One lucky SOB.

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=b41_1429465294

Oooops.

I know I am forgetting something I know I am forgetting something. Let's see carb heat, cowls open, mixture set, trim set, flaps set, pitch set, speed check. Nope all looks good. Awww, who the hell needs a checklist anywho, I've done this a thousand times. Hey, does anyone else hear like a grinding noise...

O-B-U-M-M-M-P-F-F-I-T-C-H-H

Now, both engines have to be torn down and inspected. That should eat up most of $20k. Also, props and prop controls will have to be replaced.
Expensive mistake.

(What's that horn blaring for, and why are all those lights blinking. Oh well, I'll just finish this text …)

And don't forget the paint and a few ounces of aluminum he left on the runway. Most of that will buff out I bet.

Ain't flying fun!

And most likely a new pair of pants and new upholstery for the pilots seat!

I wonder if his license was pinched? Permanently?

You can actually crash a few times before your license is yanked - assuming no one died and even then if you have a good excuse, the FAA will not act too aggressively.

We had a guy here in Georgia that just crashed his 5th aircraft and he's still threatening to continue flying. Of course he doesn't have too many willing passengers...

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Originally posted by Opus1:
You can actually crash a few times before your license is yanked - assuming no one died and even then if you have a good excuse, the FAA will not act too aggressively.

We had a guy here in Georgia that just crashed his 5th aircraft and he's still threatening to continue flying. Of course he doesn't have too many willing passengers...

There was a doctor in Minnesota who crashed his Stearman several times and routinely violated the FAR's and was still flying last time I heard.

The Aerostar pilot will soon find out it would have been cheaper to just accept the "slide" and let his insurance cover the damage than to have gone around and landed elsewhere.

I see the pilot claims it was a botched go-around.

oh my .. i bet there's a new hole ripped out of the seat

I bet there is something else in that seat besides that hole.

Had a neighbor, flying farmer , that did a no undercarriage landing at their Saskatchewan farm, earning him the moniker, Wheels Up Morgan. Guy flew well into his eighties, rumor was he never got a license.

Grizz

isn't he just making matters worse by taking it back up?

I was first on scene to a crash where the pilot had taken off with a prop he had recently damaged and did not get checked.

Prop came off very soon after take off and he crashed through the roof of a nearby building.

Watched him burn to death and not a thing I could do about it.

One of the worst shifts of a 33+ year career.

shane

IMO he compounded a major mistake with incredibly bad decision making. He risked his life for the sake of the aircraft and in my world little could be more foolish. Once he realized he'd forgotten the gear he should have cut the engines and rode it out on the ground.