Daleandee
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Dale Andee
As they say ... "I don't think that's gonna buff out" ...
Any landing you walk away from....
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As they say ... "I don't think that's gonna buff out" ...
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Meet the Fokkers
Good thing he was in a high wing.
Tarheelpilot
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How did that happen? Mechanical?
Capt. Geoffrey Thorpe
Touchdown! Greaser!
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Light and Sporty Guy
Yes. The bearing in the wind tee seized up and when the wind shifted, the entire airport turned 90 degrees putting the hangar right in his path.
smv
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Yup. The failure was the nut that connects the left front seat to the yoke.
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Hope the dude stopped and bought a lotto ticket on the way home from the hospital!
MooneyDriver78
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For those of us that avoid FB, here is a youtube link:
FastEddieB
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Fast Eddie B
That’s a scary and sad but informative video.
Warren Zevon once sang “You’re a whole ‘nother person when you’re scared”. Once panic sets in, everything changes.
In this video we see at least two cognitive flaws working at once.
Task Fixation - once he applied full power, his brain apparently locked onto getting airborne again, to the exclusion of anything else. I doubt reducing power and braking ever crossed his mind - precious little conscious thought or analytical thinking result once panic sets in.
Negative Transfer - Every car he’d ever driven responded to input to the steering wheel in the same way. And a yoke looks a lot like a steering wheel. I’ll venture there’s not an instructor alive who hasn’t seen a student attempt to “steer” away from a swerve. And not just beginners. Watch pilots as they correct to stay on the centerline on takeoff and it’s not unusual to see the yoke subtly “steering” the plane in addition to the rudders. Innocuous in most circumstances, but not once panic sets in.
So, I would not be too quick to fault his training or his instructor. Student pilots solo with just the basics having been covered, and this fellow may have had the basics down pretty well - up until it all suddenly went very, very wrong. No doubt this scene replayed with some regularity before GoPros became ubiquitous.
Warren Zevon once sang “You’re a whole ‘nother person when you’re scared”. Once panic sets in, everything changes.
In this video we see at least two cognitive flaws working at once.
Task Fixation - once he applied full power, his brain apparently locked onto getting airborne again, to the exclusion of anything else. I doubt reducing power and braking ever crossed his mind - precious little conscious thought or analytical thinking result once panic sets in.
Negative Transfer - Every car he’d ever driven responded to input to the steering wheel in the same way. And a yoke looks a lot like a steering wheel. I’ll venture there’s not an instructor alive who hasn’t seen a student attempt to “steer” away from a swerve. And not just beginners. Watch pilots as they correct to stay on the centerline on takeoff and it’s not unusual to see the yoke subtly “steering” the plane in addition to the rudders. Innocuous in most circumstances, but not once panic sets in.
So, I would not be too quick to fault his training or his instructor. Student pilots solo with just the basics having been covered, and this fellow may have had the basics down pretty well - up until it all suddenly went very, very wrong. No doubt this scene replayed with some regularity before GoPros became ubiquitous.