How not to take off...

[Mini-Me]

Here is a worrying video.

There seems to be a little too much right-bank angle...
:p

WARNING: - Contains crash footage. No bad language.

How not to take off (http://www.ebaumsworld.com/2006/04/lightplanetakeoff.html)

[Jason1971]

Warning medical plane crashes while transporting a patient. There are fatalities with this one...

[Mini-Me]

I did not realize that.
Looked to me just like a failed take-off attempt

This changes things slightly.
I did not see any red-crosses, etc, on the plane.

That being the case, Moderators - can you please delete this thread.

Posting something like that is a little morbid.
:(

Sorry everyone...

[Jason1971]

There was no red cross on the plane and I think that might be the problem. I am not sure if that plane was meant for medical use. At the start of the video you can see a H-cylinder (O2) and a cardiac monitor inside the plane. Please don't be upset.

I did not take offense to this. It just kind of struck a cord with me. I've known people who have died in medical aircraft accidents :(

I bet the plane was too heavy...

[halovivek]

i hope due to over weight in the plane it is being crashed.? Am i right any comments?

[Sylvander]

Looked to me like...

1. The plane was rather heavily loaded, but would have made it if all other conditions were good, but...

2. The runway surface seemed not to bad and was plenty long.

3. The wind was from his front-left to his rear right and he made a mistake; his rudder was right instead of left.
Why did he try to take off so early and turn right?
To miss all those people lining the runway?

4. When the wheels first came of the ground the plane turned right [he had the rudder to the right in error instead of to the left to counteract wind drift]. He was now heading too far right straight for some trees.


5. The plane touched down [because he'd changed to left-rudder?] and then came off the ground again, but this time because of the left rudder the wings dipped to the right and the plane pointed left and side slipped on the right heading while attempting to gain height to get above the trees.
The bystanders way off to the right of the runway saw him coming for them and began to run even further away to the plane's right, but it was going so far right they decided to stop. The plane went even further right than they were positioned. He was WAY off course.

6. Just after he cleared the trees the left rudder began to take effect, but he was beginning to pay the price for gaining height too quickly. I'd guess he had lost some air speed and was beginning to stall, so was forced to put the nose down again, lost what little height he had and crashed into the houses.
Do you see the length of runway that went unused?

[Mini-Me]

I've studied the video again, and this time I did see the O2 cylinder - I was looking at the pilot the 1st time around, and did not look to the back seats of the plane...

Sylvander - are you a pilot?

You seem to have a very good grasp of exactly what went wrong here...
:cool:

[Sylvander]

"are you a pilot?
No, I've only flown a light plane the once [a lesson].

I probably learned most about flying by making and flying model aircraft when I was young.
It makes you very aware of all the factors involved in what makes an aircraft fly and controls its attitude.
Pitch, roll, yaw, centre of gravity, centre of lift etc.
I've studied all sorts in flight:
RAMJETS
WOW! What a speed they flew at.
GLIDERS
A Fuse set on the tailplane so it would flip up and make the plane gently drift to earth.
RAT RACERS
I found those too difficult to control.
RADIO CONTROLLED
Engine powered and gliders.