15 Reckless Pilot Mistakes

Flying is, statistically, one of the safest ways to travel over long distances… but, to maintain this record, aircraft are highly complex vehicles. While the parts are regularly checked, you still need to rely on the people operating the aircraft to be properly trained and to remain alert throughout the flight… because, if they don't, things can quickly go from bad to worse. It's time to buckle your belts and ensure your seat is in the upright position… as, from navigational errors to crashes, landing in the wrong places, and falling asleep at the controls… it's time to reveal the top 15 reckless pilot mistakes.

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[scarysee]

Also, by forgetting to lower the landing gear, the aircraft transformed into a Cessna 182. Amazing.

[TheSilmarillian]

Talking about the hanger one, I did my first solo out of Bankstown Australia first three hundred feet was over residential and factories climb to 800 then slip into the circuit at 1000 feet, same on landing on 21, to be honest there was nowhere to go but you get used 2 that. The first 300 hundred is the most critical will always remember my first solo climbed out 800 joined pattern 1000 and will always remember my thoughts, holy shit I think I even voiced that feeling and went then immediately went back to my training, aviate, navigate, communicate.

[JustPlainRob]

The funny part is that there's no reason you can't open a door or window mid-flight on one of those smaller general aviation planes. There's no pressure differential to suck anything out, and it just gets very loud and windy. It's usually possible to close them again, unless somehow they hinge backward and then you're not getting it closed.

[mirandahotspring]

The first one about the door reminded me of a flight with a friend in a small Cessna. He was pilot and I was in the right seat. We noticed, well after take off, that my door was closed at the bottom but not at the top, the lock was shut but on the outside of the slot and the door was bent out at the top. He told me to try and shut it but I was unable to. He said to unlock the bottom, open it and slam it shut. I did, but as I opened it he put the plane in a steel turn and I was looking straight at the ground a few thousand feet down. I slammed the door and it shut properly. I asked what the hell was doing. He just smiled at me and said, "I thought that would make you give it a decent slam!"

[swagfailscar]

C17s are built for short, rugged runways. Despite typically using longer runways in the US, they don't require 11000 ft of runway for landing. Even when faced with unexpected situations, like this one, the C17 handled it effortlessly.

[MGower]

4:48 This is why pilots follow checklists. That include things like "lower the landing gear". No excuse.

[Highheelsever]

Watching “The Flight Channel” here on YouTube, I have no learned that airplane crashes or any other problems they might have, it is always “pilot error.” And that is the reason that it has made me think twice before flying. I have to acknowledge that I am afraid of flying because you never know what is going to happen and how the pilot(s) are performing. Additionally,
people don’t know how experienced pilots are and if they have had any incidents or problems before. After all, once you board a plane, you are at the mercy of the pilots!

Having said that, I haven’t flown in a very long time for obvious reasons. Maybe I am too paranoid but it is what it is, what can I say. 🤷‍♀️

[davedixon]

C17s are designed to operate from short dirt runways, while the runways they operate from in the US are longer they dont NEED 11000 ft of runway to land and apart from getting a surprise and having to adapt PDQ the C17 in question took it in its stride.

[caiolinnertel]

You stated once in the air there isn’t much to worry about but in visual conditions ALL pilots still are required to “see and avoid” other traffic. General Aviation aircraft under visual flight rules can fly up to but not including 18, 000 feet (FL180), realistically only 17, 500 and don’t have to talk to ATC if outside of most classes of airspace.

[seannash]

Long ago I had read about a small plane landing in a storm. The plane was tossed about so badly that when they finally stopped the pilot and passenger commented on how incredibly short the runway seemed to be. And so very wide.

[MILD-BILL]

THAT WAS AWESOME....I ENJOYED WATCHING

[vernalc]

FUN FACT: Around the 10:00 mark when the narrator is telling us about that frozen river landing in Ruzziia, he casually mentions that temperatures can reach -40F and -40C, that's actually CORRECT! It just happens to work out that way and is strange when you consider that 32F is 0C! (Conversion formula is (degrees in F) - 32 x 5/9) Is it just me? Because I HAD to check that out, lol.

[Sphinx]

How many times does a emergency button being pressed before they put a cover over them to prevent accidental pushes?

[larryweiss]

I owned a Beechcraft Musketeer. It has fixed landing gear, but has a simulated gear up/down for practice.

[charlesbailey]

Congrats Cap! This is first I’ve noticed 4 bars!

[sethkaicer]

Chris Kane showed me all the favorite pilot drinking games.

[CaptainQuark]

Wow! I'm impressed that you got your teeth around the pronunciation of Simon Kapwepwe! 😂

[axon]

The door opening isnt as bad as it sounds, I was flying a plane with a friend next to me when the door opened, so long as every thing is stowed and the occupants belted in, just land like normal.

[tomplayz]

18:24 I have never felt genuinely sick from a video before and I've seen some shit well done

[axon]

The pilot who hit the hangar, 1 thing he didnt do to counteract the turning push left rudder to turn the plane left and stay on the run way.