Comments on: Plane Crash Video from Inside Cockpit

By: Bieber hater

Bieber hater — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 09:09:11 +0000

Insane clip.

By: Flinty

Flinty — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 09:37:52 +0000

Awesome vid.

By: Dedun

Dedun — Sun, 12 Aug 2012 12:29:58 +0000

Oh god

By: HelpME

HelpME — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 15:43:07 +0000

That does it, i’m never flying again :/

By: SquitTZ

SquitTZ — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 15:42:36 +0000

Dunno about the pilot here, but by the 1:00 minute mark I’d have said “Nope, not today. Need some cooler temps.” He got sucker punched by density altitude.

By: FredWard

FredWard — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 15:42:09 +0000

Someone should remind him that those charts in the POH are there for a reason…dumb-ass.

By: D

Fri, 10 Aug 2012 15:41:35 +0000

The plane’s load wasn’t the main problem – they made it up the mountain. The problem was two-fold; one, warm air has less density than cold air… the lower the density, the less lift. The air was probably not as warm when they initially climbed the mountain. Two, the engine was a normal-aspirated engine. At that altitude and temperature, a good turbo-charger or less constricting intake/exhaust would be necessary to provide proper thrust. I’d side with caution and use a turbo charger.

By: Steven James

Steven James — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 15:41:05 +0000

Well, that finally answers that age old question, “if a plane crashes in the woods and nobody’s around to hear it, does it make a noise?”.