As a retired Airline Pilot having a lot of hours in 727's and 737's a big hint that the Nose gear has gone down is hearing the Air noise when the gear doors open and as in 727 and 737 the nose gear is almost directly below the cockpit .But without 3 green one would want to abort the landing till you checked if the gear was in fact down. but those who think all older pilots are prone to these types of mistakes is untrue and unkind . One bad pilot don't make all of us bad.
This might be a stretch, but maybe the Captain wanted to retire both the plane and himself in the most dramatic way possible. People can be complicated, plus the plane had to be at the end of its useful life anyway. With 57,932 hours and 42 years in service, that plane had to be near retirement.
@@rogerbrown7659 John Wayne airport has a 5700 foot main Runway so yes a 727 or 737 could use That airport but would not be able to Carry a full load . LaGuardia airport in NYC with it's 7000 foot runways had DC -10 and L-1011 flying out but could Only fly as far as Dallas or Chicago Due to weight fuel/passengers .
@@peterdaba6651 Thanks for the reply . I fly out of Santa Marta Simón Bolívar Airport (5500 ft) several times a year. Enjoy the take off as the A320 rotates at about 25 seconds. I thought that was pretty quick until I just saw this video of 737-800 at John Wayne rotate at 18 seconds. ua-cam.com/video/lcEtM8T0n3E/v-deo.html
It also makes sense at why all the wheels might not deploy when engines are at idle speed and flaps/ slat are deployed at the same time- not enough hydraulic pressure to run all surface controls at the the same time. Surely an experienced captain would have known these idiosyncrasies of the B727 and cycled the landing gear again?
I am an old 27 mechanic and if memory serves me there are 3 inspection covers over each landing gear whereby you remove the cover and can inspect the landing gear to ensure it is over center meaning it is down and locked and at night there is a light switch on the FEs panel. These inspection covers are easy to access. In this video, there is no mention of them. They wound up writing off a beautiful airplane.
Yes, it angers me. How few 727's in service and the jackass pilot sent this one into the ground forever. What a selfish prick. Even I know the situation called for a go around and I'm not a pilot....smh
In addition if i had the been the F/O I would have cycled the gear whether he liked it or not and if it still was showing red and he still wanted to land i would take the contols and go around, then get the emerg. checklist out go throught the procedures and verify its down before you land ! What an idiot, 'fing is right on the capts. part but as a a F/O your ass is still on the line.
Paying attention to the landing gear lights is one of the first things you learn when getting your type-rating on a retractable gear plane. So, yes, that captain was an "effing idiot". Maybe he wanted to "go out" with a smash hit.
@ 10:52…no sh*t Sherlock. I live in Tuscaloosa & remember this event. It was carrying parts for the Mercedes Benz plant outside of Tuscaloosa. Currently @ 6500’, the main runway is being extended in the future to 7700’ . Normally, the biggest planes using TCL are B-757, B-737, or A-320 football charters in the Fall. AF1, utilizing the B-757; have used TCL a couple of times in the past.
Having Driven a Cab 22 Years and Transporting Flight Crews every single Day these Pilots seem to have a Disdain for others they work with. They are not just Grumpy they seem to be very Unhappy and Arrogant people. The young Navy Pilots just have a very Antagonistic mean streak and are not well mannered at all.
A Kalitta 747-200 used to always come in to LAX about 10:30 PM. I knew it was him bc he always went over at 3000 not 3500-4000. One night it was 2200 scared the hell out of me.louder than F--- Im 14 miles from LAX.
From watching videos such as this I have learned that the fault often lies with the extremely experienced Captain. Over confidence, ego and complacency are often to blame. Even with CRM, First officers still do not assert themselves and speak up or even takeover when they should. It's as if they are still afraid to.
All of my trainees did a practice tower fly by to simulate the event of gear failure or any uncertainty. Can't believe the captain didn't consider it...Superb reconstruction by the way...
Back in the day as a private pilot, you could often get a ride in the jumpseat of commercial airliners been with a few captains when they’ve given a briefing before the checks are read they have said to the first officer “I’ll be handling the take off and I want you to immediately speak up. If you see anything you are not happy with or that differs from the items we have briefed with the aircraft “ which Plants in the first officers head a total authority to intervene to the captain and formalises that process, so that it will be automatic for him or her
A non nose gear landing isn’t really that big of a deal. Sure they could’ve gone around and cycled the landing gear up and then attempted to lower it again but if the nose gear was malfunctioning a nose gear up landing was inevitable.
Beautiful plane, such a shame it ended it's days like that 😢 Also aren't the pilots supposed to read the incident log for any recent issues as part of the pre-flight assessment? Assuming it has been noted in there he would have seen the same incident 2 days ago and that it was resolved by cycling the gear. Or did he read it but just assumed that was a faulty switch too?
This was no accident. Or fortunately depending on how one looks at the facts. It certainly was a tragic unnecessary end for both the Captain and a most beloved and admired airplane with over four decades of service. Thank God the Captain's inexcusable actions didn't lead to 4 crew deaths. Possibly a completely preventable crash. Good video.
Hmmm automotive parts from Laredo Texas (near Mexico) to Tuscaloosa Alabama ? The largest Automotive plant in those parts is the Mercedes-Benz Automotive International USA plant, in Tuscaloosa County, near Vance AL. It employs like 4,000+ Alabamans & is where my 2002 MB ML500 was built. They now build all MB SUVs + Crossovers + C Class cars there. I bet that's where these parts were headed.
It's really interesting the attitudes that end up colliding in the cockpit over important decisions that have to be made regardless if it's cargo or souls.
Surprised he didn’t try to taxi it off the runway. Manually cranked the gear down on the old 3 holer more than a few times. Get the hand crank out and start turning. Works great.
Thanks for this content I am a follower of yours in Spanish, both channels have a good descripción of eventos and proper language usage. Best regards from Guatemala.
I was a passenger on a United 727 (into Denver, Stapleton) that had to go around because of an unsafe gear indication. The Nose Gear indicator light bulb had indeed failed. It was night...just like this story. But you know what? We went around and cycled the gear several times. And the RED light wasn't lit, just that the GREEN "down and locked" hadn't displayed...every single attempt. Which led the pilots to do a fly by the tower so that they (the tower) could illuminate us with a spot-light to see if the gear was down or not...which it was. Point being, it wasn't uncommon for those lights to fail, but you never assume that it's "just" a blown bulb.
An excellent example of poor airmanship all round and lousy CRM. I also blame the F/O and Flight Engineer for their lack of assertiveness. This Captain was not fit to command an airplane. A fine example of CRM at its worst.
Hundred percent instead of actually troubleshoot shot it They should’ve realised it was a physical problem -if it was just a light out Generally you would not get any horns or alarms because the limit switches are all met if the light is out and it is a mechanical problem, then you would get the horn.
There's a press to test button for all the lights, Excellent offer from FE to recycle and great choice by FO and FE to Go Around. What was he thinking?
I like this - simple, to the point with specific transcripts. And the music is nice. Too bad about this ol' 3 hole - didn't deserve this. A follow-up would be to see previous incidents with this former captain - a tiger doesn't change its stripes.
As a flight attendant, I can say from experience that the 727 was the most miserable plane to work. It went on forever and the galleys had a lot of sharp edges and created a lot of on-the-job injuries. I did a happy dance when my airline sold them!
mannnn all the warnings over and over and over from the plane and the rest of the crew. at what point does the co pilot or flight engineer over ride the captain and say NO WE ARE NOT LANDING WITH ALL THESE WARNINGS - WE ARE GOING AROUND!?
@@lrparrish227 Both have pluses and minuses. I think I would like the fact that you only have to deal with other pilots - no FAs and pax. much more relaxed - go to lav anytime - eat anytime. But the night flying - no thanks. Also, if I was a young pilot - i would not plan on staying at these cargo airlines. Automation or single pilot will come sooner than you think.
Zero troubleshooting should be considered a criminal act. Seriously, how much trouble would it have been simply to cycle the gear?! I also note that he landed with a 10-knot tailwind instead of asking for a reverse-angle letdown. What a goober!
IF not engine fire suppression ,how not have upper inter wing foam suppression that could SPAY OUT WHEN fire to help ones exit a plane on fire on the ground ?
I am not sure if it's on all aircraft but I know some have a manual release under a hatch in the floor. Then if that didn't work they could try and shake it loose.
I am not sure, if it was designed for carrying boiling missiles, the front has a ballistic design, similar to the 747, and the 3rd engine. The plane is deliberately degraded for misleading purposes.
Possibly, they were extending the landing gear , and ,at the same time, were extending flaps. Both of these work off of the System A hydraulic system (powered by pumps on the #1 and #2 engines)
Does it take a lot of effort to recycle the landing gear? Don't you just flip a switch or push a button? He had time to recycle it and was told he should do it.
This pisses me off. I spent a lot of time on 727 freighters and I don't like seeing one of the few still alive going down like that because of an idiot. FO should've been fired too for not straight up calling a go around.
What a bonehead pilot because of him the jet was scraped and cued of killed all them ,when there is no 3 green go around and try to check it out specially when al the warning balls go off WTF!!!!! Oh by the way another great video!!
‘I got it ?’ ., no tower fly by to see if it’s down ? Not even doing the flash light-view port thing ? Wouldn’t those persistent alarms nag you enough to second guess your flimsy., arrogant assumption ? Did he feel lucky when the mains touched down ? Was he slowly riding the nose down hoping that gear was down ? I wonder if his eyes got wide when the nose was coming down much further than it ever had.., that must’ve felt like a long way down !!! Fortunately, nose wheel up landings usually only result in throwing a shower of sparks and maybe a longer stopping distance. The pilot is either a hero.., or a boob that gets canned.
If it was merely an indication, the gear horn wouldn't have sounded. Immediately upon not getting 3 greens, I do an annunciator light test. With that said, even if it was the bulb, it required a go-around. Ideally, the FO should've taken the controls and did a go-around. He would've had everything on his side in a meeting with the company or the feds. The "smell of smoke" was a really flimsy dodge since it was never mentioned on the CVR...and it MOST CERTAINLY would've been...guaranteed!!!
"Nose gear wasn't down" - no kidding Captain Obvious. Should have (1) recycled the gear to see if the problem either corrected or persisted (2) Aborted the landing and have tower personnel confirm the Nose Gear was properly configured.
His nose gear wasn’t down. That can happen and landed it without incident in spite of no nose gear. Naybe ig was wriup in the log book to be e fixedcand gadn’t veen fixed. That happens. Repirt it to NTSB if you don’t like his landing! Writing it here is not really proper place for this. It aas a cargo flight and no passengers.
He sure did smell smoke - that was his career going up in flames.
actually working for another airline making more money now funny right?
😬😬😬
As a retired Airline Pilot having a lot of hours in 727's and 737's a big hint that the Nose
gear has gone down is hearing the Air noise when the gear doors open and as in 727 and
737 the nose gear is almost directly below the cockpit .But without 3 green one would
want to abort the landing till you checked if the gear was in fact down.
but those who think all older pilots are prone to these types of mistakes is
untrue and unkind . One bad pilot don't make all of us bad.
A totally unrelated question but since you flew the 727 . Could a 727 fly out of John Wayne or is the runway too short?
This might be a stretch, but maybe the Captain wanted to retire both the plane and himself in the most dramatic way possible. People can be complicated, plus the plane had to be at the end of its useful life anyway. With 57,932 hours and 42 years in service, that plane had to be near retirement.
@@rogerbrown7659
John Wayne airport has a 5700 foot main
Runway so yes a 727 or 737 could use
That airport but would not be able to
Carry a full load . LaGuardia airport in
NYC with it's 7000 foot runways had
DC -10 and L-1011 flying out but could
Only fly as far as Dallas or Chicago
Due to weight fuel/passengers .
@@peterdaba6651 Thanks for the reply .
I fly out of Santa Marta Simón Bolívar Airport (5500 ft)
several times a year. Enjoy the take off as the A320 rotates at about 25 seconds.
I thought that was pretty quick until I just saw this video of 737-800 at John Wayne
rotate at 18 seconds.
ua-cam.com/video/lcEtM8T0n3E/v-deo.html
It also makes sense at why all the wheels might not deploy when engines are at idle speed and flaps/ slat are deployed at the same time- not enough hydraulic pressure to run all surface controls at the the same time. Surely an experienced captain would have known these idiosyncrasies of the B727 and cycled the landing gear again?
I am an old 27 mechanic and if memory serves me there are 3 inspection covers over each landing gear whereby you remove the cover and can inspect the landing gear to ensure it is over center meaning it is down and locked and at night there is a light switch on the FEs panel. These inspection covers are easy to access. In this video, there is no mention of them. They wound up writing off a beautiful airplane.
Yes, it angers me. How few 727's in service and the jackass pilot sent this one into the ground forever. What a selfish prick. Even I know the situation called for a go around and I'm not a pilot....smh
Not only is there inspection holes. There is a crank to manually lower the gear. He also had a mechanic onboard. Poor piloting by the Captain.
If I was the First Officer I would’ve felt like turning to the captain after they stopped and said “You effing idiot.”
CVR indicates that was EXACLY what the first officer said! And the flight engineer, too
“Captain, here’s a number to call: 1.800.ass.whup.”
In addition if i had the been the F/O I would have cycled the gear whether he liked it or not and if it still was showing red and he still wanted to land i would take the contols and go around, then get the emerg. checklist out go throught the procedures and verify its down before you land ! What an idiot, 'fing is right on the capts. part but as a a F/O your ass is still on the line.
Paying attention to the landing gear lights is one of the first things you learn when getting your type-rating on a retractable gear plane. So, yes, that captain was an "effing idiot". Maybe he wanted to "go out" with a smash hit.
Captain refused to believe his instruments & now the B727 stretch is reduced to soda 🥤 cans!😫
@ 10:52…no sh*t Sherlock. I live in Tuscaloosa & remember this event. It was carrying parts for the Mercedes Benz plant outside of Tuscaloosa. Currently @ 6500’, the main runway is being extended in the future to 7700’ .
Normally, the biggest planes using TCL are B-757, B-737, or A-320 football charters in the Fall. AF1, utilizing the B-757; have used TCL a couple of times in the past.
The most dangerous people in the skies are high time, arrogant, Captains.
Yes, no finer example than the KLM 747 captain at Tenerife in 1977
Works both ways unfortunately, look at American Airlines Flight 1420 Litttle Rock for example!
Having Driven a Cab 22 Years and Transporting Flight Crews every single Day these Pilots seem to have a Disdain for others they work with. They are not just Grumpy they seem to be very Unhappy and Arrogant people. The young Navy Pilots just have a very Antagonistic mean streak and are not well mannered at all.
@@chrisstromberg6527 I put some blame for that on the scheduler too. It was a risky flight plan, looking at the weather.
Don't forget, they are almost always White, too.
A Kalitta 747-200 used to always come in to LAX about 10:30 PM. I knew it was him bc he always went over at 3000 not 3500-4000. One night it was 2200 scared the hell out of me.louder than F--- Im 14 miles from LAX.
From watching videos such as this I have learned that the fault often lies with the extremely experienced Captain. Over confidence, ego and complacency are often to blame. Even with CRM, First officers still do not assert themselves and speak up or even takeover when they should. It's as if they are still afraid to.
Yes. One starts to feel really super at around 500 hours from ab initio! Happened to me!
I guess that poor old 727 never flew again after that one..
That’ll buff right out. Just ask the Captain, he’ll tell ya. 😂
In each of these incident videos, I always find myself sad for the aircraft because your format makes the aircraft the main character. Well done
All of my trainees did a practice tower fly by to simulate the event of gear failure or any uncertainty. Can't believe the captain didn't consider it...Superb reconstruction by the way...
Right but being it was after dark the Tower personel couldn't see to verify gear down or up status, right ?
Right but being it was after dark the Tower personel couldn't see to verify gear down or up status, right ?
These ego maniac captains, I don't get it. This could have been catastrophic. I'm not riding down with them. Fire me later, but I'm alive.
Back in the day as a private pilot, you could often get a ride in the jumpseat of commercial airliners been with a few captains when they’ve given a briefing before the checks are read they have said to the first officer “I’ll be handling the take off and I want you to immediately speak up. If you see anything you are not happy with or that differs from the items we have briefed with the aircraft “ which Plants in the first officers head a total authority to intervene to the captain and formalises that process, so that it will be automatic for him or her
@@malcolmwhite6588 vvitch items?
A non nose gear landing isn’t really that big of a deal. Sure they could’ve gone around and cycled the landing gear up and then attempted to lower it again but if the nose gear was malfunctioning a nose gear up landing was inevitable.
@@milesaway3699 tipi yaya
@@milesaway3699 madame perquacky
Beautiful plane, such a shame it ended it's days like that 😢 Also aren't the pilots supposed to read the incident log for any recent issues as part of the pre-flight assessment? Assuming it has been noted in there he would have seen the same incident 2 days ago and that it was resolved by cycling the gear. Or did he read it but just assumed that was a faulty switch too?
Lack of CRM in a Kalitta bird. Shocker...
"It wasn`t down"
Had me laughing.
Yeah, I was surprised the copilot didn’t say “no shit.”
Capt.Obvious 🤣
well, it wasn't not up
That was a BFO: blinding flash of the obvious.
I like your high quality videos. The graphics are incredible!
Thank you very much!
This was no accident. Or fortunately depending on how one looks at the facts. It certainly was a tragic unnecessary end for both the Captain and a most beloved and admired airplane with over four decades of service. Thank God the Captain's inexcusable actions didn't lead to 4 crew deaths. Possibly a completely preventable crash. Good video.
Hmmm automotive parts from Laredo Texas (near Mexico) to Tuscaloosa Alabama ?
The largest Automotive plant in those parts is the Mercedes-Benz Automotive International USA plant, in Tuscaloosa County, near Vance AL.
It employs like 4,000+ Alabamans & is where my 2002 MB ML500 was built.
They now build all MB SUVs + Crossovers + C Class cars there.
I bet that's where these parts were headed.
It's really interesting the attitudes that end up colliding in the cockpit over important decisions that have to be made regardless if it's cargo or souls.
Thank you for these great videos. Very thorough and interesting
After a long career like that a pilot can feel and hear when the nose gear comes out!
The captain was an idiot....
Arrogant!
Surprised he didn’t try to taxi it off the runway. Manually cranked the gear down on the old 3 holer more than a few times. Get the hand crank out and start turning. Works great.
You're gonna need a bigger jack.
The most time of flying some captains have, they becomes so confident ,they only cause accidents, at least in this case was not fatalities
Legend has it, the pilot has since accrued 40,000 more hours in the 727 flying for Aero Sucre.
10 bonus points for bringing Aero Sucre into the chat 😂😅🤣
He's now flying for Air Banana Republic. Left Kalitta Charters off his CV.
Thanks for this content I am a follower of yours in Spanish, both channels have a good descripción of eventos and proper language usage. Best regards from Guatemala.
I was a passenger on a United 727 (into Denver, Stapleton) that had to go around because of an unsafe gear indication. The Nose Gear indicator light bulb had indeed failed. It was night...just like this story. But you know what? We went around and cycled the gear several times. And the RED light wasn't lit, just that the GREEN "down and locked" hadn't displayed...every single attempt. Which led the pilots to do a fly by the tower so that they (the tower) could illuminate us with a spot-light to see if the gear was down or not...which it was. Point being, it wasn't uncommon for those lights to fail, but you never assume that it's "just" a blown bulb.
This might be the dumbest actions of a captain I have ever seen.
I would have said to the Captain, eff you, you fool you almost killed all of us!”
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Welcome aboard!
No excuse for that!
definitely the captain , don't want to be flying with ! at least he didn't kill everyone !!!
3 warnings from the first and second officers, as well as a clearly unstable short final = recipe for disaster.
Confirmation bias is dangerous!
An excellent example of poor airmanship all round and lousy CRM. I also blame the F/O and Flight Engineer for their lack of assertiveness. This Captain was not fit to command an airplane. A fine example of CRM at its worst.
Hundred percent instead of actually troubleshoot shot it They should’ve realised it was a physical problem -if it was just a light out Generally you would not get any horns or alarms because the limit switches are all met if the light is out and it is a mechanical problem, then you would get the horn.
Don't forget they had a mechanic on board and he should have spoke up.
There's a press to test button for all the lights, Excellent offer from FE to recycle and great choice by FO and FE to Go Around. What was he thinking?
I like this - simple, to the point with specific transcripts. And the music is nice. Too bad about this ol' 3 hole - didn't deserve this. A follow-up would be to see previous incidents with this former captain - a tiger doesn't change its stripes.
Did Kalitta Ait have a CRM programme ? Ignoring the suggestions of the F.O. and F.E. was absurd. Cycling the gear would likely have fixed the problem.
What a tragic way to end a career. After all his years of flying, this is the memory that will stick with him the rest of his life
As a flight attendant, I can say from experience that the 727 was the most miserable plane to work. It went on forever and the galleys had a lot of sharp edges and created a lot of on-the-job injuries. I did a happy dance when my airline sold them!
mannnn all the warnings over and over and over from the plane and the rest of the crew. at what point does the co pilot or flight engineer over ride the captain and say NO WE ARE NOT LANDING WITH ALL THESE WARNINGS - WE ARE GOING AROUND!?
That's why he was flying for the freight dogs... couldn't get hired by a major thank god with people onboard.
I prefer the freight flying one passengers any day.
@@lrparrish227 Both have pluses and minuses. I think I would like the fact that you only have to deal with other pilots - no FAs and pax. much more relaxed - go to lav anytime - eat anytime. But the night flying - no thanks. Also, if I was a young pilot - i would not plan on staying at these cargo airlines. Automation or single pilot will come sooner than you think.
It baffles the average mind...Why? And where is he now?
He’s a greeter at our local Walmart.
Plane retired and dismantled. Captain retired, reputation dismantled.
I'm sure the pilot retired along with this plane. They both had too much flight time for their air frames to handle!
Don't understand why the FE didn't use a flashlight and the cockpit floor inspection window to confirm the nose gear
Zero troubleshooting should be considered a criminal act. Seriously, how much trouble would it have been simply to cycle the gear?! I also note that he landed with a 10-knot tailwind instead of asking for a reverse-angle letdown. What a goober!
Tuscaloosa, Ala...Roll Tide!❤🏈
Indicators are like fuses and circuit breakers folks. They're a safety check. That aircraft was telling them things weren't okay.
IF not engine fire suppression ,how not have upper inter wing foam suppression that could SPAY OUT WHEN fire to help ones exit a plane on fire on the ground ?
Emm... My bad it wasnt down...lol had me in tears
Surprised there were no sparks on the runway when nose touched down. Does that normally happen that way?
There must have been.
I did social work inside a state prison for 15 years. We had precisely the same problem there..... in spades.
What? Nose gear problems?
Conn Airé
@@Bren39 Yes indeed !!! Actually, reporting problems to supervisors who then ignored them.
Ouch-should have gone to a go-around as soon as the alarm sounded.
...typical for Kalitta. Why am I not surprised?
Excessive confidence of the captain.
I'm guessing the captain was not offered a 709 ride from the FAA.
What a shame. The 727 seemed like it had been a fairly good airplane despite its age.
Captain probably quietly became an instructor at different airline 😮.
“It wasn’t down”….YA THINK! 😂 😂😂
Pilot was probably sick of company ignoring problems and said screw it, this will wake somebody up.
He decided to retire the old bird...and himself, in one grand gesture. It's not really a crazy theory.
I always thought there was a way to deploy the landing gear manually. But I guess not.
There is. But you have to actually use some crm, go around and do the procedure, ie use some actual aeronautical skill.
I am not sure if it's on all aircraft but I know some have a manual release under a hatch in the floor. Then if that didn't work they could try and shake it loose.
There is. On the B727, there were three trap doors on the cockpit floor, where a crank is inserted and turned
Aww heck - the pilot was probably just a Bama fan eager to get to T-town.
Tough to believe an experienced crew would make such a rookie mistake.
It WASN'T the crew, it was the dumbass, arrogant Captain that refused to listen to the other pilots! He alone is to blame!
I am not sure, if it was designed for carrying boiling missiles, the front has a ballistic design, similar to the 747, and the 3rd engine. The plane is deliberately degraded for misleading purposes.
I wonder what el capitan was feel in his stomach as he slid down the runway. 😮
The captain's comment reminds me that years ago a teacher said to me "you're a master of the obvious".
Would the outcome be any different if he went around 🤔
Possibly, they were extending the landing gear , and ,at the same time, were extending flaps. Both of these work off of the System A hydraulic system (powered by pumps on the #1 and #2 engines)
Does it take a lot of effort to recycle the landing gear? Don't you just flip a switch or push a button? He had time to recycle it and was told he should do it.
Big lever on f/o panel. Pull it out and up, then off, then down
Absolutely no effing way I'm going to watch a video with a title like this one.
There old pilots, and bold pilots, but no old, bold pilots.
This pisses me off. I spent a lot of time on 727 freighters and I don't like seeing one of the few still alive going down like that because of an idiot. FO should've been fired too for not straight up calling a go around.
Any landing is a good landing.....go around is always risk....
A Captains famous LASt WORDS AS A PILOT.."yeah, shoulda"!
or "oops"
Brave old bird ! 🕊🐦🛬✈
What a bonehead pilot because of him the jet was scraped and cued of killed all them ,when there is no 3 green go around and try to check it out specially when al the warning balls go off WTF!!!!! Oh by the way another great video!!
Captain (after the engines are shut down): Oh well, so much for that job. I wonder if Piggly Wiggly is hiring?
‘I got it ?’ ., no tower fly by to see if it’s down ? Not even doing the flash light-view port thing ? Wouldn’t those persistent alarms nag you enough to second guess your flimsy., arrogant assumption ? Did he feel lucky when the mains touched down ? Was he slowly riding the nose down hoping that gear was down ? I wonder if his eyes got wide when the nose was coming down much further than it ever had.., that must’ve felt like a long way down !!! Fortunately, nose wheel up landings usually only result in throwing a shower of sparks and maybe a longer stopping distance. The pilot is either a hero.., or a boob that gets canned.
Capt is fired or should be. First officer should also be gone for not being more aggressive.
Crm failed! The Captain has all the responsibility!
Why in hell have all the warnings if you're just going to ignore them, and why are guys like this not in prison for the rest of their lives?
42 years old!!
You're Fired....
I remember when this happened
If it was merely an indication, the gear horn wouldn't have sounded. Immediately upon not getting 3 greens, I do an annunciator light test. With that said, even if it was the bulb, it required a go-around. Ideally, the FO should've taken the controls and did a go-around. He would've had everything on his side in a meeting with the company or the feds. The "smell of smoke" was a really flimsy dodge since it was never mentioned on the CVR...and it MOST CERTAINLY would've been...guaranteed!!!
Never read the manual, do not deploy gear at idle.
Accidents are caused by Human Error,Airplane Systems and Airport
Controllers.
Doesn't look real to me, it looked like it was probably AI generated or something.
Cap: That's what they make warning lights and horns for DOH!!!
Alabama has airports…?
Yassuh we sho does
"Nose gear wasn't down" - no kidding Captain Obvious. Should have (1) recycled the gear to see if the problem either corrected or persisted (2) Aborted the landing and have tower personnel confirm the Nose Gear was properly configured.
I retired and went into Politics. I am now the President. That gear is definitely down.
hey let's all find different jobs.....!!!
"It wasn't down."
No s**t Sherlock.
Typical pilot. Tried to lie his way out of his own screw up.
His nose gear wasn’t down. That can happen and landed it without incident in spite of no nose gear. Naybe ig was wriup in the log book to be e fixedcand gadn’t veen fixed. That happens. Repirt it to NTSB if you don’t like his landing! Writing it here is not really proper place for this. It aas a cargo flight and no passengers.
What a fool !
I’d say the pilot just didn’t give crap anymore. Endangering the lives of the others was not good.
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