Why the ICON A5 is failing | ICON A5 Crash

[@IconicFlight]

Yep, hardly failing. Production numbers are up year over year. The airframe is unbelievably safe. Let’s hope MOSAIC rule changes bring more good things to the design.

[@zeke2566]

😅unbelievably safe- You are insane!!the poor sponson design blocks air flow to tail section! Also tail has been vidioed shaking and vibrating violently! Wake up! A-5 IS A DEATH TRAP!!ITS KILLED 10 PEOPLE SO FAR !ITS AN ALBATROS! GIVE THIS BUZZARD A WIDE PERTH IF YOU WANT TO LIVE!!!!!!!

[@mikeshultz1007]

I am very close to buying a icon a5. I am currently building a 62' aluminum sailing catamaran and I would love to have a rear lifting platform to store the plane on and lift it in and out of the water. The current stage of construction I am at is early enough where I can make modifications to the hulls and re design the lifting platform.

[@gabrielescobar2384]

you should actually start a youtube channel about this endeavor, I would totally subscribe and many more people would love to see how the project develops and unfolds. Good luck

[@DreamArchitect]

Hey bro what’s your racing crew

[@DreamArchitect]

@@gabrielescobar2384 hey dude what’s your racing crew?

[@vickersaircraftcompany6022]

Check out the Vickers WAVE aircraft

[@Tom-90210]

No you aren't. Lmao

[@DinkWhit]

One of my all time favorites on flight simulator. In black that is!

[@bustdetector1738]

Was gonna get one but think I’ll pony up the cash for a f22 raptor instead.

[@simplethings2410]

you wanna shoot balloons too?.😆

[@urbanelectricstreetfighter6630]

I would like to see how the ballist for the fuel tank are setup because it seems like they struggle when landing and taking off in the water. Fuel sloshing back and forward would cause those issues.

[@ianvandyke3996]

Human error

[@wallabing]

The creator and designer getting killed by his own plane he was selling was probally the most reputation damaging.

[@JoeyBlogs007]

Sounds very dodgy to break up like that. Looks a bit weak in that area. Perhaps they should use fiberglass giga casting to help reduce cost. The current production lines looks extremely labour intensive.

[@william5159]

Interesting. I have long done extreme adventure sports, which are by definition (and in reality) dangerous. An 'adventure sport airplane' would also be more dangerous... not because of the plane, but because of the adventurous nature of its use. In most all sports, the equipment almost never fails. Almost never ever. Good to know, as I am interested in one of these babies. Very cool!

[@GT47179]

Air speed air speed air speed 😎

[@piper0428]

These crashes do not have anything in common other than the person operating it.

[@eduardmorkunas5445]

In reality is ONLY that person's Judgement and experience. the plane gets the blame!

[@RAo-hx8jc]

The problem is they market it like flying jet ski. .

[@hubschenk1652]

I think it was mostly pilot error. The ICON A5 is one of the most interesting small aircraft because it can also land, which has to be learned. 👍 Its capabilities may lead to cocky pilot behavior. Unfortunately, seaplanes are banned on our lakes in my country (too much boat traffic). 🤔

[@eduardmorkunas5445]

Many boaters are Idiots, I have had some stop in my water landing path to see me closer!!! Unbelievable!

[@FlyboythaACE]

I would say the "fun n the sun" way they were marketed to consumers if they actually remained affordable (150k ish) would have caused even more crashes. The type of new "pilots" they would attract with disposable income don't seem to typically take aviation seriously enough, definitely a disaster.

[@toasteddingus6925]

Agreed 💯

[@eduardmorkunas5445]

The Authorities are the problem, with a Real Amphibian airplane, you need a pilotos licence first and then a Seaplane Rating.. these new Toys only require a recreatonal license.. thus the lack of pilot's experience !

[@lonnieelliott504]

This entire question is rediculous. My only concern was how does a plane costing $180 K jump to $400 K. The mismanagement is staggering. a few drunk pilots crashing, cmon. Maybe I was in the airforce too long. but the premise is beyong stupid.

[@davegeorge4757]

Dude. Could you try just doing the voiceover in a normal voice? You sound like a 1920s radio announcer. Stop it.

[@jalbert222]

Great airplane. Stupid pilots. Halliday, no matter how many hours he had, was a hotdogger, and likely high. Either way, the way he flew that day showed how well the airplane maneuvers. Halliday just pushed it stupidly too far. The test pilot? Flying up a boxed canyon. Genius. Stop blaming the aircraft.

[@NorwegianAviation1]

This plane was actually stolen at lista airport, in norway, the two drunk men had never flown before, the plane was dangrously close to ground and they were messing with trotthle. In the end the plane stalled and went in a dive, the nose hit the ground and the plane flipped over, luckily they both survived, they Are now being questioned at police station.

[@ThetPe-it5fe]

ဘယ် ညာ ထိန်းညှိစနစ်အားနည်းလွန်းတယ်😅တောင်ပံလျှော့ပြီး အင်ဂျင်နှစ်လုံးတပ်😊အရှင်တပ် 😊ဟယ်လီဂျက်ပုံစံမှစိတ်ချရသလောက်ရှိမယ် လေယာဥ်အတွက်နည်းတွေအများကြီးလိုသေးတယ်

[@johncates2938]

Problem is the "easy to fly" and people get too relaxed. It happens on all recreational toys.

[@eduardmorkunas5445]

Not the problem, it is IDIOTS w/ money thinking they can fly because they can Buy !!!!

[@roberttorrance731]

Halladay was high and being foolish.

[@aerthman]

Hubris, the only reason

[@lostinfoundpod]

Glad i seen this i was gonna buy one Smh 👍🏾

[@everythinggaming7938]

It's not the planes fault as the video stated the people flying it made mistakes. But if you cant fly to standard. Dont buy any plane

[@DinkWhit]

I wish I had over a quarter mil to spend on a plane! Jeesh. 😅

[@eduardmorkunas5445]

Then never buy a car, a mortorcycle, roller blades etc,,,,,,hehehe!

[@GT47179]

Every crash is easily explained 😢

[@GT47179]

Its not a jet ski........😢

[@HouseboatRenovations]

Remember the Icon Buyer order specifically states you do not own the aircraft. Be very careful buying a A5.

[@jetjock12]

Not true - I have owned one for five years now.

[@古俊鴻-c1b]

A ICON A5 Dont (Fowler FLAP)...So...Crash....

[@KG-wh8yv]

Every single one of these is Pilot mistake and lack of Respect to safety.

[@sunnastream]

me ushan bro aiiya needa

[@mondvogel6124]

"why the icon a5 is failing?" is a grammatically incorrect question

[@biggest23]

It’s not a question, it’s a statement defining what will be described in the video.

[@mondvogel6124]

@@biggest23 the title was initially with a question mark at the end and was edited later

[@biggest23]

@@mondvogel6124 ….Ahh, gotcha. The bizarre & inappropriate use of question marks, along with the liberal deployment of the word "of" to cover up poorly constructed sentences these days, are my particular bugbears so, I can sympathise with your response entirely. I wouldn’t say I’m a grammar Nazi, more a member of the Alt-Write.

[@mondvogel6124]

@@biggest23 lol! Love it, alt write :D

[@gileadegaioso]

Adaptem um paraquedas na aeronave!!!!

[@jetjock12]

There IS a parachute on the aircraft.