Pilot TRIES To Takeoff!

This Twin Otter crashed on takeoff and it was a huge mistake and never should have happened.

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[pilot-debrief]

This is a Twin Otter and the accident investigation revealed:
- the pilots had only taken off from here 3 times prior to this
- the aircraft weighed just over 10K lbs; too much for this airstrip
- it was 1330 feet from the runway threshold to the telephone pole
- the runway was only 950 feet long
- the airstrip runway threshold wasn't clearly marked
- as a result, they left 86 feet of runway behind them
- the crew didn't do a takeoff and climb performance calculation
- they used flaps 30 for takeoff
- they had 40 psi torque on left engine and 42 on the right engine
- they briefed rejected takeoff considerations but didn't adhere to the briefing
- this was a very sad and tragic mishap that could have been easily avoided and I feel terrible for the family of the passenger that died and hope that this short clip offers a few lessons for the aviation community

[Jay.Kellett]

Anytime someone said to my dad..."Are you sure?", he would reply..."Only a fool is sure, let me check."

[TRICKYBYRD]

Can't think of a better place to put a telephone pole but right at the end of a runway.

[Jack-xypz]

Avoidable fatality flights are the most sad.. In this case, and is usual, there's a chain of bad decisions that lead to fatalities. It hurts my heart.

[DT-abcd]

In Vietnam we landed on a short runway in a C130. We had to stop quickly. We were on a mountain.
When they came back with the C130 a few days later. When we took off the engines were running at full speed. Thought the plane would come apart. When we were climbing the top of the trees were touching the bottom of the plane. Damn good pilots.

[Funtravels]

30 years ago, as young pilot I was flying a plane on takeoff with entire family on board and made decision to cut power and slammed on brakes. Taxied off, dumped 300 pounds of weight, did short field take off and barely made it. Realized I almost could have killed myself and entire family had I not made decision to apply brakes. Prior to that event, I had subscribed to NTSB reporter newsletter and had read analysis of many accidents for 2 years, it’s what helped me make decision to abort initial takeoff. More pilot education required and less ego.

[fstroke]

Three things a pilot can never use:
1. Altitude above you
2. Runway behind you
3. Gas you've already burned

[ArcherDiesel]

The owners assured them it was going to be ok. That’s all you really need when flying.👍

[ringandpinion]

It looks like a bush strip in Alaska. When I first moved there I heard a saying, alot, that in Alaska there are a lot of old pilots, a lot of bold pilots, but not a lot of old, bold pilots. After living there for 14 years, I understood.

[Censoredagain]

The coolest airshow i ever saw was a crop duster in Georgia dusting the cotton fields where we hunted. It was a single seat single wing Cessna that sounded like a race plane. The maneuvers he pulled off to miss the trees were absolutely mind-blowing. Greatest air show i had ever seen.
On one long wide feild, he was so low i waved at him when he passed by. At the end of the field, two groves of trees came together. He turned sideways, then straightened up and turned the nose straight up into the sky, did a barrel role, looped back around, and came back to spray more of the big long feild. He was definitely talented!!

[krokodyl]

To the one passenger that got killed, rest in peace. You died needlessly. 🙏✨

[smakfu]

The old saying goes: you never want to run out of altitude, airspeed and ideas simultaneously. Unfortunately, they ended their takeoff roll with a deficit in all three.

[wesbravo]

1st mistake - "The owner assured the pilots..."

[johnhughes]

Congratulations for your work. You did a concise explanation in a short video.

[JasmineSinclair-in]

I got my student pilot instruction, young, and on a small runway that had tall power lines at the end of the runway. That terrified me, and years later, I still get anxiety remembering it. My instructor always said "watch the power lines".

[albendera]

Find it hard to believe they were never trained to do a max short field takeoff as the DHC-6 was built for these kind of strips.

[chriskalantzis]

It’s crazy to consider that this was a pilot that passed a serious amount of tests and flights to get a license…

[cdncitizen]

Pilot is ALWAYS in control and responsible for safety... NOT the "company". Just as Kobe Bryant's helicopter pilot !

[XPinarello]

As a former Firefighter that was stationed next to a municipal airport, I can tell you that nearly every incident that we responded to involved pilot error to some degree. I was on duty the day of the PSA flight 182 crash in San Diego, September 25, 1978. Very tragic scene. Google PSA Flight 182.

[LMays-cuhp]

Thank you for sharing this incident. Condolences tobthe family of this situation.