PILOTS forgetting to FLARE! Hard Landing COMPILATION by Captain Joe

You know it was bad when he automatically reacts in German

Big Airbus pilot here, yes the A380 wing is a fantastic glider, to put it into perspective it’s a group C aircraft and has an approach speed close to an A320/319. By comparison the A350-1000 is a group D with an approach speed similar to a B747-400.

Wow, an almost full video of why "when in doubt, go around" is one of the best bits of advice a pilot can get.

I've had that exact same situation with a blackhawk. I was a student in a PA-28 and ATC told the blackhawk in a hover, holding short, to set it down. It wasn't until that moment I realized the danger. ATC saved my life that day I'm positive.

Hey, it seems like the emirates A380 was landing at Hamburg XFW (the airbus factory) You can see parts of other planes and other painted A380s as well. The reg is F-WW... so it was an aircraft prior to delivery. There is a strong chance that they were testing the ROPS (Runway Overrun Protection System) and deliberately floated the aircraft to see if the onboard computers would warn them.

You can see the pilot of the first A350 tried to flare it (elevators are fully up) but the wind he had was suddenly taken away from him, which wouldn’t let him touch down smoothly. That guy had a pitch of around 7-8 degrees yet still touched down hard. It looks like from the crab angle that it was an angled crosswind, which is why the plane banked to the right on touchdown

I was on the field at Heathrow when the Cathay Pacific A350 landed. That day was Storm Eunice with the wind between 50 to 70kn with heavy gusts. Many aircraft conducted go-arounds or diverted to alternates. All flight crews did amazingly to get everyone back safe with no aircraft incidents that day!!

As a long time GA pilot whose plane is little more than a ton, I shouldn't talk about commercial pilots handling a 75 ton beast, but here's the story. A friend was going for his type rating in a 727 for a now defunct airline and landing the plane at the end of his checkride, up till then all had gone well but he set it down rather hard. Right afterwards the company chief pilot called and asked how he did and he remarked about the hard landing. Chief pilot asked " how many oxygen masks came down?" He replied "none that I know of", chief pilot then remarked, hey you passed, that's OK. That afternoon he got his results and yes he passed. MayB back in the day the standards were a little different. His other remark was that the rubber he left on that runway is probably still there.

Captain Joe said "Don't try this at home" like I could fly an airplane in my living room.😂😂😂

I love watching the Qantas pilots coming into Brisbane. Those guys have the plane flared 5 km out and the plane holds that position all the way in to land. Beautiful to watch it is so majestic and a testament to their skills.

4:37: "Hey, that's some nice new sod you put down there."
4:43: "It would be a shame if somebody..."
4:45: "RUINED IT"

This was really good. The respectful comments on the grass landing. I liked the analysis of the rudder inputs on the crosswind landings.

9:24 man, the A380 is just gorgeous. Maybe I should go on a long distance vacation just to be a guest in this magnificent beast.

These reactions are priceless 🤣 But yes great debrief as always!!

A quick note on the Emirates A380: The scene occurred at EDHI Runway 23 (Airbus Finkenwerder factory airport), which has a massively displaced threshold (you can't see it in the video, but just before the runway threshold is the Elbe river, which is also used by large container vessels). Since the aircraft already has its livery painted, this was most likely a customer acceptance flight with an empty aircraft - so either they were aiming to do a touch & go (not uncommon to be seen there), or the crew was struggling to get that unusually light aircraft back onto the ground :)

Need more videos like this. Definitely fun to watch these videos. But having a pilots input on what's happening is much more informative and always as said good pilot or viewers keep learning

I was recently on aa flight from Houston to OKC. When the plane was landing I knew it was going to be hard just by the decemt rate the last few seconds. It was a hell of a hard landing.

I am already a pilot but still willing to look into your online course. Stay safe and happy landings Captain Joe.

the rope attached to his belt loop hahahahhahahaha. so funny

One year I had been waiting for a Captain Joe debrief!

Awesome video Joe! Always loved this series from the start :) and super excited about the launch of your course!

At 17:50... Hand-propping in mid-air to restart a Cub, OMG! I have never seen or heard of that before. We're all one step closer now to having seen everything. I assume the pilot forgot to switch tanks and starved the engine. When you think about it, the plane was probably only doing about 50 or 60 knots so not that hard to step outside and reach past the cowling to the prop, and the onrushing wind would also help spin the prop and keep it turning long enough for the engine to catch and start running again. Still, that was some crazy shit! Thanks Joe, this is priceless.
(Edit: Yeah, this was planned. I didn't see the safety rope tied around the guy's belt until you pointed it out. But it does demonstrate that in a pinch you can air start a Cub if you still have gas and enough altitude.)

I’m so so happy you’re back here, Joe!!! ❤❤❤❤🎉

In the case of the Cathay Pacific A350, I think the reason they held the nose up so long was because they were trying to prevent it from slamming down too hard (like the Main Gear) and possibly causing damage to the nose gear due to their unusually high angle of attack..

I have to disagree on the last clip with the engine failure on takeoff. I don’t think the pilot lowered the nose, I think just the opposite. As soon as the airplane comes back into view, the up elevator deflection is pronounced. I think the pilot instead of lowering the nose, actually kept up elevator applied and maybe even applied more and the airplane stalled and thus hit hard. I suspect the only reason the wings were still level is that the stall occurred too low for spin entry to begin.

Another great video, Joe! This reminded me of my flight from LAX-IST and then to MUC. The landing was so bad that if I wasn’t buckled, I would have flown off my seat and I would have had a concussion. Then, our A321-200 Landing to Munich was worse… The plane had severe turbulence during the approach and then it took forever to land. Then, the landing was so bad that my phone that I was recording with almost fell. 😂 Love your videos, Joe. Keep it up!!

I was an helicopter pilot. Once I had to make a low pass above an airfield for a show with the forces and the families (I was in the French Army). But the airfield was a civilian one. So lots of Cessnas, Robins, Pipers and whatever. I remember that we had to make some low passes and a very low flyby. This time, the downwash of my chopper made 3 little Cesnas act like little flags and leave their parking spot... A really bad day at work. For me and for the poor recreational pilots that used to park their planes there for their week-end activities ^^

8:38, My instructor and I had to do a a forced wheels-up landing in a Cessna 172RG (just like that one). Unfortunately, that engine windmills just a little too well for the propeller to fully stop. Ours did effectively the same thing with the couple-blade prop-strike. Curiously enough, it was also the left-main gear that failed on ours also, the hydraulic gear actuator cracked, the rest of the system normal (the nose and right main work, but were retracted for the landing to not bank and drag a wingtip).
The only difference between our event and this one was we elected to stay on the runway because we were concerned about unevenness in the grass and controllability. It was slightly smoother on pavement. They did have to rebuild the engine and replace the blades, but there was minimal other damage other than a bent exhaust tip.

I think the crew mistook what was meant by what was meant by 'hold short' where they thought they meant hold short of the aircraft on the runway

I'm so happy that I was actually there in person at Myrtle Avenue when that Cathay Pacific A350 had that tricky landing. The only reason I went was because there was a Singapore Airlines Cargo 747-400 coming into land and it was my first 747 spot. Will treasure both videos for a long time!

I was on a flight to Glasgow and I was still fairly new to flying. On the descent we were being thrown around everywhere because of blustery wind (it was like swirls. It wasn’t a straight wind when I walked out of the airport). We were shifting left and right and had a few moments where it felt like going over a hill on a roller coaster. When the came on the PA after landing, the captain was out of breath when he welcomed us to a “blustery Glasgow.” Always a comfort. Especially when it looked like our wing was close to hitting trees a few time while we were being blown around.

A few of these make me feel a lot better about my Flight Sim landings. 😆

The Emirates A380 performed one one the most beautiful touch-and-go, i have ever seen 😍

Captain Joe debriefs are definitely very informative. He points out important information I would never have thought of…Most excellent…

Love this series! Although I have to disagree with the last clip, pretty obvious the stick is full back and he stalled… should have pointed it down, even though close to ground (I know I know, it‘s easier said than done…) keep‘em coming Cpt. Joe 👍🏻

Ryanair: "Call'em all, we're hiring! " :D :D :D ;)

A couple of years ago while on a United flight out of Iceland, the pilot(s) scraped the tail on takeoff, THEN actually retouched down before taking off again... and then slammed the tail on the landing. One thing I noticed when they were boarding was that one of them was very young. Barely looked 20. Maybe the older guy was letting the younger guy get some experience that day. Whatever the case, in 40 years of flying, I've never experienced anything like it.

I absolutely love watching these 1 min debrief vids with Capt Joe. Please keep doing these!
I wanted to add how crazy it is that within a few hours of the video being posted and boom, fellow viewers literally figured out where that A380 was in the world, at least roughly when this happened, what they were probably doing, the fact it was a pre-production flight and here's its ID, oh! and here's the updated ID now that it flies commercial! Y'all are impressive man!

I love these 1 minute debrief, always so funny to watch

Very satisfying see a pilot KRplusr not trying to sugarcoat possible errors from other pilots, as Mentour Pilot always does.

Thanks very much for sharing your knowledge with us

Signing up for the course Captain Joe. Unfortunately I’m 40 years old now, but I’m hoping there’s still time for me.
Aviation is truly in my blood. My father was a pilot, his dad was an aircraft engineer, his dad fought in the war with the RAF, etc etc.
I feel really bad at letting this tradition go by the wayside, and want to right this wrong. I’ve applied to become an ATC but bizarrely (given all that is going on with ATC) they are not currently accepting new applications.
But my absolute dream is to fly a plane.

One more amazing video from Cpt. Joe!!!! Congratulations !!!!

I used to hate when we got 747s and C5s when I worked in airfield management. Every time they'd throw rocks all over the runway and we'd have to close it and have the sweeper clean up. I was at a base with F-16s so they were obsessed with FOD. F16s have a tendency to suck up everything with that low intake.

Former chinook mechanic here. While the blackhawk does have a pretty substantial rotor wash, you don't want to be anywhere neear the chinook in an aircraft when the chinook is taking off or hovering. Couldn't even get the rotors turning when parked next to apaches or the apache could flip if not chained down properly

You have some super knowledge as an airplane spotter Joe.

I'm always super impressed by the engineering of the landing gear, when they flare too late and effectively drive the gear onto the ground hard on top of the weight of the aircraft and they can still handle it, wild.

This video was incredible! 🙌🏾 Them landings were insane 😂

I bet my landing the other day looked like the Martinair landing. My first ever landing at a high altitude airport (greater than 7,000 elevation), and right at near max landing weight. Our groundspeed was 195 knots over the threshold, and a descent rate close to 1,000fpm. Really caught me off guard.

I truly love your videos. But, I love the sham-less book plug you have standing next to you.😂😂😂😂. Brilliant M8!

Thanks for the explanation of the stages of the flare and when to start putting flare in during landing.

Wind plays an important factor in these clips. We don't have wind conditions to determine all facts... Thanks Captain Joe for sharing this video

Thank you Capt. Joe! I loved watching your video, learning every day, and this was so informative. My dream is to become a pilot. Thank you.

I’m a bombardier global, 7500 Captain, I have 3809hrs on type, and 9322hrs total. We most commonly often hold the nose wheel up like that, my 13 year old son thinks I’m “riding a wheelie” when I land. Lol. That is especially when the runway is wet or freezing slushy wet, to help using the aerodynamic force of the elevator, to hold all the weight on the main gear to help maximize the braking performance to get maximum braking efficiency! As for keeping it straight while doing so, that is very easy! That’s why airplanes are fixed with independent braking, and rudders. Most usually the momentum will keep you straight anyhow, but using the rudder, and the independent braking will insure your ability to keep it going straight. Usually around 50 knots the elevator will lose aerodynamic forces. It needs to hold the nose well up anyway. And as anyone who’s ever used tiller command to steer the aircraft straight down the runway above 50 knots, probably already realizes that tiller commands are not effective enough above 50 knots to justify giving up the additional braking performance, in light of getting the nose wheel down to use tiller commands to keep it straight anyhow. They don’t teach this practice in the airlines, due to the risk of a tail strike, and I don’t recommend anyone doing it, ageist their company regulations. But it is definitely something I recommend keeping in your bag of tricks, for worst case scenario situations.

Sometimes we can do butter landings and sometimes ryan air landings. We all have our good and bad days. But the most important if you are still alive and can walk away after a landing - that a good landing.

Absolutely loved watching this 🙌🏻🥰

16:34 Russian people are using the same words when reacting like that Ай Яй Яй 😅😊😂

That was one heck of code brown compilation you put together there sir. Well done.

That last landing was a panic full stall. I can see the elevator at maximum up the whole time after the engine quit.

I would like to say Thakyou so much for every single video. So helping!!!

Thank you very much for this Debrief!🙂👍

I'm instructor in a regional turboprop. If the pilot flying keeps holding the nose wheel up in the air after landing, I tell him/her never to do that again. While, it might look impressive, you have poor directional stability, and you have to brake hard afterwards.

11:02 - "line up and wait behind" 🤣🤣

Captain Joe, your wings are crooked on your shirt!! LOL - sorry I couldn't resist.

I love that without knowing the full facts of the situation some of these are either examples of excellent or terrible airmanship.

All i want to see is you Captain Joe in the crosswind.
Would have seen how perfectly you do it yourself.

Yessssss! the debrief format is back

Captain, with 3 stripes? Okeeeeeyyyyyy.......

Hey joe good to see u hope ur well, regarding the first clip a lot of cargo operators are now requesting their pilots use aerodynamic braking (keep nose up as long as possible)
I only found out recently when we got a bulletin. We should go for a beer soon

Love your videos so glad to see you make more of them

Thank you Captain Joe for using our footage 👌🏻✈️✈️✈️

11:54, the JAL 777 was trying to touch down in high winds due to an approaching storm. I was actually on the aircraft in question there.

Best is the Piper in the end of the video 🤣 crazy guy

Despite those incidences captain I’d probably still fly,thank you and safe flights,👋👋👏👏👍🇦🇺

Finally you’re back doing debriefs’!!!! ✈️

It's great to see Captain Joe, it's been a while. What kind of celebration will we have when you upgrade? Thanks.

15:19 it may very well be that this airport does not have ATC - any controller knows that the helo downwash is exceptionally tricky (it basically is a mechanically created downdraft).

Nice, i really like, when you do this debrief videos! You should do it more often!

With that guy in the UK, we say ‘line up behind’ - what we want is them to line up after the other plane takes off, not while they haven’t even started rolling!

Cool video as always, i really like your debriefs! Sorry for nitpicking, but the A320neo @16:16 has CFM LEAP engines, not PW1100Gs ;)

Really missed those compilations :)

Hey
Congrats for the video, but more important the project!! 🎉 already enrolled :)

0:06 when you have no choice but to default to your native language 😂

Amazing as always capt Joe. Should check out the egypitair a320neo landing at Dublin. Really rough landing

Those are perfectly good landings in Flight Simulator 2020

Finally a new episode of 1 minute debrief.

I'd suggest the Cessna 210 pilot probably did cut the engine, but since they weren't dealing with an engine seize it kept spinning due to airflow over the prop.

The one at 6 minutes is textbook pilot induced oscillations, both on the elevator and rudder.

Great debrief Cap’n J.. should have also stressed on the importance of keeping a safe distance away when filming an aircraft taking off.. that plane in the last one could have crashed right on the cameraman.. the actual cameraman may survive though.. but not the people with him..

The first landing, I think he was keeping the elevator to brake aerodynamicly , because he didn't use reverse as I've observed

The most important thing to do is report the hard landing because only then will maintenance be able to carry out the mandatory inspections described in ATA 05-51.

Thank you for another informative video Captain ❤
Sir If you have time then could you please make a video for ADIRU system.

Great video! I really enjoyed the show 😄

Love that we start off with a BigJetTV clip!!

747 from Martin air was a navy pilot. You can tell by his amazing butter.

Pretty scary for nervous passengers. Some may never fly again. All in a day's work for pilots to keep on learning on debrief. Wonder how the main gear checked out. Just wow.

I wonder if there's a compilation video of Cpt. Joe's firm landings 😊

Hi Joe the news showed a clip from one of your videos of the fire suppression button. Was in a story about the alaska airways incident where an off duty pilot attempted to use the fire suppression system to shut down the engines. Cheers from australia

8:38 is one of those new fancy unicycle Cessna models. ;)

Captain Joe thank you so much i have learned so much from your videos i am hoping that when i come of age i could fly the a321 for Air Canada🙂