... lol. JK sir I’d ride with you anytime. 😂😂

[@davidjessee7701]

Checklist

[@tackyman2011]

So was it a crash or a landing? Pilot walked away? I'm thinking landing.

[@bryanj5325]

Hard landing. Landed short. Mishap, at worst. Crash is an overused term, but it makes for lots of clicks/views.

[@espr7564]

G-CUTE doesn´t look so cute anymore what a pity, thank goodness the pilot was O.K.

[@flyingskyward2153]

Poor guy.

[@chadwilcox1077]

2:07 for the event if your scrolling

[@MrWave58]

Nosewheel landings are not recommended, :-)

[@maxbootstrap7397]

Who said you can't get a nose-dragger into a ground loop? Hahaha. Pretty good recovery though.

[@fazfinisher5598]

Tango echo...its a twister its a twister.

[@endwood]

What's the nice clear flat mowed grass bit for?😂

[@IrishDave]

remember the golden rule..... no matter what, fly the aircraft.

[@IrishDave]

SuperRealityKid yes I agree with everything you’ve said and I’m definitely not trying to judge the pilot.

[@IrishDave]

SuperRealityKid oh no you didn’t come across defensive in a negative way, just in a clarifying way that added context to my thoughts about It. I appreciate it.

[@bugbomb8048]

Nothing money can't fix at this juncture!!

[@cowboy742]

Ummmm...that's not how you cropdust.

[@dougmcpheters1546]

That was faster than mowing more runway.

[@cravendale9021]

Doug McPheters You are a genius instead of waiting 5 more minutes for the lawn mower I'll just ruin my microlight instead.

[@dougmcpheters1546]

Thank you for the compliment. But, let the world hail your your brilliancy!

[@jamesp13152]

Now my girlfriend will never fly with me. Thanks.

[@jamesp13152]

She likes to dive in head first... Not ready for an upgrade yet.

[@charleslongley7862]

That'll buff right out!

[@user-vm7mz6qx9b]

Yeah lol

[@captainpegs0740]

The canopy did not cause that plane to go short of the runway.

[@popmihai2000]

skip to 2.00

[@gusm5128]

What sort of half arsed plane is the one with the camera in it ? Dudes doing all this preflight checks like it’s a 787 when in reality is just a lawn mower ffs

[@Scott_6666]

He should have landed further down the field rather than halfway into the corn patch.

[@Scott_6666]

Add power?

[@tazman8697]

Oh look that guy just crashed. I'll just sit here on my arse and watch.

[@GoatyHerps]

2:05

[@rafaeltorres2886]

Man that guy needs to change his under pants after that incident.

[@darylking1487]

SHIT is appropriate, you know someone had to change their shorts

[@romano5497]

Its a Stitch-Up

[@dixienormous3262]

That requires a change of underwear. He obviously missed the checklist or rushed it - very common.

[@jjohnston94]

Might as well book a motel room at this point, eh?

[@maddooggg]

air-brake much !

[@SuperRealityKid]

Air-break ? :-(

[@rayray8687]

maddooggg: I’m pretty sure that little airplane does not have airbrakes (or speed brakes as they are more commonly known).

[@gymkhanadog]

Would this damage the air frame? Irreparably? Looked pretty minor and thankfully on grass, no flip. Good that nobody was hurt. Beginning study to get my pilots license and am learning about how durable small aircraft actually are. And when I say small, I mean something Cessna 172-ish or smaller?

[@gymkhanadog]

Yikes on both accounts, and prayers to the loved ones of the second story. Thank you for responding and for the information, it is greatly appreciated!

[@fernandochavez4312]

Any landing you can walk away from...

[@cmdmd]

AVIATE, NAVIGATE, COMMUNICATE. That guy seems like he forgot the first one. Yes, the canopy opened, but then again, with power, he could have had a good landing.

[@caseychaos5216]

Zzzzzzzzz fell asleep

[@SuperRealityKid]

Sweet dreams.

[@londart7040]

looks like a Piper Tomahawk ,shake and bake

[@jdm1152]

What caused the canopy to open?

[@MAGApepe]

pilot not closing it

[@brandeadab]

Hermen Marshall

[@CFITOMAHAWK2]

The pilot farted too much and was suffering from self imposed poisonous gases..He blamed Sadam Hussein and opened the cabin cover to vent while calling for an F22 strike..

[@bobsullivan5714]

Nonsense........................It was Donald Trumps fault.