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Airplane Repo Owners Jet runs off runway
Marco Island, FL - Investigators are looking into what caused a private jet to crash land at the Marco Island Executive Airport Sunday. The plane is owned by Six Hundred NP, LLC - and reality star Nick Popovich of the Discovery Channel's Airplane Repo is registered to own that company. (www.nbc-2.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
Nice landing!!!!! Nose tires look a little low. Probably should have a mechanic take a look at them!!!!!
Finally caught up with theses cowboys. That show gives all of us legitimate pilots a bad eye. No crying here.
Guess you didn't know he quit the show after the first season when they wanted to stage it. Guess the ATP's he hires aren't legit pilots. Guess you got a bigger business with better jets and legit pilots.
I'll bet 90-1 pilot error, I'll also bet the crew has low time in type. Glad they all were not injured though.
Did anyone notice how poorly written the article was? And supposedly these are professional media reporters.
They got paid for this? "We were leaving trying to leave yesterday afternoon around 5 o'clock," passenger Tim Kauffman said.
They got paid for this? "We were leaving trying to leave yesterday afternoon around 5 o'clock," passenger Tim Kauffman said.
With about 2700' landing required, why was he even deploying thrusters on 5 grand anyway??
I obviously can't speak for these particular pilots, but we generally plan on using reversers on EVERY landing, and in my experience that's been the case with most pilots I've flown with. Now, there are circumstances where we might mutually decide not to use them, for instance if it's 2 in the morning at a noise sensitive airport, or if we need to roll down to the last turn-off of a 12,000 foot runway or something...
But otherwise the point of the reversers is to help reduce wear and tear on the brakes, and to provide an extra margin of safety in case something unexpected were to happen. We don't ever use them because we absolutely need them. We could land on a 3,000 runway without them, if we really wanted to. But still, in reality, we deploy them even if we are landing on an 8, 9, 10, 11, or even 12 thousand foot runway. It helps save the brakes, smooths out the deceleration, and gives us a little extra oomph if we really need it at some point. And the controller always appreciate a speedy exit after touchdown, no matter how long the runway is.
But otherwise the point of the reversers is to help reduce wear and tear on the brakes, and to provide an extra margin of safety in case something unexpected were to happen. We don't ever use them because we absolutely need them. We could land on a 3,000 runway without them, if we really wanted to. But still, in reality, we deploy them even if we are landing on an 8, 9, 10, 11, or even 12 thousand foot runway. It helps save the brakes, smooths out the deceleration, and gives us a little extra oomph if we really need it at some point. And the controller always appreciate a speedy exit after touchdown, no matter how long the runway is.
Save the brakes...