U.S. NAVY AIRCRAFT CARRIER LANDING MISHAPS PILOT TRAINING FILM USS CORAL SEA CORSAIR II 58214

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Made for U.S. Navy aviators by the Ralph Hall Company, this color training film "Carrier Landing Mishaps" shows a series of landing accidents, in an attempt to educate pilots about proper landing technique. As you might suspect, all of the accidents shown are linked to human error. The film was apparently shot aboard the aircraft carrier USS Coral Sea Carrier (CV-43) with the assistance of Air Wing Reserve 12 (CARAIRWINGRES TWELVE). Most of the aircraft featured are Ling-Vought-Temco Corsair IIs, as well as the F-4 Phantom. The film was released in 1970. Note: most landing accident films were shot on video with a fairly low technology camera, known as a Pilot's Landing Aid Television (PLAT), and as a result some of the incidents are hard to see.
Opening title: Carrier Landing Mishaps (:06-:14). A plane lands on a carrier. Cockpit POV approaching a carrier. The Corsair II plane lands. Navy crewmen come out to assist. Pilot exits a cockpit. Corsairs land on the carrier deck (:15-1:45). The plane shown tail #154397 was part of VA-122 as NJ-262. Pilot in a plane, he grips the throttle. F-4 Phantom takes off from USS Enterprise (CVN-65), goes straight down into the water. Plane goes over the edge as seen from a deck camera (1:46-3:32). A pilot salutes and then takes off. Pilot ejects as he realizes something is wrong. An F-4 lands into the crash barricade, the plane and pilot are ok. F-4 engine fails as it takes off, plane corkscrews to the side, and crashes into the water. A pilot ejects shortly after takeoff as his plane malfunctions. A Douglas A-3 Skywarrior crashes into the water (3:33-5:29). A Corsair II is ready for takeoff. Director gives him hand signals. Plane lands and stops. Hand pulls on emergency brake, hits microphone key switch (5:30-6:35). Pilot in a Corsair II. A plane lands and stops. Crewmen walk over to him. Nighttime operations. During the day again, a plane falls over the side (6:36-8:00). Wheels under a plane. A plane is heading for the side and a pilot ejects. Animation of a carrier landing. A diagram shows a standard turn versus a tight or shallow turn. Animation of a glide slope. Another glide slope angle is shown (8:01-11:31). Animation shows a plane coming in for a landing. If approach is low, add power is shown in animation. Optimum glide slope is explained. A liquid landing is shown in animation and explained followed by hitting the carrier itself (11:32-13:33). Settling in the middle of the runway is shown in animation and explained. Depth perception, especially at night, can be a problem. Plane comes in for a landing (13:34-14:56). Establishing lineup is explained and shown with animation. Cockpit POV heading for the carrier, plane is coming in for a landing. Pilots hands on controls inside the plane. Plane is heading for the carrier to land (14:57-16:23). A plane lands and falls over on its side and catches fire. A Corsair II lands on the carrier's deck. A deck camera shows a plane land and fall on its face as the front wheel gives. A Navy deck camera shows a plane crash land on a runway. Pilot's view, Tailhook path shown in a diagram (16:24-18:03). A plane crash lands on its face on the runway. A plane crashes and explodes. Various planes are shown landing on the Navy deck camera and crashing (18:04-19:38). A plane is coming in for a landing. A crewman, the LSO (Landing Signal Officer) is on the phone. A plane lands near him. The LSO watches planes land on the carrier. LSO on the phone (19:39-20:43). A plane comes in for a landing, the LSO waves off the landing due to an issue. Corsair II raises its landing gear, continues to fly. A plane crash lands and the front landing gear fails. A Corsair II comes in for a landing
(20:44-22:04). A Corsair II is coming towards the carrier. A pilot in the cockpit. Deck crew watch a plane land. A crash as seen from the Navy deck camera. LSO officer watches plane land. Corsair II takes off. A Corsair II crash lands, fails to catch the wire and falls off the side of the ship into the water (22:05-23:58). End credits (23:59-24:28).
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[@kellywilson8440]

Our squadron VFA-131 Wildcats lost one of our f-18's and aviator off the Coral Sea in 1987 med cruise , RIP Lt Joe Mullany and triple sticks !

[@jsboening]

I now feel confident I can land on a carrier. Thanks.

[@Chris_at_Home]

I watched videos like this in the Navy. Before going to Avionics A School we all went to a two week aviation fundamentals school where we were taught safety and operations of aircraft on a carrier. I ended up in a land based squadron but still used the lessons learned for fueling and be the guy with the wands parking or starting an aircraft and tying them down.

[@bernardanderson3758]

Happy New year to all who are serving and the ones who have retired and thank you for your service

[@thecam0073]

"is thatta you boat? That'sa no my boat" was my dad's Navy uboat humor.

[@zummo61]

A ‘mishap’ is when I spill my coffee. Not crashing a 30 million dollar jet into an aircraft carrier. 😂

[@jonathanstancil8544]

The Navy calls them "mishaps" because the prevailing theory is that an accident implies a failure of something beyond human control. Most carrier aviation mishaps are caused by human error. Many times it is the pilot, occasionally it's deck crew, occasionally it is maintenance related, but most of them happen because someone wasn't doing their job properly.

[@kennethdeanmiller7324]

Actually, a lot of carrier aviation was trial & error. AND if a plane had been shot up and there was a "mishap", it's because people were doing their job, including our enemies!!

[@JGCR59]

The poor guys in the A-3 at 5:12 could not do what the narrator advises as they had no ejection seats....

[@edgein3299]

A3D. All Three Dead.

[@stephenbritton9297]

Ok, glad I’m not the only one who noticed that!

[@420BulletSponge]

I wish you had the training video regarding mooring lines and arresting gear wire safety. The video we were shown in training after boot camp was fairly graphic. Although in black and white it showed incidents were people were cut in half or lost their legs to parting lines.

[@captaintoyota3171]

Jesus yeah those videos are prolly harder to find

[@stephenbritton9297]

I remember watching that one at the maritime academy… 4/C Cadet, and it scares the hell out of you… or you think it does until you actually witness a line part, that’s even scarier in real life!

[@jeffreycoulter4095]

Very good video. Thank you

[@PeriscopeFilm]

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[@jamestharp7880]

8000 hour CFII and I still break out in a cold sweat thinking about a night trap

[@sidv4615]

How many traps in total?

[@jlinkels]

In Tom Wolfe''s "The Right Stuff" one of the pilots eplains how it really feels to land on an aircraft carrier. It is a bit less simple than the narrator tells.

[@AquaTeenHungerForce_4_Life]

18:45 Brought to you by last year's runner-up to Blood Flows Red On The Highway scary federal music warning awards

[@allgood6760]

Top Crash!

[@BeechSportBill]

Parting cross-deck pendant loss of an F-35C January 2022 and several injuries…. Now, it is sure a ramp strike…. So sad for all…

[@boboala1]

Darn...been a lot of good young guys dying in peacetime just flying off these carriers!

[@Wildstar40]

Multimillion dollar aircraft filmed with 1890's camera technology lol !

[@jonathanstancil8544]

This was all filmed in the early 60's. None of these aircraft types seen here are in service any longer.

[@JustAboutTime]

Flat mate by like “Do you wanna watch ‘Game of Thrones’” .. And I be like .. “No, not now .. I’m learning how to properly land a 1950’s fighter jet on an aircraft carrier!

[@davenehilla9610]

The ejections you see when the aircraft was rolled to anywhere near a 90 attitude, including the A-7 that ended up hanging from the flight deck, were fatal. Zero zero seats meant zero pitch and zero roll. Thus the importance of ejecting prior to rolling off of the flight deck.

[@randykelso4079]

Zero zero seats mean zero altitude and zero airspeed required. Nobody ejects at a perfectly level roll angle and pitch angle simultaneously. If it could be done, it would be an accident. In the old days the early seats required a minimum altitude and a minimum airspeed to execute a successful ejection.

[@bernardanderson3758]

Call the Ball !!! The LSOs on deck

[@tracynation2820]

An excellent video. 💙 T.E.N.

[@jagboy69]

Takes big balls to do this shit at night in the weather... No thanks!

[@ci3008]

The deck crew need ejection seats...

[@0neIntangible]

What happened to the PF "sign off signature" of the submarine sonar ping...ping...ping...at the end of your wonderful historic films, such as this one?

[@bernardanderson3758]

Love to be on the carrier deck to watch the Naval And Marine Pilots getting there first landing qualification in the T-45 Goshawks

[@larryslone65]

This film has to be meant to awe the general public. The info it presents is so incredibly basic I can't believe it's meant for real carrier pilots! If they haven't had these procedures drilled into them before setting foot on a carrier, there's something seriously wrong with naval aviation training.

[@Swimfinz]

Send Clif High to Antartica!!!

[@m4rvinmartian]

*7:15** I'm trying to figure out the drop your hook thing. Hoping to snag or create friction?*

[@jonathanstancil8544]

It's a signal to the deck crew that the aircraft has no brakes and is trying to stop. The pilot will raise the hook after trappig to keep from snagging anything. If he or she loses brakes they drop the hook as a visual signal to the deck crew. They also transmit to the controller that theyve lost brakes, but the deck crew cant hear the radio so the message must be relayed from the controller to the deck crew. Alert deck crew will hopefully see that and react by chocking the wheels or stopping the aircraft through other methods.

[@davidhudson5452]

Crash the plane walk the plank

[@Jeffery_Saulter]

Why did you upload this one again?

[@tonyf9076]

Wondering the same...

[@neil6958]

Do computers compensate for all this now!?

[@trinitrang2932]

The only heavy metal here is the navy !👍

[@captaintoyota3171]

Sad talking about ejection while footage of a3d crashing into sea which has no ejection seats and those pilots passed away in that plane

[@itsallabouttherangers2698]

Very sad.

[@randykelso4079]

A3D: All 3 dead. @@itsallabouttherangers2698

[@andysolution62]

why are film recordings from carrier deck´s ww II BETTER than those from the 1960s/1970s?

[@matthaxx7137]

Precisely because WWII recordings are film and the 60/70's are video which was rather primitive in the early days.

[@tangoalpha8381]

👍👍😃🇧🇷

[@badguy1481]

The USAF was dangerous enough. But this?????

[@jagboy69]

No kidding. When we started doing assault landings in the herk WEARING NVGs, I got out!

[@jonathanstancil8544]

My dad lost a friend in 63 on the Intrepid when the guy walked into a spinning prop. Flight deck is hazardous duty for sure.

[@jagboy69]

@@jonathanstancil8544 ugh.. you know that makes a mess!😬 There's a video floating around of a dude getting sucked up into I think it was an intruder. The only thing that saved him was his flashlight got sucked up first. A split second later, the guy went with it. The pilot felt it and shut it down. A few seconds later, he comes crawling out!😳 No matter how big they build carriers, they are cramped quarters on every level.

[@randykelso4079]

IIRC, there were two such incidents (walking into spinning props) aboard the Coral Sea during the '65 cruise. I don't think it was very uncommon, especially at night. @@jonathanstancil8544

[@kleenk8]

And I worry about going down my back stairs.

[@neo-YoutubeStoleMyHandle]

Looks like more aircraft were lost in landing accidents than in combat...

[@glitchnyrmatrix7296]

You know those puppies in the film.... They're dead now.

[@m4rvinmartian]

*1:25** Yeah... no dude. Lol, you're not a pilot. My dad did NOT like carrier landings.*

[@neo-YoutubeStoleMyHandle]

Mmmmm...meat balls...

[@leojablonski2309]

Yeah, always blame pilot. Has narrator ever flown....no

[@Crimson.S.57]

The navy investigates every incident, and that's the navy's conclusion not the narrator's.

[@vitorbravo5535]

You think the narrator made this movie all by himself lol

[@tripackdroned4626]

Not a great telecine.

[@PeriscopeFilm]

Admittedly, this is one of the more beat up prints in our collection. Also, the U.S. Navy television system used to capture the incidents was very poor ... so it all and all adds up to "not the best". Still a fun one to watch!