Coming in Hot, Stopping Cold

"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn) 02/11/2019 at 10:35 • Filed to: wingspan, Planelopnik

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Courcheval Airport, located 6,588 feet above sea level in the French Alps, is a tricky airport to land at in the best conditions. At 1,722 feet, the runway is short, and the mountain at the end means there are no go-arounds. You get one shot. Last Friday, the pilot of this Piper Malibu Mirage landed long and fast, and luckily had a large snowbank at the end of the runway to cushion his mistake. I’m not sure why the people heard in this video are laughing, since it’s no laughing matter. Perhaps a little too much après-ski. The passengers suffered only minor injuries and were treated at the airport care center.

Here’s another angle.

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OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars > ttyymmnn 02/11/2019 at 10:41

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Sent

vondon302 > ttyymmnn 02/11/2019 at 10:51

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C oming in hot!

Stopping cold.

WilliamsSW > ttyymmnn 02/11/2019 at 10:52

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At 6,600' in a Malibu, I think you’re pretty much have be perfect (or better) to land on a 1,700' runway unless you had a decent headwind.  

McMike > ttyymmnn 02/11/2019 at 10:52

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Pilot should taken caution with the wintry conditions and installed snow tires.

McMike > ttyymmnn 02/11/2019 at 10:52

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I just LOLd like a ninth grader at the registration.

ttyymmnn > WilliamsSW 02/11/2019 at 10:55

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The first half of that runway is uphill, and I’m sure that would help. But this guy was going so fast that the hill probably acted like a ski ramp.  I watched another video of a guy landing a Mooney there and just before he touched down the stall warning hooter went off. A lot less speed to begin with, but I would imagine that’s what you want at Courcheval.

Pich, with Z32 now featuring Civic [Si] / No > ttyymmnn 02/11/2019 at 11:04

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he needs AWD

/s

WilliamsSW > ttyymmnn 02/11/2019 at 11:17

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The up slope is a big help, yes.

On a short runway like that, you definitely would like to hear that stall horn in the flare. 

ttyymmnn > vondon302 02/11/2019 at 11:24

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I like that. It’s a better headline than the one I came up with.

ttyymmnn > McMike 02/11/2019 at 11:26

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I hadn’t noticed. That’s either hilarious or ironic or both. 

For Sweden > ttyymmnn 02/11/2019 at 11:37

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This is why helicopters exist

chuck07 > ttyymmnn 02/11/2019 at 13:02

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St Bart’s has an airport that has a steep hill on one side and water on the other. Takes a lot of skill to land there and you only see small planes. 

ttyymmnn > chuck07 02/11/2019 at 13:21

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Reminds me of Toncontin in Honduras, where the planes basically fly down a hillside to get to the runway.

Dusty Ventures > McMike 02/11/2019 at 13:45

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I was going to say, the crash isn’t funny but that registration sure is