Pretty great view of what happens when your actual accelerate/stop distance > runway length.
From LiveLeak: "This was recorded the 26th September 2008 at Cabinda, Angola. The cargo plane's pilot had misjudged his takeoff and ended up aborting as the wheels caught fire."
Remarkably, no injuries reported.
I can't tell - does this mean the pilots are having a good day or a bad day?
The most difficult thing about flying is knowing when to say no.
After over a half a century of flying I can not remember even one trip that I refused to do that resulted in someone getting killed because of my decision not to fly.
. . wrote:The Russians build some very tough aircraft.
Built Ford tough that's for sure. Angle iron and I-beams. It's interesting that the nose gear didn't collapse and that the deep dirt put the fire out on the main gear. Could have been much worse.
I wonder if the Russians are familiar with the concept of balanced field?
Yep, the Russian's figure you have to build them strong so build them twice as strong. The only North American manufacturer's that had that philosophy were Consolidated-Vultee (Convair) and the old Grummans. Even Boeings aren't as tough as these.
Sulako wrote:From LiveLeak: "This was recorded the 26th September 2008 at Cabinda, Angola. The cargo plane's pilot had misjudged his takeoff and ended up aborting as the wheels caught fire."
The RTO happened just before the brakes started smoking. I guarantee you the pilots didn't even know about the brake/tire fire as it occurred during the RTO from the intense heat. You can see the props change frequency just as the tires start smoking. The tires that were on fire look intact just before they go into the sand, so it wasn't a blown tire.
It's one thing to be sturdy. It's an other to be undermaintained and poorly designed (inside). I know personally people that have flown in it and yes, they all agree they are pieces of junk.
Didn't look like he was using all that much reverse (maybe beta). The props weren't spitting up any dust when they went off the runway, and you didn't hear them return to ground idle before shutdown. maybe there is no reverse, or they just cut the fuel to the engines before returning the levers to ground idle.
also they (tried to) take off down wind...notice the dust continues to move in the direction of the plane after they stop.
