Many of you asked for this video and finally the FAA released the OFFICIAL audio including the succeeding phone conversations. This video took a very long time to edit so please, give it a BIG LIKE and always watch out for the runway you've been assigned to!! =D
"Chewie, we're receiving a transmission about a possible pilot deviation! Quick, get ready to make the jump to hyperspace! ...Chewie? Chewie, you there? .... Well, I can still outmaneuver them!"
You know what I like about ATCs and pilots, you can have near death incidents and they're still calmer and more courteous than people being held up in a McDonald's drive thru.
I done a little basic flight training, maybe embarrassing but thank goodness nobody gets hurt! it sounds like everybody has had about 15 red bulls in the beginning I cant understand anything their saying, I don't have the aptitude for that at all!
I'm sure there are many non-famous Harrison Fords out there, too. Then again he said "I won't release your information to anyone else" so he probably recognized him.
You could tell when Tower realized who he was talking to. It was right after Ford muttered it’s a big deal for me. And no ATC has no idea Harrison Ford is flying Niner Hotel Uniform. It’s just another taildragger at a busy commercial hub to them.
@@eatshit2863 dont say that about Harrison Ford, he is a treasure to this world, he will be missed when he passes away but we dont plan to have that happen for a long time.
@Julian Moses First time a NATO fighter aircraft came to visit a Hungarian airbase he joyfully landed on the taxiway (I think it was a Tornado). He claimed controller instructed him (concrete or asphalt?) but had no problem, visually checked it be clear, only commented was a bit bumpy (at 160kts landing hell yeah :) :) :) ).
@Julian Moses i was on short final for the wrong runway when i was a student pilot - quickly asked tower for clearance for the correct runway which i got successfully (whew) tower still had me call but since i had clearance technically i didnt do anything wrong so there was no deviation report - great lesson for me tho
@UCqeuyI0kmVpc_IufvhiHCqg I guess it is almost the same as a train operator is running a red light? Alot of paperwork and it takes a few weeks until you are cleared to pilot a train again (if you're not fired) at least where I live. I almost ran a red light once but managed to stop a few centimeters from the signal, the train controller didn't say anything either that time. I learned my lesson too and if there is something I double check nowadays is that I have a green light infront of me. x)
Knowing Harrison Ford and his history, he was likely stoned. Dude smokes more weed than Marley. My friend's cousin used to supply him a few years back... pounds and pounds for Han Solo, let me tell ya. Very lucky that he didn't cause an international incident and cost people their lives.
I remember, quite a few years ago being on Lima, holding short of 20R, between the runways, waiting for a small private twin to land on 20R. So, we're chatting about something and I'm looking for the twin on final, and when I see him, I notice that his gear is not down. I mentioned this to my FO and made a dumb remark like, "I wonder if he's going to throw the gear out in the flare like the Space Shuttle used to do." Well, as he passes in front of us, maybe 50' above the runway, my FO gets on the radio and says, "twin engine aircraft over the numbers of 20R, GO AROUND, your gear is not down!" So, the guy, sounding like an elderly gentleman, says he's going around. Shortly after, he keys his mike again and thanks us for noticing and directing the go around. Be careful out there and fly safe.
You might have made it possible for this guy to make a bigger mistake later. You did the right thing though. But eventually they make new planes out of bent ones.
Not quite true, Bob. I've heard that at least three times - Boston approach, Baltimore approach, Tallil AB tower, Iraq - and each time an air traffic controller was decertified. I would surmise that hundreds or even thousands of other professional pilots have had similar experiences.
"I landed on Charlie??" Lol! In my mind I can see Harrison Ford sort of staring into the distance with that baffled Harrison Ford face as he's saying that!
Tower: "Sir, the odds of successfully navigating less than 100 ft above an airliner while landing on a taxiway is approxim-" Ford: "Never tell me the odds!"
You can hear it in his voice - AND in his words. He doesn't try to laugh it off (and no, self-deprecating humor of calling oneself "a smuck" is NOT lauging it off), and when told "it's not a big deal" (refering to a minor delay) he answers with "it's a big deal _for me"_ (clearly refering to the whole thing). He was being harsher with himself that everyone else combined.
nicenicemusic Then I wouldn't be as flexible with the reprimand. He did not sound good. Not sharp at all. He didn't know he landed on Charlie? Skimmed over at 82'? That's not a simple stop sign violation. Riddle me this, lovelies, if I am "familiar with my driveway" why would I pull onto a side street thinking it was correct? He was clueless of what he did even when he was on the ground? Not buying it. For his own safety, and ours. In his golf course accident, did u know he had, "...dislocated his ankle, broke his back, shattered his pelvis, a concussion, large laceration across his forehead and retroamnesia for FIVE DAYS after the accident" (his own words here). His responses are slow to questioning yrs. later in interviews and his demeanor now is agitated without provocation, etc., etc. Brain trauma, PTSD are parting gifts from his adventures w/o question. Did u know a "compromised" brain during this emergency causes the brain to be triggered again into trauma, possibly explaining his semi-drunken sounding/confused voice. We all love him and Calista doesnt deserve to be a widow this way. Fly safe everyone.
I'm a bit shocked how old and weary he sounds. When he's communicating with the tower for landing, it sounds like he's pleading "Ooh, I'm an old man, my back is killing me and my legs aren't what they used to be..."
Yeah they are, kinda, tactical thinking people. Ok he shouldn't be there but ATC handles the situation as is, not as it should be. Like: ok so far I have never seen a real UFO from outer space but now there is one approahing so I give him vector for 20L and what was your callsign again?...
@@koborkutya7338 which is the right way to be someone who has to handle air traffic. Gotta deal with what’s happening, not what you want to be happening. If the damn space shuttle comes into your airspace needing an emergency landing, you give it vectors, clearance, clear a runway, and designate a taxiway for it to vacate. You don’t complain that it’s not supposed to be there until it crashes.
Ford: “Was that airliner supposed to be under me” ATC: “That’s a negative sir, he was holding short of the runway, you landed on Charlie” Ford:”I landed on Charlie?” ATC: “Yes and say parking?” IDK why that made me laugh so hard.
Crazy how pilots and ATC, accustomed to making sure they don't jam up the radio by talking over one another, seem to do completely the opposite on the phone.
The FAA left him off with some counciling and a quiz, due to a clean 20 year record and full understanding and cooperation on this case. They specifically said that he isn't a mere weekend pilot like many other celebrities. So yeah this was a serious error but not worth revoking his license for in the greater scheme. And while he should have gone around after seeing a plane on where he believed his runway to be, he had full awareness of it, so the risk was much lower than the news made people believe.
thanks for posting the results of it but I can't agree, he should have aborted the landing, imagine it's foggy and there's something else taxing 200m in front of him.... he had crashed the shit outta it cause in that moment he thought he's not doing anything wrong, in case in doubt pull it up imo.
I would not care to judge Mr. Ford harshly. Two accidents and one incident over many years flying is not far off the mark considering the type of flying involved. His heli crash during training is not unusual. Gliding a helicopter (autorotation) is a difficult skill to learn and maintain. I’ve personally seen a number of helicopters damaged or written off this way with fully qualified instructors at the controls. Kodos to Mr Ford for simply admitting “I broke it”. The golf course crash was an engine failure. No pilot error there. Finally, the taxiway landing; not dangerous, just embarrassing. Terribly embarrassing. I feel for the guy. I’m pilot, mechanic, flight instructor and maintenance professor. Helicopters and airplanes. Five forced landings, no crashes, no violations, no fines. Have I made mistakes over the years? Yup. I just didn’t end up on UA-cam.
@@paulhuizenga5006 According to the article you linked, neither incident was due to pilot error. The plane was an engine failure and the helicopter was a mechanical failure.
In the simulator, I almost landed on the 'wrong' runway (Taxiway C) at KSNA just like Harrison Ford because those 2 asphalt islands on the left side of taxiway C from a distance look like the dominant black 'lane' and resemble the runway on the left side. And once you fixate on THAT being the runway, you're mind disregards visuals cues for the actual runway like the chevrons and "20L" for the actual runway. Plus when Han Solo was lining up on Taxiway C, the American 738 wasn't blocking the taxiway at that time and was still slowly lurking along L. It was only once Ford was committed to landing did the 738 taxi underneath his glideslope, and it looked like Ford took minor evasive action by landing high and long, which is why he inquired about the airliner after he landed. So definitely some mitigating factors in Ford's favor on this one.
My question is..... Since he saw it before he overflew it why did he not go around.... THAT is the biggest problem ..... Ford continued into a dangerous situation. THINK ABOUT IT
@@hotrodray6802 wtf was dangerous about that he was far from hitting any tail it wasn't even in the same parallel as him. Also he could see it obviously he won't crash into it. Sure it's not acceptable since there are rules on a runway but in no universe would he crash there. I dont get it..
in aviation getting this close is considered an incident and as such must be investigated. he could not crash into it but had anything else failed then maybe. also the investigation has to prove it was his mistake to land on C
This kind of stuff is why I quit flying in '07. I was making too many mistakes, and flying is one of the most unforgiving activities there is. I miss the air, but enjoy staying alive more.
Robnord1 - Yeah Buddy!! I chose life as well just like you and Sid on "Ice Age" for same reason you stated PLUS found you could do everything right piloting even a Cessna 150 & end up very dead! In '74 passed ground school & on 4th lesson took off VFR from Ypsilanti in late fall. Flew around per instructions & winter storm just moving in so back to airport, approached runway, at 30ft saw white blur to left, left wing thrown up 90 degrees to runway! Lost airspeed too so whipped wheel to left, full power, full rich, prayed to God, dropped out of air, & bounced on right wheel. Had over-corrected, gave it right wheel, bounced on wrong wheel, got it centered, bounced on both wheels, and then finally lit in raging snowstorm stopping ASAP! Instructor KO'd from slamming rt window, we were advised Ford parts heavy right behind us, so as now blind, the controller directed trip to Air Service apron from tower. Instructor still out & his blood all over from splitting head open. Plane undamaged except needing cleanup in aisle 2 as Instructor had also pissed pants. We got him patched up & Mechanic loaned him coveralls. Our presence requested in tower & we thought they'd be PO'd, but that was not the case. Pilots from following cargo plane already there w/Capt exclaiming "Wow...that's the best worst landing I've ever seen"!! Senior Air Controller that had guided us to Air Service explained what we hit was huge snow devil or small snow tornado throwing wing up, that had formed and blew across runway just as lucky us set to touch down. We had to fill out paperwork for near miss or some such incident with all putting down what we knew about it. Instructor wrote weather quick changing VFR to IFR so immediate return with student still at controls, almost down, then woke up in Air Service Office with big guy holding me down for lady EMT stitching rt side of head back together, what the hell happened?? Senior Controller who had just happened to witness it wrote best possible outcome as "Cartwheeling, massive double fatality crash closing my runway"!! Other than cleaning up the Air Service's plane I ABANDONED LEARNING TO FLY! After Wawa, Ontario deal next year in a Beaver settling to land on lake socked in by fog, from rt seat I yelled "MOUNTAIN" and pointed (almost) dead ahead we were already there! Pilot pulled column back, full throttle, full rich, shouted full flaps which I provided, and plane struggled straight up. Have you ever seen a mountain's sheer vertical rock face right tight to your pontoons?? Pilot used last of airspeed for a 180 & down the rock face we went, then the wooded section w/frickin' treetop we couldn't miss, so right between the pontoons we trimmed it soaring back up into the relative safety of the fog bank. Under the circumstances, my Buddy and me offered free in/out service whenever we wanted to come back fishin'!! We never went back as had both chose life, JUST LIKE YOU!!! (sorry about length of comment)
@@erwinschmidt7265 My cousin did the same, had an incident up around WAWA.. (it's indian word for the sound that geese make ), apparently lost all power, incl electrical, just after takeoff in a single , prego native woman and family on board.. he managed to ditch safely , though I don't know the details..I believe the battery wasn't connected correctly, and things were jury wired and killed the fuel pump most likely killing the engine.. apparently shoddy maint was common up north back then.. luckily you guys were in a legendary stol plane, with a big old torquey wasp , and a wing with high lift devices, don't know if a 182 has that kind of performance off the water , or at low speeds.. Beaver's a beast
@@beieber4life he's not. When you know you screwed up your nerves go to shit and your brain gets befuddled. Sometimes when people are stressed they're less than graceful. If it hasn't happened to you yet, it will someday.
Time is money, hes just getting he's short field landings in. We always used to practice passing an obstacle of 50ft then land as quick as possible. Once clear, chop the power and drop on the ground ;)
wolly k If true, you must have been military? Can’t see any reason civil aviators would even want to practice that skill, given you don’t actually want to fly that close to another plane. Military is a whole different story though since speed can become top priority.
@@newname4405 Short field landing is a mandatory landing technic for all civil pilots in the US. Basically ots to prove you can land the aircraft in the minimum landing distance from the aircraft manual. Im civil, just been teaching pilots to fly for a handfull of years. Obviously he fucked up and missed the runways. Edit: you dont do it over other airplanes ofcourse.
Thanks for including the phone conversations, that was interesting to listen to! I love how consistent you are with the endings of your videos, you always inform us of what happened at the end, if there were some casualties, damage or anything like that. This gives additional value to your posts.
@ Well, he is a plane and helicopter pilot so I think he knows a bit more than acting. One of my friends was in the same helicopter training school with Ford and said he was quite intelligent and a hard worker.
JohnnyCacao It can mean a few things, but often it means that the controller believes you make a mistake. They would usually tell you this by saying “possible pilot deviation, call the tower”. What happens after that depends on what you did and how pissed off the controller is. If you are lucky, maybe they will just give you a friendly reminder. If it’s more serious, then they would collect information and file a report with the FSDO (local FAA safety office). if that happens, most cases you would get an official warning or they might require you to take remedial training. If you did something reckless they could suspend or revoke your certificate. Usually that would be for very serious infractions or if you have a previous record of infractions. But sometimes they just want to clarify something. Maybe there was a misunderstanding or a disagreement they want to discuss. Or really anything else they want to talk about without tying up the radio frequency. Maybe they had problems reading your transponder or they just wanted to apologize for inconveniencing you because they were dealing with another situation.
6:27 "Oh...." I think that's where the tower guy realises who it is. He's very reassuring about the phone number privacy, I think because he's realised by then.
Air Traffic Control: What's going on down there? Come in! Harrison Ford: Uh, everything is under control. Situation normal. ATC: What happened? HF: [flustered] Uh, had a slight landing malfunction. But, uh, everything's perfectly all right now. We're fine. We're all fine here, now, thank you. How are you?
I'm not going to comment on Mr. Ford's actions or piloting ability, but I did want to say that man, VASAviation did an awesome job on the editing for this video and it really shows. Thanks for putting all the information together in an easily digestible format.
One of the things I like about the Aviation industry is how professional and calm everyone is even when people make potentially very dangerous mistakes. Good job all around at the response to this.
A large part of that is that everybody knows it *will* be followed up, investigated and the person found responsible will face some sort of action, whether retraining, reprimand or more serious consequences. Not so when someone nearly kills you on the highway, and even if you can get the cops to take a report, it'll be dumped as "no harm, no foul" as soon as you're out the door.
Jeffrey Lebowski It is their job to be professional when doing coms. When in an emergency, which kind of voice do you want to hear? An panicky voice that sounds like he or she does not know what to do or an calm guiding voice which sound that he or she has this under control?
Anders Mostue If you want an emotional one, go listen to the 17 year old solo student whose main gear fell off the airplane at Beverly, MA. She did great, can you imagine? As for ATC in general, I've heard a lot of stuff on the air over the years that was absolutely hilarious! Also some scary things of course...
I was thinking a similar thought. That ATC was as cool as it comes. Dude lands on a taxiway and the ATC just keeps going like it happens all the time and no big deal. Didn't even say anything until he was asked what happened by the pilot.
The odds are the control tower staff will be unharmed. If you want to see them scream... there have been stories of people flying at the tower in protest... In south america often passenger jets are under-filled, so there have been incidents of engine and power failures while the control tower is calmly holding them for a busy runway, with the pilots getting very agitated. Control tower - relatively speaking - is low risk.
When talking to the tower, he sounded like I sound when I get pulled over for speeding. Like you know you screwed up and you have no idea how mean they're going to be to you. You could clearly hear he was upset with himself for it. The tower handled that whole thing really professionally. Kept totally calm, just get him where he needs to be and the guy he spoke to "no big deal, we've just gotta file the paperwork and review what happened." Man, could have been FAR worse. Glad no one was injured.
@@donnebes9421 if you're a pilot and make a mistake and admit it, as long as it wasn't intentional or display of severe grossful negligence, you will not be punished. It's called just culture and it should be upheld everywhere in the world of aviation. Its installed everywhere, and it's a safety net for us pilots, if we fuck up and come clean and are honest nothing will happen, just filing some paperwork and the scare, of course repeating it will not look good. If you get trashed for admitting your mistakes, go to the authority of aviation in the respective country and file an inquiry, because if we gotta be scared of the consequences of making mistakes, then a lot of us wouldn't wanna stay in the industry.
BubbaFilms lmao it reminded me of my grandpa. "Sorry son go ahead." Yeah so grandpa the other da..." so it was 1970 the world was a fun and exciting..." *damn it grandpa*
Speculation here, but I thought he was walking somewhere (backpack, wind noise) and was talking to someone who needed to pass him when he said to go ahead.
In 1980, I was a lineman for Beechcraft West @ VNY. Harrison Ford went up with one of our instructors several different times, in a Beech Sport 150. I don't recall if this was his initial flight instruction towards his PPL or not. I had the pleasure of meeting and chatting with Mr. Ford on several occasions while fueling his plane and he was doing his pre-flight, and he was very nice and down to earth. I'm not sure how he is now as that was 40 years ago.
Time is money, hes just getting he's short field landings in. We always used to practice passing and obstacle of 50ft then land as quick as possible. Once clear, chop the power and drop on the ground ;)
***** People have issues no matter what amount of money they have. Kurt Cobain was in the same psychological torment while sitting in his mansion with a heroin needle in his arm that any penniless homeless addict would also be experiencing.
+Roelof Hetsen I'm assuming your a socialist. Just because people have money doesn't mean they aren't a person or don't have problems too. Most people with money just focused on that pursuit in their life, they made good decisions with that goal in mind, still humans at the end of the day. And no, the vast minority of wealthy people were not born wealthy.
Wait a HEAVY landed ON THE TAXIWAY?? And there was no fatalities or damage? Cus I mean I can understand how a small plane like his might be fine but a HEAVY?!?!?! No way
@@sjeason Well, they almost did. Thanks to a United Captain noticing the Air Canada BEFORE the ATC, the Air Canada safely went around. Had the United captain not notice the Air Canada, it would’ve been the deadliest air disaster in the world to date. Here’s the link to the incident: m.ua-cam.com/video/ZW-ETmZU0u8/v-deo.html
Air Traffic Controller: "Who is this? What's your operating number?" Harrison Ford, Han Solo pilot: ""Uhhh... - *blasts* - boring conversation anyway. - - Luke!! We're gonna have company!!!"
I'm just doing my ground school, but talk about thorough incident processes! Also being able to see the entire investigation info when accidents occur is awesome!
Well atleast he wasn't an ass about it, admitted his mistake and realized how serious it was. If I had the money he had I'd build my own little airstrip, and not have to worry about landing at large ones dealing with traffic and multitasking with radio and holding patterns.
Atleast he wasn't an ass about it? I mean what would he have complained about? Charlie being on his runway? There was absolutely nothing he could complain about. He fucked up, just him. Everyone did what they were supposed to. He didn't have any leeway to be an ass.
@@DipenTiwari Not just him, the controller didn't notice he was about to land on Charlie... And as far as i know, the controllers are supposed to know where all of the aircrafts are at all times.
@@DipenTiwari Nowadays not having any leeway to be an ass doesn't stop people from being an ass - especially celebrities. Makes HF's conduct almost refreshing to see.
@@rogerwilco2 I agree the Aviat Husky have excellent visability and they are pretty agile ... it's reasonable to think he would have been able to avoid a collision.
BS! He saw the plane and wasn’t going to land on or collide with it. PersonallyI would’ve gone missed. I mean, landing on a runway that’s already occupied is not the usual thing to do.
@@bigc208 He landed on a Taxiway, flying just 82 feet above the Tail of a passenger plane that was holding short of the active runway for clearance. Go to 3:40 through 3:56 for verification.
2:40 According to Ford, he was preoccupied with the wake turbulence, and the sun glaring in his eyes, along with Charlie looking like a runway (other aircraft have made that mistake before). Ford made a simple mistake due to a number of factors and owned up to it. I'm glad that the FAA decided to simply reprimand him, rather than take any punitive action.
Came to say this. When I heard "beware wake turbulence Right" it was suddenly perfectly obvious why he landed in the taxiway: he either was so focused on avoiding that wake turbulence that he lined up on the taxiway, trying to get as far left as he could, or he actually encountered it, and by the time he recovered, he had been buffeted onto Charlie. Either way, shitty spot to be in.
According to the NTSB report, ACA759 at SFO had already started climbing before the go-around order, so it wasn't ATC that avoided the accident. Given how close it was, had the pilot only reacted after the ATC order, it might very well have been too late.
Going by the sat photos the right runway looks distinct from left and the taxiway, but left and taxiway look to be just about the same color surface. That's something the airport might be able to fix.
Harrison Ford, I know he felt bad. Being an aviator the number one thing is safety. You feel horrible when you make a mistake. A similar thing happened to me. I taxied past a hold short line onto the active runway. They immediately informed me, told me to just take off. I did, and made the phone call. This happened as a new pilot, I kept my license and all was well. But you bet I learned from it.
It's absolutely amazing how professional the air traffic controller is in this situation. I had been rudely reprimanded over the radio several times by ATC here in Canada for much, much lesser transgressions than almost causing a collision. Much respect for you, sir.
@@jic1 he most certainly knew that. They all likely know his tail numbers and the unique aircraft and any other extreme high-profile pilots out there. Ive seen Ton Cruise's Challenger quite a bit at John Wayne- and if I know this stuff they certainly do.
1:55 This is why I could never get into aviation. All I heard is "chh chh chhhhc chc h chhhhh" and somehow he understood that meant "windcheck please for 89HU".
Just watched a video yesterday where a Commercial Airline pilot almost landed on the taxi way, but the ATC and the planes on the taxi way warned him just before he landed. So this is not exclusive to just private pilots.
Kevin Braden interesting. Commercial airliners in most major airports like onto a quiet slope that will intensely warn them if they’re off course. Smaller airports don’t have them, but there are systems in place to avoid it
There is an airfield next to my hometown for which the landing runway is grass but the taxiway is paved. It is needless to say that quite many people have landed on the taxiway. (check for "Vienne Reventin", LFHH in France ). The history for it, is that the taxiway used to be the runway a while ago. However some companies claimed some land next to the runway so the had to move it to the field next to it... And the old runway turned into a taxiway.
From this recording, it seems like all parties involved were incredibly professional. You could tell that Mr. Ford owned the error from the get go; that goes a long way in my book.
Jake Jones He had a choice. Almost any Hollywood narcissist would have blamed ATC or the airliner. It shows that he is attempting to be responsible --- especially so given his notoriety. He even subtle expressed that during the ATC communication exchange with ---> "It's a big deal to me" . If it was not a big deal we wouldn't even be watching this video.
at a busier multirunway airport this could have been a HUGE deal. Im a fan and the way he handled it was awesome. But if he continues to fly he needs to stay away from busy airspace and frankly... airports
As the man said what else was his choice but to say the obvious? .. And very importantly you should know that we are not judged on what we do off airport.. who cares that most actors would blah blah blah.. he's a pilot.. be judged as a pilot.. what's wrong with you? Low expectations for actors you have and me too but don't be a douche claiming that in this case he was stand up.. Nothing says he wasn't either but no need for unneeded praise.. I like Harrison but your comment is more dangerous than his mess up. Good day
Black box was recovered on the Husky Here are the transcripts N89U: Cleared to land 20L, 89HU *Sees AA bird on the Taxiway* : "Full reverse, Chewy lock in the auxiliary power....CHEWY LOCK IN THE AUXILIARY POWER!!!" *Loud animal like wailing sound in background*
Yes, I just listened to that part again. I'm sure everyone else knew that the actor Harrison Ford was flying that plane but the guy talking on the phone with Ford probably just heard "some old guy in a Husky blew it." Listen to it again. When Ford says *those* words, he switches to his Harrison Ford, the Actor voice and he sounds 20 years younger!
3:38 N89HU: was that airliner meant to be underneath me? SNA Tower: negative, he’s holding short of runway 20 left; you landed on Charlie. N89HU: (long pause) I landed on Charlie? SNA Tower: that’s affirmative sir, and say parking? N89HU: (long pause) I’m going to signature east. SNA Tower: continue on Charlie and then hold short of Hotel.
You could tell by his voice that he was flustered and upset with himself. As a pilot who flies all over So Cal daily, I can understand his confusion. Navigating unfamiliar airfields can be tricky, especially when you're mingling with the big boys at Charlie's like SNA. Im sure he will keep his license and hopefully he does. Everyone I know that has met him at various FBO's have nothing but good things to say about him.
Yeah. I'm not a pilot but when I heard the news report, I could only think "how could anyone mess up a plane on the runway?" Seeing this - particularly how the AA plane had been moving - it's easy to see how the mistake could've been made.
Sloth55Chunk compassion is an admirable trait the truly good Pilots know when to give it up you're right it is confusing and tricky flying into unknown airports but it's even twice as bad if you're confused old man he needs to hang up his wings
I did a quick search. No action was taken because of this incident. He sounded ... flustered. I can sympathize. abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/harrison-ford-retains-pilot-license-restriction-faa-completes/story?id=46553182
He didn't notice that great big wide empty runway right alongside with threshold markings, runway numbers, etc? Instead chooses to land overtop a passenger aircraft parked perpendicular at the entrance of his approach. Something very wrong there !!
Ya know, one of the really good take-aways from listening to this is to hear how reasonable, polite, conscientious, thorough the controllers and others within the FAA were in addressing this, both to the Husky pilot and to the airliner pilot that called in later. Yes, they work for the government, yes, they know their job and do it well, and yes, they can be reasonable, polite, understanding. In short, government workers are actual people. Great people.
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Many of you asked for this video and finally the FAA released the OFFICIAL audio including the succeeding phone conversations. This video took a very long time to edit so please, give it a BIG LIKE and always watch out for the runway you've been assigned to!! =D
VASAviation - thanks for your work ! Great video
great job, thanks!!
Have you considered using a millennium falcon as his airplane? :-)
VASAviation - awesome job as always
VASAviation - Is it supposed to be Harrison Ford almost collides *with* a Boeing?
this is what happens when he doesn't have a wookiee as a co-pilot
Best comment I've seen in a while. Thumbed up!
Damnit Chewie!
That is admittedly funny. Lol
"Chewie, we're receiving a transmission about a possible pilot deviation! Quick, get ready to make the jump to hyperspace!
...Chewie? Chewie, you there? .... Well, I can still outmaneuver them!"
Punch in chewee!
You know what I like about ATCs and pilots, you can have near death incidents and they're still calmer and more courteous than people being held up in a McDonald's drive thru.
Good comment, xcw.
xcw4934 Be cool: Save your life and the lives of others.
They have to be calm. Very little will be done if they panic
Especially when you ask for extra sauce.
I done a little basic flight training, maybe embarrassing but thank goodness nobody gets hurt! it sounds like everybody has had about 15 red bulls in the beginning I cant understand anything their saying, I don't have the aptitude for that at all!
Pilot: "Name is Harrison Ford"
Tower: "Sure, and this is Luke Skywalker"
Too funny. I was thinking the same thing.
I'm sure there are many non-famous Harrison Fords out there, too. Then again he said "I won't release your information to anyone else" so he probably recognized him.
You could tell when Tower realized who he was talking to. It was right after Ford muttered it’s a big deal for me.
And no ATC has no idea Harrison Ford is flying Niner Hotel Uniform. It’s just another taildragger at a busy commercial hub to them.
lulz.
but most aviators and ATCs especially the one closeby would know Harrisson Ford is a pilot
@Kelp Farming kakaka. I cannot agge enough
"Continue on Charlie" is the funniest thing ever.
Yea, cause you already effed that one up anyway 🤦
how
Go back and do it again. This time land on the correct runway.
That was said with a delicious amount of scathing indictment.
Next time he'll directly request Signature East. Makes ATC's job so much easier.
Airline pilot’s wife: how was your day, honey?
Airline pilot: Harrison Ford almost killed me
He would most probably damage the tail of the boeing killing only himself.
U are a frikken genius !!
Get out of my plane.
Wife: oh ok wait what!
🤣🤣
"I'm the schmuck that just landed on the taxiway" - Harrison Ford
Because landing on runways is too mainstream...
It husky taxiway are easy
PeferG17 what are you a parrot?
The guy sounds just like my dad he was a pilot too and talks and sounds just like Ford! My dad would say the same dumbass thing!
@@eatshit2863 dont say that about Harrison Ford, he is a treasure to this world, he will be missed when he passes away but we dont plan to have that happen for a long time.
“I landed on Charlie?” Here comes that sinking feeling of impending doom.
Julian Moses This guy
@Julian Moses First time a NATO fighter aircraft came to visit a Hungarian airbase he joyfully landed on the taxiway (I think it was a Tornado). He claimed controller instructed him (concrete or asphalt?) but had no problem, visually checked it be clear, only commented was a bit bumpy (at 160kts landing hell yeah :) :) :) ).
@Julian Moses i was on short final for the wrong runway when i was a student pilot - quickly asked tower for clearance for the correct runway which i got successfully (whew) tower still had me call but since i had clearance technically i didnt do anything wrong so there was no deviation report - great lesson for me tho
Yeah you can hear the "Wait what?" and ""Aw shit" clearly in his tone as he asks that.
@UCqeuyI0kmVpc_IufvhiHCqg I guess it is almost the same as a train operator is running a red light? Alot of paperwork and it takes a few weeks until you are cleared to pilot a train again (if you're not fired) at least where I live. I almost ran a red light once but managed to stop a few centimeters from the signal, the train controller didn't say anything either that time. I learned my lesson too and if there is something I double check nowadays is that I have a green light infront of me. x)
The moment he realised his mistake I felt for him. He sounded so dissapointed.
Same The FAA doesnt care if you are famous or not and the fines are not cheap for mistakes made
we have all been there
I feel bad, dudes on his way out and just wants to fly. He really shouldn't have his licence anymore but damn if i dont feel bad for him.
@@masterenos Fines are cheap for Harrison Ford.
Knowing Harrison Ford and his history, he was likely stoned. Dude smokes more weed than Marley.
My friend's cousin used to supply him a few years back... pounds and pounds for Han Solo, let me tell ya.
Very lucky that he didn't cause an international incident and cost people their lives.
"Junior, i didnt know you could fly a plane?"
"Fly, yes. Land, no."
Highly underrated comment.
He no nuts, he crazy!
Perfect comment. That’s it. You can shut down UA-cam. That was good.
Oh, that's way better than any of the SW/Falcon jokes.
👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Being famous just makes screwing up all that more embarrassing.
I know. I am THE Al Gilmore. I hope I never make any mistakes.
Cooler*
Yep and he knows this was gonna be on UA-cam
Yeah, But usually it also makes that consequence-free, soooo ...
@@HauntedXXXPancake hahaha h have a point there!
"Take your time, no big deal."
"It's a big deal for me..."
"Oh........."
1456 Pilot: "He was way too close! this is ridiuculous!"
Operator: "It was Harrison Ford"
1456 Pilot: "understandable have a nice day"
"Was that airliner supposed to be there?" If there's a sentence a pilot should NEVER say, that'll be it.
@@ryandispecki6223 Don't copy other people's comments word for word, that'll be it.
@@user-jh6kx1fw9h Don't copy other people's comments word for word, that'll be it.
""Continue on charlie...""
I'm dead.
So was Harrison, on the inside that is.
"I didn't know you could fly!"
"Fly- yes. Land- no"
lololol
sounds like me
Thank you, I was waiting for that comment! :-D
Timothy S 89 likes.. N89HU?
It's not the flying that's the problem, the problem is when the plane intersects the ground. Preferrably and most often with lowered landing gear.
ATC: "You landed on Charlie."
Ford: "Well why the hell was 'Charlie' on the runway?!"
"Yeah, just like in 'Nam"
I remember, quite a few years ago being on Lima, holding short of 20R, between the runways, waiting for a small private twin to land on 20R. So, we're chatting about something and I'm looking for the twin on final, and when I see him, I notice that his gear is not down. I mentioned this to my FO and made a dumb remark like, "I wonder if he's going to throw the gear out in the flare like the Space Shuttle used to do." Well, as he passes in front of us, maybe 50' above the runway, my FO gets on the radio and says, "twin engine aircraft over the numbers of 20R, GO AROUND, your gear is not down!" So, the guy, sounding like an elderly gentleman, says he's going around. Shortly after, he keys his mike again and thanks us for noticing and directing the go around. Be careful out there and fly safe.
WOW! I bet it was Harrison Ford....
Great sir. You saved several lifes
Happens to me all the time in MSFS2020 :D
You might have made it possible for this guy to make a bigger mistake later. You did the right thing though. But eventually they make new planes out of bent ones.
Now VASAviation, we need the tape for this pls xD
The four words no pilot wants to hear, "Please call the tower."
"....Phone number to copy."
What's your name sir. Rapunzel
And then tower hears "no thank you, I will have my people call your people"
Not quite true, Bob. I've heard that at least three times - Boston approach, Baltimore approach, Tallil AB tower, Iraq - and each time an air traffic controller was decertified. I would surmise that hundreds or even thousands of other professional pilots have had similar experiences.
"Terrain, Pull Up"
"I landed on Charlie??" Lol! In my mind I can see Harrison Ford sort of staring into the distance with that baffled Harrison Ford face as he's saying that!
High as a kite, presumably. I'm just surprised he didn't go "Hotel uniform? No, man, this is a pullover"
crockett616 you can hear his exasperation. He sighs after saying it, but the mic only picks up the last half of it.
Same
Then furiously tapping the fuel gauge.
He made a mistake could have been more serious
6:28 That “Oh” has to have been the Controller being quietly told “No it’s THE Harrison Ford” 😂
Tower: "Sir, the odds of successfully navigating less than 100 ft above an airliner while landing on a taxiway is approxim-"
Ford: "Never tell me the odds!"
Underrated comment 👍
I was going to like your comment but it sits at 69, and I just can do it so I'll let some other nerd ruin it.
Sounds like C-3PO is an active ATC
I found the winning comment. I hoped against all hope it would be here.
What are the chances..I watched the movie again yesterday and today this video is in my recommended and I see this comment.
It was perfectly safe. You need to understand. He learned to fly a long time ago, in a galaxy far far away.
No, you don't fly over the tail of an airliner. That is not safe at all
@@behindthen0thing525 Sorry you did not catch the sarcasm. I agree it is not safe. I was Joking. I am being literal this time.
Behindthen0thing r/wooooshh
Also he was decelerating from light speed...
something about 12 parsecs...
Brilliant idea. Smaller aircraft can leave the runways available for larger traffic and can just skip straight to taxiing.
Just rename runway 19L to 19C and taxiway charlie to runway 19L (for small aircraft only) lol
We land on the taxiway all the time... because helicopter 😂🙌🏼 🚁
As if airports that serve large traffic only had 2 planes in operation at the same time. That could cause a crash on the taxiway.
Why not just land in the parking lot and pull right up to your car ?
@@eatshit2863 Nah, you can skip all that hustle by not even flying an aircraft in the first place. Just don't leave car.
I can hear in his voice how bad he felt. I was an airline pilot for 18 years and we all make mistakes. The important thing is that we learn from them.
Problem is he keeps making them... Way beyond what is expected of an Airline Pilot, can't see how you can compare the two?!
The important thing is nobody gets killed 🤣
You can hear it in his voice - AND in his words. He doesn't try to laugh it off (and no, self-deprecating humor of calling oneself "a smuck" is NOT lauging it off), and when told "it's not a big deal" (refering to a minor delay) he answers with "it's a big deal _for me"_ (clearly refering to the whole thing). He was being harsher with himself that everyone else combined.
“You landed on Charlie.”
“Is he okay?”
Jajajaja!
Hahahaha XD
I have a cousin called Charlie XD
Bravo :)
@@Epic_Aviation haha I see what you did there
@@ajbemrose8259 😁
Atc: You just landed on Charlie so you can continue taxing.
Lol
Just thinking of efficiency
This shows how good of a pilot he is it's not easy to land on a taxi lol.
No need runway, I'm Harrison Ford
"Husky, turn next t..., er, disregard."
Ford: Look, I landed on the left runway. If you wanted me to land on the CENTER runway you should've said so. ATC. [.....]
"Its no big deal"
"It's a big deal for me"
"Oh"
-I think that's the moment where he realized he was talking to THAT Harrison Ford
Nope, the moment he entered the airspace everyone upstairs knew who it was. Everyone there knows his tail numbers, he always flies in to SNA.
nicenicemusic Then I wouldn't be as flexible with the reprimand. He did not sound good. Not sharp at all. He didn't know he landed on Charlie? Skimmed over at 82'? That's not a simple stop sign violation. Riddle me this, lovelies, if I am "familiar with my driveway" why would I pull onto a side street thinking it was correct? He was clueless of what he did even when he was on the ground? Not buying it. For his own safety, and ours. In his golf course accident, did u know he had, "...dislocated his ankle, broke his back, shattered his pelvis, a concussion, large laceration across his forehead and retroamnesia for FIVE DAYS after the accident" (his own words here). His responses are slow to questioning yrs. later in interviews and his demeanor now is agitated without provocation, etc., etc. Brain trauma, PTSD are parting gifts from his adventures w/o question. Did u know a "compromised" brain during this emergency causes the brain to be triggered again into trauma, possibly explaining his semi-drunken sounding/confused voice. We all love him and Calista doesnt deserve to be a widow this way. Fly safe everyone.
He seemed quite like a 'confused old man', which he may be. But that's tricky.
+D'Anna C you nailed it. He is very obviously not qualified. Sloppy radio readbacks.
I'm a bit shocked how old and weary he sounds. When he's communicating with the tower for landing, it sounds like he's pleading "Ooh, I'm an old man, my back is killing me and my legs aren't what they used to be..."
I love how the ATC just casually told ford to continue on Charlie like it was it was normal operations
Yeah they are, kinda, tactical thinking people. Ok he shouldn't be there but ATC handles the situation as is, not as it should be.
Like: ok so far I have never seen a real UFO from outer space but now there is one approahing so I give him vector for 20L and what was your callsign again?...
@@koborkutya7338 which is the right way to be someone who has to handle air traffic. Gotta deal with what’s happening, not what you want to be happening. If the damn space shuttle comes into your airspace needing an emergency landing, you give it vectors, clearance, clear a runway, and designate a taxiway for it to vacate. You don’t complain that it’s not supposed to be there until it crashes.
What else are they supposed to do “yeah sir, you fucked up, sit there, we’re shutting the whole airport down”
"Get off my Taxiway."
Other famous pilot last words: "Say, what's a mountain goat doing way up here in a cloud?"
9:45
737 Captain: oh cool, we’re getting a chance to see a Husky up close.
Life: be careful what you wish for.
TBF that 37 was safer sitting there in the path of Harrison landing on the taxiway than if it was in the air...
Reminds me of a certain scene from Indiana Jones and the last crusade:
“Indy I didn’t know you could fly a plane!”
“Fly, yes, Land? No”
👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻😂
Hes says "Junior" not Indy.
His name is-
I’m done.
@@tlshortyshorty5810 Hey lady! You call him Dr. Jones!
RedJay Pictures 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂👌👌👌👌👌👌
"Yeah, hi, it's Husky 89HU. I'm the schmvck that landed on the taxiway earlier"
Ford: “Was that airliner supposed to be under me”
ATC: “That’s a negative sir, he was holding short of the runway, you landed on Charlie”
Ford:”I landed on Charlie?”
ATC: “Yes and say parking?”
IDK why that made me laugh so hard.
Hahahahaha! It's like, "How dare that airliner get in the way of my epic FUBAR!"
Crazy how pilots and ATC, accustomed to making sure they don't jam up the radio by talking over one another, seem to do completely the opposite on the phone.
Lol we *hate* answering the phone. Especially in position because the radio is usually blasting in the other ear.
radio kinda comes in and tells them to F them selfs and not talk over each other.
I mean, on radio, you literally can't talk over eachother even if you tried.
@@busteraycan well you can but no one will know what you said.
I'm a pilot but the delay on cell phones really trips me up. Easy to talk over someone.
lol "Could I get your name and pilots license?"
"My name is Harrison Ford."
*SPIT TAKE*
You could hear the "ohhh" in the guy's voice when he said it haha.
The FAA left him off with some counciling and a quiz, due to a clean 20 year record and full understanding and cooperation on this case. They specifically said that he isn't a mere weekend pilot like many other celebrities. So yeah this was a serious error but not worth revoking his license for in the greater scheme. And while he should have gone around after seeing a plane on where he believed his runway to be, he had full awareness of it, so the risk was much lower than the news made people believe.
just the comment I was looking for, thanks.
thanks for posting the results of it but I can't agree, he should have aborted the landing, imagine it's foggy and there's something else taxing 200m in front of him.... he had crashed the shit outta it cause in that moment he thought he's not doing anything wrong, in case in doubt pull it up imo.
I would not care to judge Mr. Ford harshly. Two accidents and one incident over many years flying is not far off the mark considering the type of flying involved. His heli crash during training is not unusual. Gliding a helicopter (autorotation) is a difficult skill to learn and maintain. I’ve personally seen a number of helicopters damaged or written off this way with fully qualified instructors at the controls. Kodos to Mr Ford for simply admitting “I broke it”. The golf course crash was an engine failure. No pilot error there. Finally, the taxiway landing; not dangerous, just embarrassing. Terribly embarrassing. I feel for the guy. I’m pilot, mechanic, flight instructor and maintenance professor. Helicopters and airplanes. Five forced landings, no crashes, no violations, no fines. Have I made mistakes over the years? Yup. I just didn’t end up on UA-cam.
@@darrylday30 Agree. I don't see most pilots coming down too hard on him.
@@paulhuizenga5006 According to the article you linked, neither incident was due to pilot error. The plane was an engine failure and the helicopter was a mechanical failure.
In the simulator, I almost landed on the 'wrong' runway (Taxiway C) at KSNA just like Harrison Ford because those 2 asphalt islands on the left side of taxiway C from a distance look like the dominant black 'lane' and resemble the runway on the left side. And once you fixate on THAT being the runway, you're mind disregards visuals cues for the actual runway like the chevrons and "20L" for the actual runway.
Plus when Han Solo was lining up on Taxiway C, the American 738 wasn't blocking the taxiway at that time and was still slowly lurking along L. It was only once Ford was committed to landing did the 738 taxi underneath his glideslope, and it looked like Ford took minor evasive action by landing high and long, which is why he inquired about the airliner after he landed.
So definitely some mitigating factors in Ford's favor on this one.
"Was that airliner supposed to be there?" If there's a sentence a pilot should *NEVER* say, that'll be it.
My question is..... Since he saw it before he overflew it why did he not go around.... THAT is the biggest problem ..... Ford continued into a dangerous situation.
THINK ABOUT IT
@@hotrodray6802 He's old and senile.
@@hotrodray6802 wtf was dangerous about that he was far from hitting any tail it wasn't even in the same parallel as him. Also he could see it obviously he won't crash into it. Sure it's not acceptable since there are rules on a runway but in no universe would he crash there. I dont get it..
in aviation getting this close is considered an incident and as such must be investigated. he could not crash into it but had anything else failed then maybe. also the investigation has to prove it was his mistake to land on C
Yes. It was. You however, were not.
This kind of stuff is why I quit flying in '07. I was making too many mistakes, and flying is one of the most unforgiving activities there is. I miss the air, but enjoy staying alive more.
Good on you to recognize and, more importantly, admit that it was time to stop. I hope you find fellow pilots that will take you up occasionally...
Robnord1 - Yeah Buddy!! I chose life as well just like you and Sid on "Ice Age" for same reason you stated PLUS found you could do everything right piloting even a Cessna 150 & end up very dead! In '74 passed ground school & on 4th lesson took off VFR from Ypsilanti in late fall. Flew around per instructions & winter storm just moving in so back to airport, approached runway, at 30ft saw white blur to left, left wing thrown up 90 degrees to runway! Lost airspeed too so whipped wheel to left, full power, full rich, prayed to God, dropped out of air, & bounced on right wheel. Had over-corrected, gave it right wheel, bounced on wrong wheel, got it centered, bounced on both wheels, and then finally lit in raging snowstorm stopping ASAP! Instructor KO'd from slamming rt window, we were advised Ford parts heavy right behind us, so as now blind, the controller directed trip to Air Service apron from tower. Instructor still out & his blood all over from splitting head open. Plane undamaged except needing cleanup in aisle 2 as Instructor had also pissed pants. We got him patched up & Mechanic loaned him coveralls. Our presence requested in tower & we thought they'd be PO'd, but that was not the case. Pilots from following cargo plane already there w/Capt exclaiming "Wow...that's the best worst landing I've ever seen"!! Senior Air Controller that had guided us to Air Service explained what we hit was huge snow devil or small snow tornado throwing wing up, that had formed and blew across runway just as lucky us set to touch down. We had to fill out paperwork for near miss or some such incident with all putting down what we knew about it. Instructor wrote weather quick changing VFR to IFR so immediate return with student still at controls, almost down, then woke up in Air Service Office with big guy holding me down for lady EMT stitching rt side of head back together, what the hell happened?? Senior Controller who had just happened to witness it wrote best possible outcome as "Cartwheeling, massive double fatality crash closing my runway"!! Other than cleaning up the Air Service's plane I ABANDONED LEARNING TO FLY! After Wawa, Ontario deal next year in a Beaver settling to land on lake socked in by fog, from rt seat I yelled "MOUNTAIN" and pointed (almost) dead ahead we were already there! Pilot pulled column back, full throttle, full rich, shouted full flaps which I provided, and plane struggled straight up. Have you ever seen a mountain's sheer vertical rock face right tight to your pontoons?? Pilot used last of airspeed for a 180 & down the rock face we went, then the wooded section w/frickin' treetop we couldn't miss, so right between the pontoons we trimmed it soaring back up into the relative safety of the fog bank. Under the circumstances, my Buddy and me offered free in/out service whenever we wanted to come back fishin'!! We never went back as had both chose life, JUST LIKE YOU!!! (sorry about length of comment)
@@LaurenThompsonIsMyRealName just old bald ones
Thats demotivating for me, an aspiring future pilot.
@@erwinschmidt7265 My cousin did the same, had an incident up around WAWA.. (it's indian word for the sound that geese make ), apparently lost all power, incl electrical, just after takeoff in a single , prego native woman and family on board.. he managed to ditch safely , though I don't know the details..I believe the battery wasn't connected correctly, and things were jury wired and killed the fuel pump most likely killing the engine.. apparently shoddy maint was common up north back then..
luckily you guys were in a legendary stol plane, with a big old torquey wasp , and a wing with high lift devices, don't know if a 182 has that kind of performance off the water , or at low speeds.. Beaver's a beast
*interrupts* "... I'm sorry, go ahead.." *immediately continues with interruption*
It seemed a bit muffled to me, like he turned and talked to someone else.
Adrenaline.
@@patton303 plus old
I noticed that too lmao. He sounds like a prick
@@beieber4life he's not. When you know you screwed up your nerves go to shit and your brain gets befuddled. Sometimes when people are stressed they're less than graceful. If it hasn't happened to you yet, it will someday.
The fact that tower said "continue on Charlie"😂😂
I could hear the hesitation in his voice when saying it haha. I bet he was like ( am I really saying this? )
"Han... is this your first Solo?!"
hahaha
You win...
😂
Chewie: that's not how I taught you to "fly casual "
Rofl
love how he just went... yeah I'm the idiot who landed on the taxiway xD
i mean, when you land on a taxiway you must feel pretty dumb.
Yeah, don't hear the word schmuck very often these days.
Time is money, hes just getting he's short field landings in. We always used to practice passing an obstacle of 50ft then land as quick as possible. Once clear, chop the power and drop on the ground ;)
wolly k If true, you must have been military? Can’t see any reason civil aviators would even want to practice that skill, given you don’t actually want to fly that close to another plane. Military is a whole different story though since speed can become top priority.
@@newname4405 Short field landing is a mandatory landing technic for all civil pilots in the US. Basically ots to prove you can land the aircraft in the minimum landing distance from the aircraft manual. Im civil, just been teaching pilots to fly for a handfull of years. Obviously he fucked up and missed the runways. Edit: you dont do it over other airplanes ofcourse.
Thanks for including the phone conversations, that was interesting to listen to! I love how consistent you are with the endings of your videos, you always inform us of what happened at the end, if there were some casualties, damage or anything like that. This gives additional value to your posts.
Ford sounds absolutely exhausted. I've been flying since the eighties and never heard such slow read backs.
@ Well, he is a plane and helicopter pilot so I think he knows a bit more than acting. One of my friends was in the same helicopter training school with Ford and said he was quite intelligent and a hard worker.
Probably stoned out of his mind haha
@@28russ sounds like it.
I think that's just what old sounds like. Getting old sucks but it beats the alternative.
Or had been drinking or on meds or had hypoxic episode?
I'm certain that Harrison Ford will claim that the airliner shot first.
Wouldn't it be George Lucas claiming that?
MACLUNKEY!
@@bguerra4 Beat me to it haha
Oh no, the dreaded " I have a number for you to call, ready to copy?"
LOL i don’t even like saying this
LOL those words will make any pilot pucker up. Fortunately, my dumbest mistakes were all at sleepy non-towered airports. :)
@@chrisharper80 Lol. Mine too, thank God 😁
@@chrisharper80 why? do they say that whenever yo ufuck up and need to fine you?
JohnnyCacao It can mean a few things, but often it means that the controller believes you make a mistake. They would usually tell you this by saying “possible pilot deviation, call the tower”. What happens after that depends on what you did and how pissed off the controller is. If you are lucky, maybe they will just give you a friendly reminder. If it’s more serious, then they would collect information and file a report with the FSDO (local FAA safety office). if that happens, most cases you would get an official warning or they might require you to take remedial training. If you did something reckless they could suspend or revoke your certificate. Usually that would be for very serious infractions or if you have a previous record of infractions. But sometimes they just want to clarify something. Maybe there was a misunderstanding or a disagreement they want to discuss. Or really anything else they want to talk about without tying up the radio frequency. Maybe they had problems reading your transponder or they just wanted to apologize for inconveniencing you because they were dealing with another situation.
6:27 "Oh...." I think that's where the tower guy realises who it is.
He's very reassuring about the phone number privacy, I think because he's realised by then.
Air Traffic Control: What's going on down there? Come in!
Harrison Ford: Uh, everything is under control. Situation normal.
ATC: What happened?
HF: [flustered] Uh, had a slight landing malfunction. But, uh, everything's perfectly all right now. We're fine. We're all fine here, now, thank you. How are you?
It has been a boring conversation anyway
I'm not going to comment on Mr. Ford's actions or piloting ability, but I did want to say that man, VASAviation did an awesome job on the editing for this video and it really shows. Thanks for putting all the information together in an easily digestible format.
Amen to that. They really do a great report and great visuals.
briansmobile1 minus the adds interrupting the video constantly. Unacceptable
Yeah, considering how much you paid to watch it, that's totally unacceptable.
Time is money
@@nakinajay there were ads?
One of the things I like about the Aviation industry is how professional and calm everyone is even when people make potentially very dangerous mistakes. Good job all around at the response to this.
A large part of that is that everybody knows it *will* be followed up, investigated and the person found responsible will face some sort of action, whether retraining, reprimand or more serious consequences. Not so when someone nearly kills you on the highway, and even if you can get the cops to take a report, it'll be dumped as "no harm, no foul" as soon as you're out the door.
Jeffrey Lebowski It is their job to be professional when doing coms. When in an emergency, which kind of voice do you want to hear? An panicky voice that sounds like he or she does not know what to do or an calm guiding voice which sound that he or she has this under control?
Anders Mostue If you want an emotional one, go listen to the 17 year old solo student whose main gear fell off the airplane at Beverly, MA. She did great, can you imagine? As for ATC in general, I've heard a lot of stuff on the air over the years that was absolutely hilarious! Also some scary things of course...
I was thinking a similar thought. That ATC was as cool as it comes. Dude lands on a taxiway and the ATC just keeps going like it happens all the time and no big deal. Didn't even say anything until he was asked what happened by the pilot.
The odds are the control tower staff will be unharmed. If you want to see them scream... there have been stories of people flying at the tower in protest...
In south america often passenger jets are under-filled, so there have been incidents of engine and power failures while the control tower is calmly holding them for a busy runway, with the pilots getting very agitated.
Control tower - relatively speaking - is low risk.
The lady was so happy with the other pilot, she even asked for his phone number at the end
@Fritz 43 ONG YOU GOT WOOOWOOOOSHED MY GUY
Just A German, yes! 🤣🤣🤣
I love how he didn’t try and use his identify as a way to get him out of trouble. He didn’t even bring his name up until he was asked for it.
That would have been something.
“You landed on the taxiway, that’s extremely dangerous and illegal”
“Yeah, but I’m Harrison Ford.”
When talking to the tower, he sounded like I sound when I get pulled over for speeding. Like you know you screwed up and you have no idea how mean they're going to be to you. You could clearly hear he was upset with himself for it. The tower handled that whole thing really professionally. Kept totally calm, just get him where he needs to be and the guy he spoke to "no big deal, we've just gotta file the paperwork and review what happened." Man, could have been FAR worse. Glad no one was injured.
"FAR" I see what you did there ;)
American 1456 was NOT impressed lol.
mycroft16 yeah, could have been much worse. He could have been treated like any regular unknown pilot.
@@donnebes9421 if you're a pilot and make a mistake and admit it, as long as it wasn't intentional or display of severe grossful negligence, you will not be punished.
It's called just culture and it should be upheld everywhere in the world of aviation. Its installed everywhere, and it's a safety net for us pilots, if we fuck up and come clean and are honest nothing will happen, just filing some paperwork and the scare, of course repeating it will not look good.
If you get trashed for admitting your mistakes, go to the authority of aviation in the respective country and file an inquiry, because if we gotta be scared of the consequences of making mistakes, then a lot of us wouldn't wanna stay in the industry.
His kids should take away his keys. Dad, it's time.
Harrison Ford: Sorry go ahead
John Wayne Airport: So a cou-
Harrison Ford: I was distracted the Airbus 😂😂
BubbaFilms lmao it reminded me of my grandpa. "Sorry son go ahead." Yeah so grandpa the other da..." so it was 1970 the world was a fun and exciting..." *damn it grandpa*
John Lennon k
Speculation here, but I thought he was walking somewhere (backpack, wind noise) and was talking to someone who needed to pass him when he said to go ahead.
@@kevinb.3656 hahahaha!!!
Kevin B. hahaha thats exactly what its like haha, poor harrison ford
In 1980, I was a lineman for Beechcraft West @ VNY. Harrison Ford went up with one of our instructors several different times, in a Beech Sport 150. I don't recall if this was his initial flight instruction towards his PPL or not. I had the pleasure of meeting and chatting with Mr. Ford on several occasions while fueling his plane and he was doing his pre-flight, and he was very nice and down to earth. I'm not sure how he is now as that was 40 years ago.
I gotta say - you missed a treat when you didn’t replace the green plane with a millennium Falcon. 😉
Absolutely!
You have to love the fact he owned that by saying he was a schmuck. 😂😂😂
@ELY4 CP - Shmok is yiddish for penis. Shmok IS the origin of the word schmuck too, which means a foolish or contemptible person.
Time is money, hes just getting he's short field landings in. We always used to practice passing and obstacle of 50ft then land as quick as possible. Once clear, chop the power and drop on the ground ;)
Feel so sorry for the guy, can hear in his voice how gutted he was.
Don't have feelings for people because they have a lot of money? Nice logic.
***** People have issues no matter what amount of money they have. Kurt Cobain was in the same psychological torment while sitting in his mansion with a heroin needle in his arm that any penniless homeless addict would also be experiencing.
+Roelof Hetsen I'm assuming your a socialist. Just because people have money doesn't mean they aren't a person or don't have problems too. Most people with money just focused on that pursuit in their life, they made good decisions with that goal in mind, still humans at the end of the day. And no, the vast minority of wealthy people were not born wealthy.
for sure. he knew he &^cked up Big Time.
Yeah, but at the same time - you can't really afford to make mistakes of this magnitude when landing an airplane.
Don't know why he bothered with taxiway CHARLIE, he could have landed directly in the parking area with the STOL performance of the Husky.
Tbh it should be allowed
I used to work at a regional airport and we had a Piper Cub that would land on a perpendicular taxiway that led directly to the ramp
9hu requesting landing clearance at Sig East.
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Everybody's making fun of Harrison Ford, but they forget that a Air Canada heavy did the same thing a month earlier.
Wait a HEAVY landed ON THE TAXIWAY?? And there was no fatalities or damage? Cus I mean I can understand how a small plane like his might be fine but a HEAVY?!?!?! No way
@@sjeason Well, they almost did. Thanks to a United Captain noticing the Air Canada BEFORE the ATC, the Air Canada safely went around. Had the United captain not notice the Air Canada, it would’ve been the deadliest air disaster in the world to date.
Here’s the link to the incident: m.ua-cam.com/video/ZW-ETmZU0u8/v-deo.html
@@BobbyDank1015 worse than Tenerife?
@@marcg2106 yeah there were 4 airliners lined up behind one another on the taxiway
@@railyatra8879 oh yeah... definitely worse. 😳 didn't think of that.
Afterwards he was offered a job by Air Canada.
grouchocatman RyanAir*
I thought RyanAir was the one for weird landings... they should have played their theme song when he touched down...
AHAHAHAHAHAHHAAAAAAA!
Or Air Transat
Oof nobody understood the Air Canada joke..
Pathetic
Air Traffic Controller: "Who is this? What's your operating number?"
Harrison Ford, Han Solo pilot: ""Uhhh... - *blasts* - boring conversation anyway. - - Luke!! We're gonna have company!!!"
Omg that's gold
GOLD
Oh I will never see that scene the same ever again!!!
OMG This is SO EPIC :-D
Just remember we all make mistakes, just glad nothing was bent and nobody was hurt except for his pride of being a pilot.
Who else is here after Ford's latest near-miss at Hawthorne?
Yep, just heard about it.
We here!
This video is how I found out
Yeah somebody needs to introduce that man to Microsoft flight sim 2020.
Wait what? Gotta check that now too :)
Sir, the possibility of successfully clearing the tail of that 737 is approximately 3,720 to 1.
Never tell me the odds!
LOL. This one made me laugh and for that I am thankful.
These are addicting to watch, now I need to sleep.
Thanks for watching! :)
VASAviation - haha Your videos are binge watching material
Legend Cox ditto that:)
Addictive*.
@@ThisHandleFeatureIsStupid grammarist.com/usage/addicting-addictive/
Appears that "addicting" is a perfectly fine word.
I'm just doing my ground school, but talk about thorough incident processes! Also being able to see the entire investigation info when accidents occur is awesome!
I'm surprised there aren't more accidents with how fast and mumbly these communications always sound to me.
i’m very late, but the comms are a lot better in the receivers in the planes themselves than in your average radios. source: GA pilot
Flying in he probably announced to himself "Get off my runway"
I wondered if anyone would make an Air Force One pun.
Kinda sounded like that’s what he was thinking lol. Was there supposed to be an Airbus on my runway lol
At the point where he saw the other aircraft he should have done a go around and contacted tower.
I like how the controller just casually said “you landed on Charlie”
Irony: When i worked airport ground crew, all our training safety videos were hosted by Harrison Ford.
Seriously?
Well atleast he wasn't an ass about it, admitted his mistake and realized how serious it was. If I had the money he had I'd build my own little airstrip, and not have to worry about landing at large ones dealing with traffic and multitasking with radio and holding patterns.
So you'd build 1 in every city? he doesn't just land at home. He goes places lol
With blackjack and hookers...
Sorry, couldn't resist.
Now bite my shiny metal @$$.
Atleast he wasn't an ass about it? I mean what would he have complained about? Charlie being on his runway? There was absolutely nothing he could complain about. He fucked up, just him. Everyone did what they were supposed to. He didn't have any leeway to be an ass.
@@DipenTiwari Not just him, the controller didn't notice he was about to land on Charlie...
And as far as i know, the controllers are supposed to know where all of the aircrafts are at all times.
@@DipenTiwari Nowadays not having any leeway to be an ass doesn't stop people from being an ass - especially celebrities. Makes HF's conduct almost refreshing to see.
Harrison definitely understood the seriousness of this, and how close he came to disaster, had he been just a little shorter on his approach.
He did notice the jet, and would probably have avoided it?
When he realized his mistake, he understood that "it was a big deal".
@@rogerwilco2 I agree the Aviat Husky have excellent visability and they are pretty agile ... it's reasonable to think he would have been able to avoid a collision.
BS! He saw the plane and wasn’t going to land on or collide with it. PersonallyI would’ve gone missed. I mean, landing on a runway that’s already occupied is not the usual thing to do.
@@bigc208 He landed on a Taxiway, flying just 82 feet above the Tail of a passenger plane that was holding short of the active runway for clearance. Go to 3:40 through 3:56 for verification.
Well he's rich and famous so he kept his license, didn't he. Probably shouldn't have a license anymore after something like that.
2:40 According to Ford, he was preoccupied with the wake turbulence, and the sun glaring in his eyes, along with Charlie looking like a runway (other aircraft have made that mistake before). Ford made a simple mistake due to a number of factors and owned up to it. I'm glad that the FAA decided to simply reprimand him, rather than take any punitive action.
Except, Charlie looks absolutely nothing like a runway, just saying...
Came to say this. When I heard "beware wake turbulence Right" it was suddenly perfectly obvious why he landed in the taxiway: he either was so focused on avoiding that wake turbulence that he lined up on the taxiway, trying to get as far left as he could, or he actually encountered it, and by the time he recovered, he had been buffeted onto Charlie.
Either way, shitty spot to be in.
According to the NTSB report, ACA759 at SFO had already started climbing before the go-around order, so it wasn't ATC that avoided the accident. Given how close it was, had the pilot only reacted after the ATC order, it might very well have been too late.
I mean we've had 737 try to land at our small airport mistaking it for the international airport about 40 km away, even the professionals screw up
Going by the sat photos the right runway looks distinct from left and the taxiway, but left and taxiway look to be just about the same color surface. That's something the airport might be able to fix.
Harrison Ford, I know he felt bad. Being an aviator the number one thing is safety. You feel horrible when you make a mistake. A similar thing happened to me. I taxied past a hold short line onto the active runway. They immediately informed me, told me to just take off. I did, and made the phone call. This happened as a new pilot, I kept my license and all was well. But you bet I learned from it.
6:20
Tower: (Waiting for pilot to find his license) "OK, take your time, no big deal"
HF: "It's a big deal for me!"
Tower: (penny drops) "Oh"
It's absolutely amazing how professional the air traffic controller is in this situation. I had been rudely reprimanded over the radio several times by ATC here in Canada for much, much lesser transgressions than almost causing a collision. Much respect for you, sir.
That is cause it was THE HARRISON FORD
@@uditabhattacharya2824 But he didn't know that when he started the conversation.
@@jic1 he most certainly knew that. They all likely know his tail numbers and the unique aircraft and any other extreme high-profile pilots out there. Ive seen Ton Cruise's Challenger quite a bit at John Wayne- and if I know this stuff they certainly do.
"It's a big deal for me....hold on"
"OH.."
That moment when you realise :D priceless
1:55 This is why I could never get into aviation. All I heard is "chh chh chhhhc chc h chhhhh" and somehow he understood that meant "windcheck please for 89HU".
Just watched a video yesterday where a Commercial Airline pilot almost landed on the taxi way, but the ATC and the planes on the taxi way warned him just before he landed. So this is not exclusive to just private pilots.
Kevin Braden interesting. Commercial airliners in most major airports like onto a quiet slope that will intensely warn them if they’re off course. Smaller airports don’t have them, but there are systems in place to avoid it
I found the huge green airplane flying past the screen hilarious for some reason. Good work on all your videos, thanks for what you do.
Glad you liked :)
I cracked up laughing at that, too! LOL
There is an airfield next to my hometown for which the landing runway is grass but the taxiway is paved. It is needless to say that quite many people have landed on the taxiway. (check for "Vienne Reventin", LFHH in France ).
The history for it, is that the taxiway used to be the runway a while ago. However some companies claimed some land next to the runway so the had to move it to the field next to it... And the old runway turned into a taxiway.
Fantastic job on capturing the situation
From this recording, it seems like all parties involved were incredibly professional. You could tell that Mr. Ford owned the error from the get go; that goes a long way in my book.
Like he had a choice.
Jake Jones He had a choice. Almost any Hollywood narcissist would have blamed ATC or the airliner. It shows that he is attempting to be responsible --- especially so given his notoriety. He even subtle expressed that during the ATC communication exchange with ---> "It's a big deal to me" . If it was not a big deal we wouldn't even be watching this video.
Well we’re all glad you approved...we can all sleep better now knowing that...your SUMCK!
at a busier multirunway airport this could have been a HUGE deal. Im a fan and the way he handled it was awesome. But if he continues to fly he needs to stay away from busy airspace and frankly... airports
As the man said what else was his choice but to say the obvious? .. And very importantly you should know that we are not judged on what we do off airport.. who cares that most actors would blah blah blah.. he's a pilot.. be judged as a pilot.. what's wrong with you?
Low expectations for actors you have and me too but don't be a douche claiming that in this case he was stand up..
Nothing says he wasn't either but no need for unneeded praise..
I like Harrison but your comment is more dangerous than his mess up.
Good day
Black box was recovered on the Husky Here are the transcripts
N89U: Cleared to land 20L, 89HU
*Sees AA bird on the Taxiway* : "Full reverse, Chewy lock in the auxiliary power....CHEWY LOCK IN THE AUXILIARY POWER!!!"
*Loud animal like wailing sound in background*
cripplehawk cmon how much weed did you smoke
I’m amazed at the professionalism of all parties involved, this is why modern aviation is as safe as it is.
Whenever I'm down, I come back to this video and there are always new comments lifting me up 🖖
This is how smooth society should work..
The professionalism and camaraderie really is one of the best things about aviation.
@Frank Casey What are you working if I may ask?
@Frank Casey Ah ok. Yeah the IT-guys I know seem to be having a party half of the day over there in their section too.
06:28 "Oh..." ... The moment the penny drops!
YES THAT Harrison Ford :) you can hear the lights flashing up lol
Best moment of the entire video :-D
Yes, I just listened to that part again. I'm sure everyone else knew that the actor Harrison Ford was flying that plane but the guy talking on the phone with Ford probably just heard "some old guy in a Husky blew it." Listen to it again. When Ford says *those* words, he switches to his Harrison Ford, the Actor voice and he sounds 20 years younger!
Pretty rough to be a high-profile individual in a situation like this.
Wife:How was work?
Pilot: Indie got lost without short round and almost killed me.
I lost it at continue on charlie. Yea, no shit. lol
That could have been way worse though. Thankfully it wasn't.
hah i know, hilarious
3:38
N89HU: was that airliner
meant to be underneath me?
SNA Tower: negative, he’s
holding short of runway 20 left; you landed on Charlie.
N89HU: (long pause) I landed
on Charlie?
SNA Tower: that’s affirmative
sir, and say parking?
N89HU: (long pause) I’m going
to signature east.
SNA Tower: continue on
Charlie and then hold short of Hotel.
No Sir, you were not meant to be above it.
Don't "misunderestimate" Hans Solo and his Millennium Falcon ;)
HAHAHAHAHAHAH Continue on charlie hahahahaha so funny
You could tell by his voice that he was flustered and upset with himself. As a pilot who flies all over So Cal daily, I can understand his confusion. Navigating unfamiliar airfields can be tricky, especially when you're mingling with the big boys at Charlie's like SNA. Im sure he will keep his license and hopefully he does. Everyone I know that has met him at various FBO's have nothing but good things to say about him.
Yeah. I'm not a pilot but when I heard the news report, I could only think "how could anyone mess up a plane on the runway?" Seeing this - particularly how the AA plane had been moving - it's easy to see how the mistake could've been made.
Sloth55Chunk compassion is an admirable trait the truly good Pilots know when to give it up you're right it is confusing and tricky flying into unknown airports but it's even twice as bad if you're confused old man he needs to hang up his wings
He is an actor. He could easily faked it. haha
Maybe if he smoked less weed.
I did a quick search. No action was taken because of this incident. He sounded ... flustered. I can sympathize.
abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/harrison-ford-retains-pilot-license-restriction-faa-completes/story?id=46553182
He didn't notice that great big wide empty runway right alongside with threshold markings, runway numbers, etc? Instead chooses to land overtop a passenger aircraft parked perpendicular at the entrance of his approach. Something very wrong there !!
What's with the slurring, last time I heard slurs like that was Captain Lassard at the podium in Police Academy...Was Ally McBeal on this plane?...
"You just landed on Charlie". Ya gotta be thinking "Jesus Christ tell me I didn't just hear that."
*Coming out of Light Speed is always hairy.*
bikeracerdude As hairy as a Wookie?
😁😁
😂😂
Especially on a short final. I mean he did far better here than he did at Starkiller Base.
Hyperspace skipping in a Husky
Ya know, one of the really good take-aways from listening to this is to hear how reasonable, polite, conscientious, thorough the controllers and others within the FAA were in addressing this, both to the Husky pilot and to the airliner pilot that called in later. Yes, they work for the government, yes, they know their job and do it well, and yes, they can be reasonable, polite, understanding. In short, government workers are actual people. Great people.
Thank you very much for sharing this . 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍