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1 second is all it takes. One moment is routine, normal (0:10), and the next, is chaos, and impending death (0:11). Don't take life for granted, guys.

You have to miss two key checklist items for this to happen. First was the failure to visually confirm the gust locks were removed during preflight. The second was the failure to confirm free movement of all control surfaces on run up. They all died for nothing.

what's the aircraft registration number? I going to search information on this accident... the video look FAF

Of you look at the rudder closely there is no movement in it at all

Looks like it was a beautiful day for flying! Keep em coming Jay

Takeoff checklists exists for a reason. THIS is it.

The “180” is one my favorite planes.

Saturday 6th at Chaparral

Love the 180. Paint job should be illegal....

Cools

Good looking bird!!😊

No alarm when taking off for not removing that control lock????

Display day showboating kills many.

The horror in that cockpit 😮

Train and keep training until you make a mistake and then train why you made that mistake

The most legendary F-14 pilot Dale Snodgrass died this exact same way in 2021 at 72 years of age. He was in a hurry and forgot to remove the flight control lock for the yoke in his own private GA-plane resulting in a steep climb immediately after take-off followed by a wing-stall to the left at maybe 100ft of altitude with a fatal outcome as result. The crash is on video and posted to youtube.

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This is the same reason that the prototype B17 was destroyed in 1935[?] Arrogant test pilots with a 'don't tell me what to do" attitude did not check that all flight controls had full & free movement just prior to advancing throttles to full power for take off. That B17 followed essentially the same flight profile as this, with the same outcome.

My instructor taught me to fly the basics -C152, 172, etc. He pounded it into my head to always dip my pointer into the fuel to check the level. (Obviously according to weight limits.)

That is one thing i do not want when I die.... To see the end coming, knowing you have literally seconds before you life is snuffed out and there is NOTHING you can do about it. I'll just go in my sleep thanks.

if God wanted man to fly he would have given us feathers

Wow. Most convincing CGI I've seen.

Nice video, thanks for putting it up. Mary and Mr. Mary were glad to meet you!

This is what killed Dale Snodgrass.. one of the most experienced F-14 pilots in history.. when flying a single engine Cessna. Controls free and correct.. every time.

Wow. The deadpan commentary makes it even worse.

I know that dude! You need to come up here and video breakfast!

Doh

After the checklist items and engine run up, right before EVERY flight, killer items checklist: Fuel, Flaps, Trim, Transponder on standby, cycle the control surfaces, then get your clearance.

This is literally why we have checklists.

Plane crashes. Guy: Hm.

Pilot error leads to presentation of Darwin Award to the next-of-kin.

If Dale Snodgrass can get killed by a forgotten gust lock, so can anybody.

Is that a problem?

What an idiot. That’s called chlorinating the gene pool right there.

This happened to a C-141 before. Crew tried to abort the landing but severely overreacted. It turned out that thinking the end of the runway was in sight was just an optical illusion.

In Taxi or Take Off checks there is always 'Check full and free movement, of the flying controls . . . they obviously didn't.

I guess that’s kinda what happened to the University Of Evansville basketball team in 1977. They didn’t remove the gust locks and the weight wasn’t loaded right.

They won't do that again.

This is absolutely horrible

Bank angle check

The elevator is centered in the video. I think a load broke free and the weight was shifted to the tail. And no flaps used?

My great Uncle was a crew chief on the same exact aircraft during the Vietnam war. One day he was flying with a crew transporting vietnamese civilians over south Vietnam and it sadly was shot down. They were at low altitute and had just taken off. Before they were shot down the report says one of the engines failed, and they attempted to turn around back to the airfield. Aboard were 9 americans and 6 vietnamese. Happened in May of '64. He was 22 and engaged. He was my inspiration to go into the service, and I will always try my best to tell people his story.

I used to think this video was fake given just how crazy it actually is

Pretty sure the guy filming, his son was in the plane..

All over for sure bub!

"I cannot believe it !" The guy sounds like John McEnroe.

It almost looked like a suicide! It's hard to imagine a failure that severe.

Was the pilot OK?

Sad. Some confusion. This lock system requires the control surfaces to pass neutral deflection at some point before the individual lock pins engage. So the system can be locked but still allow partial deflection of the control surface. Tragically, in this case for the elevator, the surface was not actually locked in place until after the departure from the runway. I presume, because the pilot attempted to push the yoke forward as the plane entered a steep climb, which allowed the elevator lock pin to engage. Also, this aircraft was operating as an experimental aircraft. As such it was fitted with turbine engines and a modified throttle control. This modified throttle control invalidated the typical Caribou throttle stop due to an engaged gust lock system. In this case, there was enough throttle authority to achieve flight in spite of the gust lock system being locked.

Flight controls check... nope!