Pilatus PC-12 approach at Elk River Club jetport on August 20, 2010

The video seems to stream better in its native 720p resolution.
(2/12- I've been informed this may not hold true for some)

[@MrSuzuki1187]

I am a retired airline pilot, and I fly the Pilatus PC-12NG for a wealth family. This is my dream flying job at 72. It is just an awesome airplane that can do everything well and is a joy to fly.

[@timothyjohns3561]

What a wonderfully neat and tidy and green airfield in a beautiful setting. Cool plane too.

[@christopherkoch4128]

I love that base turn; to lose altitude on final...seems like a very experienced pilot. Especially on that approach.

[@nickakers7985]

You can look at the numbers for this field all you want, but having lived in this area a number of years, it still amazes me that they squeezed an airport into that valley, lets land there occasionally.

[@alejandrosienra2179]

a versatile and versatile, beautiful,and fast aircraft.🛩️

[@bmjake]

Man, after seeing the wind and the fact that he's coming in between hills and trees, i'd say this is just about as good as anyone could have done. Great flying!

[@mhlw73]

Thanks! With a monopod in gusty winds I was holding my breath to try and keep the shot steady. Good to hear that it seems to have cleared the bar.

[@dgheonmd]

That is one tough approach esp with the cross wind and the downhill runway. Nice job. Well done with the video.

[@pliedas]

Beautiful…beautiful plane, beautiful video and beautiful landing.

[@mhlw73]

Can't claim the manual focus skills. (yet) The image stabilizer helped immensely as well. The lens cap almost took down the shot at one point. Thanks for the props regardless! I think I have justified confidence in the pilot. To quote a Ghostbuster, "We got the tools, we got the talent! It's Miller time!"

[@lsx001]

wow this pilot's got some skills. one wheel touching the ground in a crosswind and right on the centerline.

[@Steve-xf4uv]

Tough approach, I thought he did a good job. Beautiful plane, great paint job.

[@alpantanjung4824]

I had 3 times flying on very small Pilatus in Sorong, West Papua, Indonesia. I believe Pilatus has superb manuver capabalities. Strong and reliable.

[@Fraiyia]

Guys , it looks like he had a heavy XWind on short final , it was a good landing but I think he was keeping his options open in case he wanted to waive off. It's easy to be an arm chair pilot and critique him but before you try it yourself .

[@madman2swords]

+Veronicca Lakewood I only ever land like that when people are watching…..

[@Fraiyia]

Its a good landing.

[@matthewjohnson2428]

You can't waive off at that point, what you don't see is to the back of the camera man is a huge mountain that you can't really outclimb. Waiving off after lining up with the runway is super dangerous

[@Fraiyia]

Matthew Johnson well I have never flown into that port . I’d have to see. Waiving off is only dangerous when conditions don’t permit it . In IFR , go arounds (missed approach) happen and we have nice holding patterns and minimums , out here in DFW don’t bust the bravo or mess with minimums cuz they don’t play . I did most of my training under a bravo and even the basic vanilla 172 r type can Vx climb , they are in a Pilatus’ pc12 . Powerful ! High vertical climb rate and good back side power curve performance . He was prob a bit to fast and had a bouncer . Everyone has a bad landing . I once had a Cub ground loop on me in training . That shit happens . We have runway incursions and lots of other things out here . On my way out to PRX m this bone head was doing his run up at the hold short line . Here I am at the run up area in a 172 and this dude was about to blow me over the fence . Pilots are not infallible , we make mistakes. This dude prob had “ get on the grounditus ‘ and came in too fast . ( maybe he had to pee lol )

[@matthewjohnson2428]

@@Fraiyia I actually fly PC-12s for a living and flew into NC06 just this morning. That airport is super sketchy and known for wind shear at the approach end of 12 (likely occured because you can see the trees whipping), but by the time you line up with 12, you're basically committed. The PC-12 is an awesome plane with great short field performance, but it's not flawless. Elk River is at 3,500ft and unlike the DFW area (I did my training in East Texas as well), density altitude is a big concern. You have a much higher ground speed relative to airspeed, and if you aren't absolutely on your numbers, you're going to go long on this runway (12 is downsloping for most of the runway with a steep upslope at the end). And as far as going around, turning left, there's a mountain a few hundred feet off the runway, maybe less, straight out is terrain that even a PC-12 can't outclimb with any reliability I'd be willing to bet my life on, and to the right there is a golf course with a mountain on the other side. Your best bet would be hook right over the golf course climbing with as slow of an airspeed as possible, and try to make a teardrop left turn and go out the way you came in, but that turn needs to be really really tight to make it, and at slow airspeeds, wind shear, terrain, possible tailwind in the turn, there's a lot that can combine to make you kiss granite. Forcing the bird onto the ground is usually the best option there. For more info, just look up Elk River here on KZbin and you'll find more info about it.

[@DHunter52171]

One hell of a landing considering the wind, nice video quality too!

[@tryptyx2]

The PC-12 is a very slippery aircraft. It is not nearly as easy to bleed off speed, especially considering there are no spoilers or speed brakes on the aircraft. It requires very little landing/takeoff roll, however, so effectively the pilot came in too fast, likely due to dodging mountains and concerns over shifting winds (need to make sure you're carrying extra speed to ensure you maintain enough lift in a shear situation) however, he had plenty of runway to bleed that speed off and be safe.

[@texasaviation00]

i was disappointed to see u dont have any more plane videos. this was great! keep them coming! :-)

[@ravgim3954]

good plane and very beautiful nature.

[@oscaraguirre602]

Great place to take land,,, all under control,,, beauty and all an luxe, this aircraft,,, thanks for your video,,, and have a good time,,, your friend Oscar

[@Paul-Mac]

We rode by this strip on the highway; we knew it would be interesting to watch a landing there!

[@HurricaneFernandez]

Nice approach, and nice rocket! that s what I called ground effect! Cheers and greetings from Spain,

[@Lupineproductions]

Considering that was a telephoto lens, you did a great job. I don't know if it was auto focus or manual. If it was manual focus, than you did an even better job! As far as the comments about the pilots skills, welcome to the internet, everyone sitting at a computer is a pro no matter what the subject matter. No one knows the conditions so as far as I'm concerned, it was an outstanding job. Great photography, keep up the great work!

[@mhlw73]

Indeed. The conditions shifted on approach and it was his decision. The tailwind observation was made just before touchdown. I wouldn't even think about it. He made it look easy.

[@MrGargarensi]

amazing video...congratulations!!!

[@pcairbum]

great job, the video of a Falcon 50 landing from inside the cockpit is a good on too

[@sisenor4091]

What a beautiful plane.

[@vxcomanche]

Gotta love the PC-12 :D

[@INTERSETI]

Great quality (filming and piloting!)

[@uchilledfrance]

Such a picturesque airfield to land in....awesome. :-)

[@brandonware4203]

Wow what do i need to do to get a chance to fly one of them? Beautiful plane, thanks for uploading.

[@manbearpigmofo]

wow one of the greatest aircraft's in my onion

[@1950harleycharley]

Beautiful plane with a beautiful landing...not being in the seat behind the controls at that moment, the rest of us have no idea what was going on....I would fly with him !

[@Altenholz]

Wonderful aircraft!

[@FrapsYou]

I love the paint job.

[@jonoferguson22]

love the paintjob

[@Maxim499]

0:54 - 1:02 ground effect?

[@GringoMuchachos]

Very nice aircraft, sweet landind and nice color!

[@gliderp]

Question for pilots. Why do they use landing lights in the middle of the day? It's my understanding that those aren't exactly "long life" bulbs so it seems they would want to save them for night or crappy weather conditions. Are they still 28V incandescent / halogen bulbs, or have they modernized with gas discharge / HID type lamps?

[@quinnjim]

It's not too often that you can achieve your landing currency on one approach. Pretty sure he got his 3 landings in all at once.

[@mpz-video]

Nice video, pilot, aircraft and Jetport... ;-)

[@heinrich97]

First aircraft to do what? To buy for FSX?

[@Purlee100]

Nice to be seen by other pilots in the area, pilots on the ground waiting to take off etc. A landing light bulb is way cheaper than a mid air collision! :-)

[@Bluesparker]

Up there in the final decision row for best looking single. I see he has the same extended float problem I have on my downslope runway, gotta watch it, stalls can sneak up suddenly. Not such a good thing to stall land planes with the gear on or near the wing spar.

[@SoBe188]

beautiful aircraft

[@solkim133]

to filipegames : those trees you mentioned were there before you and I and hopefully they will be there when you my very rude friend long gone. As for the video, really enjoyed it, nice plane nice surroundings nice shot.I wish I could have done that landing at the age of 20 but that is long passed.

[@mstaff657]

That is a beautiful plane

[@ScumbagSonny]

Never been a fan of the color brown on any vehicle, but after seeing it on this PC 12...looks pretty good.

[@canonphoto]

A PC-12 seems to make a lot of colours nice, such a sexy machine.

[@musoseven8218]

Tricky approach and finals, with a crosswind too? Very nice! Looks like he/she kept their options open too?

[@schopfer8a]

see his approach path? yeah hes gonna be a little hot. Awesome job!

[@kledder2]

Pretty good landing. Touchdown right in the middle.

[@mhlw73]

@austinbiaggiful The pilot was 20 years old when this was taken. I rode copilot while he recently performed the same landing with a 30 knot tailwind.

[@goldleader621]

mhlw73 tailwind limitation is 10-15kts 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@datkinson1980]

Thought is was left traffic for both runways?

[@mhlw73]

Canon T2i/70-300. Ocala, FL at the time.

[@RobertoRMOLA]

We could call this place "Pick-Up Club" because I never saw so many parked at an apron before!

[@Ozgrade3]

Speaking as a humble 4000 hr GA Flight Instructor, theres doesnt seem to be too much wrong with the approach and landing. Touchdown speed may have been a few kts fast hence the float after the first touchdown.....but was very well recovered. delt with the bounce, re flared, not forcing it on the runway. Just curious why people are so keen to cleanup the aircraft while at speed on the runway. Plenty of time for that on the taxiway. Btw, Elk River looks just gorgeous.

[@PastorRichardAllenFarmer]

Nice photography. What camera was this shot with? Where is this plane based? The paint job is different... and tasteful.

[@bp30656]

Sweet landing.

[@xevnoc]

@pereduranofcourse there's no reason to come back off the ground. looks like they came in fast, tried to plant it, then backed off and floated on down the runway.

[@cbflynt4283]

I was on a plane that landed there after dark with no runway lights. Pilot said "no lights! The runway is next to the highway. No problem". In we went like it was no big deal. I don't think I'd do it again though. Next day people thought we were nuts

[@jamesmonahan1819]

PC-12 The game changer.

[@Purlee100]

In most light twins, the main advantage of the second engine is usually that it gets you more quickly to the crash site! Many light twin crshes result from attempting things the aircraft simply can't do on one engine, whereas what you should have done is close the other throttle and hit something soft, whilst under control. A single engine makes the decision for you, whilst not giving you the problem of controlling an out of balance plane that is going down anyway.

[@figfire]

I was flown in one of those once! It was an ambulance and I was out of it so I don’t remember it though 😩

[@estian1]

Man i want to fly this approach

[@rukiddinbro]

that's one hell of a PIMPED UP PLANE!

[@Wilko710]

came in bit too fast ,thats why he lightly bounced but these pc-12 stop and takeoff in little distance so it was nice ,busy approach though

[@Purlee100]

You think that approach was a bit dodgy? Try searching KZbin for "Landing Rwy 29 at Milford Sound" For some reason, people compiling these "most dangerous landing" videos seem to miss this one. You used to need a special checkout to be able to go there, you probably still do, but with the right training it is far more spectacular than dangerous. Fiordland, South Island, New Zealand, if you are wondering where this airfield is.

[@radbcc]

Complainers fall into one of three categories: can't afford a pilatus, can't fly a pilatus, or those who forgot to take their constipation medication... great video... thanks...

[@iNSANEcOOkieMONstEr]

Just another day at the office!

[@sanfranciscobay]

Do the numbers on the grassy area mark the 1,000, 2,000, 3,000 foot increments?

[@TheCoastGuarder]

How much runway is left in 1,000 foot increments.

[@arabeloco]

The numbers indicate how much runway you have left ;)

[@wesleyellender9947]

Beautiful approach, but when you float like that in the PC12, if you let the speed bleed off too low, the stick shaker/pusher will activate. Not a good thing to happen when you're 3 or 4 feet off the runway. Ask me how I know, lol.

[@heinrich97]

Don't worry about my goals. They were pretty high and I already achieved them. Now I am aiming lower but still up. The problem is that I am surrounded by people with high goals. Everyone seems to have high goals. That's because it is easy. Their problem is the quality of their plans to achieve the goals... And after all I sometimes think that my wife is more confident with life than me. Still being above average successful on the financial side she is just a modest person. I think I am jealous:)

[@alexanderreinke8916]

Swiss engineering!

[@cesararzola]

OMG stop talking about the landing, as you can see this video is awesome no matter how the landing was. Good job

[@Harv380]

What State Is That

[@Pushyhog]

I go way way down toward elk park then comes straight in, not that bad. Long runway.

[@NetCerpher]

Guess the PIC did not watch the great video primer on this field.

[@nicolitas123]

elegant airplane

[@ThePilot314]

That was a very porfessionell touch down in realtion to the strong wind on the run way. The runway is long enough to flare a little. WHERE ARE THE PROBLEMS???

[@4406bbldb]

That guys done this before!

[@Jaguar79gt]

think the pc-12 have a very nice sound :)

[@TexasGrandDad]

Yeah, its a bound but look at the approach to get in there and the upsloping runway. Bottom line is the pilot got it down in one piece.

[@andrade3137]

depois de todas as series do avião king, se salva somente os cessnas e o pilatus PC 12 !!!!

[@coriscotupi]

Floated all day leaving precious (and now useless) runway behind. Not good landing in my book. But very cool viedo and airplane. Thannks for posting.

[@N8PlaysGames]

+1 it was pretty right up until he floated 1/3 the way down the strip.

[@coriscotupi]

***** Being a heavier and faster aicraft makes it that much more critical to not let it float on landing as it will be harder to stop later. Had it been a lighter and slower aircraft, the float would not have been such a critical mistake.

[@coriscotupi]

***** Not to worry, I have ample flight experience - have been doing it since the early 80's. His approach speed was (or should have been) whatever the manufacturer recommends for his landing weight and if done right he wouldn't have floated.

[@coriscotupi]

***** It's not a matter of runway dropping away or crosswind causing "lift" (it doesn't). Back when my student pilots made up those excuses for such gross errors I'd just look at them in the eye and say, "stop making excuses, let's do another approach". Look, there is no runway "drop" or crosswind that will make an airplane float along a third of a runway, period. . The airplane in this video crossed the threshold at a speed way above it was supposed to and spent an eternity bleeding it off before touching down. He might have added a few knots for turbulence or whatever, but if the float was THAT long, he should have gone around. It's that simple. Stop making excuses for him.

[@coriscotupi]

***** Whoever has actually landed an airplane knows that floating a third of a runway is just wrong. PERIOD. I have done this many, many, many, many THOUSAND times. Dream on. Goodbye.

[@jvdurante84]

OMG! wasn't that a dangerous maneuver?

[@xevnoc]

@CounterCultureLives Absolutely, it didn't look like the calmest of days...and the pilot walked away from a fully functioning plane. For every 100 greasers that no one sees, there's always one guy filming when it's not perfect :)

[@Jallman4]

YES

[@xECKSx58]

Cool airport

[@MarekMarciniak]

s....happens Mr pilot

[@straubenzeller]

Of the almost 1200 PC-12 not 1 crashed due to engine failure and should one happen lets say at 15000 feet the pilot has the option to land it like a sailplane on a 40 mile radius area. All PC-12 accident where caused by Pilot error ,overloading or extreme Weather conditions.Never by engine or structual failure.

[@ProChoiceJesus]

Pilot made up for the "4 or 5" bounces by near-perfect tracking of the runway centerline.

[@riverlandman]

How does a 20 year old get the experience to fly PC-12's? I'm 22 and only on single engine, piston Cessnas! I'm majorly jealous!

[@ramirorc]

É o tipo de aeronave que se não tirar o motor, insiste em voar... que flare...!!!

[@h2oorb]

sketchy but pro landing

[@pereduranofcourse]

@2ris2 Sorry to have to disagree with you, but it was just a long flare...

[@Ford_Raptor_R_720hp_V8]

At least it was a soft touchdown and not a hard one, with experience the landings will get better and better.

[@hansrobertiseli]

+Escape for Mankind The first half of the runway is descending, so the plane flies and flies and flies and refuses to sit down during a long time. As pilot, you can only wait, and wait, as this poor guy did, until the plane finally decides to put his ass on the ground.

[@jLynnell]

Did you know that? Pilatus is not a Platypus

[@ThePilot314]

@CounterCultureLives Sorry brother in mind. NOW I understand! I was wondering what the hell for a bluddy person was talking to me! So WELCOME to the club! And PLEASE do not mind. YOU ARE RIGHT! And .. a lot of happy landings in future. I have to improve my english to understand sarcasm better. Best wishes from old Germany to you in the U.S.A.!!!!!! Joe PS: May be we see us somewhere over the rainbow FL 250 ..... due I am only a private pilot, or at the aipron at parking position :-)

[@pereduranofcourse]

@pumpiniron74 details ;)

[@mhlw73]

Banner Elk, NC 28604

[@kingofbotswana1]

This landing leaves alot to be desired

[@kenclark9888]

For the guy who was commenting let’s see your landing? Oh wait you’re not a pilot