Light plane crash captured on Gopro cam

[Discomark]

[ame=http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=835_1344412426]LiveLeak.com - (Must Watch!!) Plane crash video from inside cockpit[/ame]

Ouch....Lucky they don't have Gum tree's as it would have been a different story.

[d3syd]

Ouch....Lucky they don't have Gum tree's as it would have been a different story.

Wonder what happened? Engine sounded ok. Overloaded maybe?

[MEANZ06]

Wonder what happened? Engine sounded ok. Overloaded maybe?

from the link...

This is unprecedented footage of a small airplane crash from inside the cockpit from two different views. Miraculously, everyone survived.
The pilot will make a full recovery and the rest of us escaped with
superficial injuries and feel very lucky to be alive . This trip was
much anticipated and due to our excitement we had our Gopro cameras
filming at various times. After flying up into the mountains for a hike
in the Frank Church River of No Return Wilderness we were planning on
flying to a small mountain town for dinner. Due to warming
temperatures we had a hard time gaining altitude. After taking off we
hit an air pocket that made us rapidly loose altitude, pushing us down
into the trees.

any plane wreck you can walk away from...

[incisor]

that is why the big fella gave us terrafirma!

i was in a 5 seater many years ago flying from rocky to blackwater when it hit (fell into?) an air pocket..

one hell of a feeling.. luckily we had the altitude to get thru it fine

was fun in the back seat tho i can tell you but no where near the drama involved in this one thank God...

[87County]

Looks like it could have been an Aeronca Sedan (125hp?)....

Looked like it was overloaded with 4 full size blokes and that long takeoff run and then had trouble maintaining altitude and flying speed


plenty of camera footage... shame to destroy an old aeroplane

[stallie]

I think 87 county hit the nail on the head.

Long takeoff roll and no climb performance usually means there is not enough power to make the lift the aircraft needs.

[DeanoH]

Know how they feel.
Fully loaded Beechcraft Musketeer. Pilot,three passengers and luggage, no one injured just scared.
Fortunately there were no trees, only a couple of 'blackboys'.



'Not enough Di-lithium crystals captain'.

Flinders Island, early 1970's, Kilecrankie Airstrip. A memorable holiday.

Deano

[stallie]

Lucky man Deano.

Your post proves that there aren't many new ways to crash an aircraft.

[JDNSW]

Almost certainly failed to (correctly) use the performance charts. Absolutely essential for hot and high.

It would seem that the takeoff was conducted in the portion of the takeoff chart that is fenced off by inadequate available climb performance.

We had a similar cause of accident in Burma - with a professionally piloted (by an Australian) helicopter. Like this one, failed to lift out of ground effect. The accident investigation concluded that the pilot attempted an operation beyond the capability of the aircraft. From memory there were no deaths, but about eight seriously injured, including the pilot. Also saw a 'near miss' at Mt Hagen, where a pilot in a Helio Courier, unfamiliar with flying at that altitude, failed to lean the mixture for takeoff, and was unable to get out of ground effect - but he dodged trees and successfully made a circuit and landed safely.

John

[stallie]

NTSB report here WPR12LA283

A quick snoop shows the airport elevation 6370 feet. OAT on the day at the time of takeoff 26°C.

That's ISA +25...