Someone forgot to stick the tanks...

Looks like he came in a little hot!

Looks like the plane was chasing the SUV.

I was just driving down the road, minding my own business, then suddenly this airplane came out of nowhere and hit me from behind!

I'd love to hear the phone call to the auto insurance company.

I'm pretty sure the pilot was texting. Hope the officer checked his phone.

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Originally posted by YooperSigs:
Looks like he came in a little hot!

That's what happens when you do a no-flap landing. Things must have gone south fast to not accomplish that step in the landing procedure, emergency or otherwise.

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Originally posted by bordeth:
I'm pretty sure the pilot was texting. Hope the officer checked his phone.

Heh. That was my first thought too. Lucky nobody was killed, that could have gone very differently.

I can't wait to see the Farmers' commercial.

That is not going to buff out.

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Originally posted by Tailhook 84:

That's what happens when you do a no-flap landing. Things must have gone south fast to not accomplish that step in the landing procedure, emergency or otherwise.

C-402B. I have not flown one of those. How are the flaps actuated? Hydraulic? Electric?

Also looks like the landing gear was not extended.

Registered to Noble Air Charter, Opa Locka FL.

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Originally posted by Sig2340:
That is not going to buff out.

Standing by for the inevitable "duct tape" comment.

Called it!

“The pilot, Manuel Izquierdo, radioed to airport dispatch that his fuel was critically low just moments before he crashed. He asked for permission to land at the nearest airfield, but didn't make it that far. Both he and his passenger, Ronald Bizick are both okay and are already out of the hospital.”

Link to source news report

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Originally posted by JJexp:
Someone forgot to stick the tanks...

If you don't stick the tanks, your gonna stick the landing.

According to the flight plan he had several hundred miles to go.
Even without any calculations, a look at the gauges should have told him all he needed to know.
I hope, if this was oversight, not a mechanical problem, they take his license and maybe even a criminal charge if that is possible.
He should never have gone in on that highway and only dumb luck saved other innocents. He was supposed to be flying up to the the panhandle and at 10,000 feet which would have given plenty of other options.
When he realized the screw up, he probably tried to land at the closest airport which was surrounded by a highly populated area.

The 400 series Cessnas have a fairly complicated fuel system, and it's possible to run dry and still have considerable fuel on board...but not be able to get it.

In a light twin, lowering flaps and gear means a much shorter glide and a higher rate of descent.

Flaps are electric. They're split flaps, with a rapid drag increase. Light twins, including the 400 series Cessnas, don't glide well with one engine out. With both out, the glide is considerably less.

The gear is down in the video. The picture is grainy enough that it's hard to tell, but it appears that some flap is deployed.

I loved some of the comments - especially the references to Harrison Ford.

Should have flashed his lights and blown the horn, maybe the cars would have moved over.

Not bad for his first landing.