Airplane Crash In-Cockpit Footage: Stinson 108-3

[rob]

Broken jaw probably came from one of the passengers after the crash

[angc]

He flew over a lot of open ground without achieving a positive rate. There was plenty of opportunity to put it down safely.

[GamingwithGamerGirls]

He had just the right amount of lift to get him all the way to the crash site!

[hughboyle]

Everytime I see this I am dumbfounded that he refused to recognize their situation. He had so much opportunity to set that plane down, address the situation and formulate a more effective plan. I know hindsight is 20/20 but the outcome of this failed attempt was clear. Hope they all recovered.

[dazedconfuzed]

I'm no pilot, but if you are still only 50 ft off the ground after left off 2 minutes ago it might be a good idea to set it down while you can because there is obviously a problem.

[frfrdr]

In a nutshell: This is what it looks like when your density altitude equals your service ceiling.

[apexkilla]

The pilot was denser than the air around him.

[iParsian]

What I have learned so far from my short flying experiences is that flying safe needs a lot of courage and awareness. Saying I am not doing this flight is sometimes very hard but might save you in end!

[juliebrewer]

When it touched down on the runwary on its take off run, that's when he should have closed the throttle and stopped the the take off roll.

[johnboyle]

Takeoffs are optional, landings are mandatory!

[kingofcastlechaos]

Anyone with any time PIC knows that the tendency to believe that we can fix the situation given one more second is a VERY real feeling. I've never had three other adult men (much heavier) in a single before, and never done any takeoffs near that altitude. Very fortunate they had the tall spindly type of forest to absorb the energy and not spear anyone. Lucky people.

[randmayfield]

Just up the road from Stanely on an early July Sunday morning back in 1987, I believe, I was driving along the Salmon river and noticed a small single engine plane flying along the river at about 2000 feet. The canyon was spotted with vapor clouds, or "water-dogs" as the locals called them, when the plane flew into one became disoriented and crashed into the canyon wall killing the family of three passengers. I witnessed the whole thing. It was a sad day.

[Quasihamster]

"It doesn't seem to want to fly, shouldn't we better put it down somewhere?"
"I'll try in the forest over there..."

[masso]

100% Pilot. The first skid back on the runway should have rung a bell.. NO GO

[Slash]

Scary situation, it's like he thought he might gain enough airspeed to get enough altitude to play with but you could see him trading the little airspeed he had for altitude when the trees got close. I was pleased they all walked away from that with relatively minor injuries.

[JohnnyMUTube]

Pilot's wife, "What the hell happened?"

Pilot, "I couldn't get it up."

Pilot's wife, "I've known that for 30 years, I meant the damn plane!"

[ashadowawhisper]

"Gotta-get-there-itis" is a real killer.

[ScoutSniper]

After realizing his aircraft wasn't climbing, he should have looked over at the fattest passenger, motioned to the door and yelled "Take One for the TEAM!"

[yuvegotmale]

I have watched this video sooo many times. This gives you a perfect situation of high altitude denstiy....low powered plane, overweight plane. and high temperature, the results are not surprising to anyone . Its amazing all survied. Like my mother used to you learn anything from this"

[crawford]

Stinson is a great machine. I owned one for several years. All my flights were lowlands and never maxed out as for as weight, the aircraft was fun to fly and was quite capable. There existed only 4 ADs on the airframe and one of this was to remove the ashtray. The Franklin engine was smooth running but because for a time, parts were not available for the engine, many choose to retrofit a 180 hp engine which increased the capacity of an already great airframe.