Twin hits runway with wheels up and then takes off!
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Twin hits runway with wheels up and then takes off!
https://www.facebook.com/RCastle11/videos/10206548294656217/
The best thing you could say about this pilot is that he panicked.
Mickjoebill
The best thing you could say about this pilot is that he panicked.
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Holy cow! Those bent props must have nearly shook him out of the cabin! The LH prop in particular, was chewing the ground for maybe 300 feet or more! 
What in the world would possess a pilot to take off again, after bellying it??
What in the world would possess a pilot to take off again, after bellying it??
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According to the FAA it happened at Fort Pierce (doesn't look like St Lucy County to me) and the aircraft was flown back to Fort Lauderdale...
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Ouch, that looks and sounds expensive. Was it a low flypast that went wrong or an actual forgot to lower the gear ? it seems to come over the runway and touch down quite fast for a normal landing, but then the film could be deceiving.
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He seemed to have run out of runway when he went around, the fuselage not having any braking action.
If he was lucky, the props might just have worn down by an equal amount, so they may have remained balanced... If...
If he was lucky, the props might just have worn down by an equal amount, so they may have remained balanced... If...
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FAA report said that the damage was "minor"
and of course not forgetting damaged pride but other wise very lucky. In a sense maybe not the right thing to do trying to go-around but then he was probably surprised by the sudden noise and reacted accordingly. That said the speed he was travelling along the runway with no braking available could have resulted in a very different outcome ploughing through the grass, hedge, trees and what ever else you meet along the way as you sit back and enjoy the ride as a passenger.
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I think it might have scared him quite a bit after all…..
1970 Aerostar 601 Aircraft for sale - Aero Star Usa Ltd , FL - Trade-A-Plane Inventory ID 2076612
Aerostar has no stall warner, so he must have been in the buffet all through that upwind. Not a nice place to be with this type. I was surprised it didn't fold as the stall speed is 77 with flaps.
1970 Aerostar 601 Aircraft for sale - Aero Star Usa Ltd , FL - Trade-A-Plane Inventory ID 2076612
Aerostar has no stall warner, so he must have been in the buffet all through that upwind. Not a nice place to be with this type. I was surprised it didn't fold as the stall speed is 77 with flaps.
230 hrs SMOH... And only 0,5 hrs since shock loading them...
It probably needs new flaps and some paint as well... Oh and a new cover on the driver's seat, the old one is stained!
It probably needs new flaps and some paint as well... Oh and a new cover on the driver's seat, the old one is stained!
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I like the cryptic, "needs props", and "rebuildable" At what cost?! I wonder, does the buyer also receive a copy of the belly landing video, so he knows where to check for damage? 
2297 TT since 1970 means she's been a bit of a hangar queen! Perhaps if the owner had put some more hours on her, he wouldn't have forgotten how to drive her!
2297 TT since 1970 means she's been a bit of a hangar queen! Perhaps if the owner had put some more hours on her, he wouldn't have forgotten how to drive her!
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picture is already out, winglet propellers
picture is already out, winglet propellers
at least now the gear is down in the picture.
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Really a pretty stupid thing to have done attempting a go around after demolishing the props and this guy was very very lucky not to have killed himself by stalling in or at best landing off airfield into whatever ((
Having said that its a pretty dramatic video and a good eye opener to others not to attempt such a knee jerk reaction.
Gear up is what we all fear! In 3000 hours of piston twin time I nearly did the same once due to an over zealous other pilot in the right seat, very low cloud/vis and declaring I was going to miss.
He retracted the gear just as the runway came back into view and forgot to tell me
I was so looking out of the plane that I failed to notice till the flair and went around without any contact.
Had there been contact there is no way I would have attempted his stunt
Pace
Having said that its a pretty dramatic video and a good eye opener to others not to attempt such a knee jerk reaction.
Gear up is what we all fear! In 3000 hours of piston twin time I nearly did the same once due to an over zealous other pilot in the right seat, very low cloud/vis and declaring I was going to miss.
He retracted the gear just as the runway came back into view and forgot to tell me
I was so looking out of the plane that I failed to notice till the flair and went around without any contact.Had there been contact there is no way I would have attempted his stunt
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My have saved his life, just before the power is added the A/C appears to slew to the left, its not possible to see from the video but if the the line of parked A/C went to the end of the airfield he was likely to hit one of he had stayed on the ground?
Simon
Simon