Thanks for telling the truth about this incident. I watched a news clip about this and the anchor was questioning whether or not Icon should recall these because they are unsafe. It honestly pissed me off. ALL planes are unsafe if the pilot is impaired.

I literally can't believe that this guy spends so much time on content like this. He isn't even making us pay for it, what a hero. :) Keep it up!!

Out for a thrill, seeing how far he could push the airplane, like he’d seen in dozens of aerobatic shows. With the drug cocktail, he felt invincible.

In a small plane at 5,000 feet you feel like you're almost standing still relative to the ground, while when you fly close to objects you feel like you're screaming. But especially with single engine aircraft there is safety with altitude, which affords greater choice of emergency landing venues in the event of an engine-out emergency. Flying low over water is legal, buzzing boats and buildings is not. It's not a video game.

One of the most talented creators on this site with pure quality content

Drugs in the cockpit = No judgement, no reflexes, no return.

The plane was designed to 'embrace the adventure of flying' and 'interacting with your world' 2:40. Roy interacted with his world.

Moral of the story. Don't get high, before you fly or you may die.

Who else thinks The Flight Channel is one of the best aviation channels out there?

My old squadron did a flyover years ago for the Oakland A's / Toronto Blue Jays game at Oakland. I was on the field as the ground coordinator in my flight suit and Roy walked over, introduced himself, and we had a few moments of small talk about aviation. He told me that his father was a pilot, we shook hands, I wished him luck in the game, and he ran back to the Toronto side to stretch out. Super nice guy in the very brief time that I met him. Very sad that this happened.

I still remember hearing the news of Roy Halladay's death going to school. Had a 2010 Topps card of him (the year he won his second Cy Young, threw a perfect game, then a postseason no-hitter), and went to his Baseball HOF ceremony in 2019. Always had great respect for him, and he will always be missed

I’m actually impressed at what the plane let him get away with before he inevitably crashed. I was watching a video on the icon a5 and I was impressed with its abilities for such a small and affordable aircraft. I would love to own one.

The good news is that he did not kill anyone besides himself.

With all those drugs he thought he could really "fly". He was on wing and a prayer from the moment he turned that key. Can't believe he lasted as long on that flight as he did. Money doesn't buy brains.

I can't stop watching this channel and I know nothing about aviation! These clips really paint a picture that I can't stop clicking on. I have to confess I have zero interest in ever getting on another plane though, 🙃

Just imagine- if Roy had only waited 3 years, he could have enjoyed all of his drug-filled aerobatics from the safety and comfort of his PC.

Moral of this tragic crash: drugs are bad, mmkay. RIP to Roy Halladay. Great video, TFC.

“It was like flying a fighter jet” Well there ya go...

That icon a5 looks fun af, except for the crashing. I want to take a discovery flight or two soon. Your channel is teaching me a lot. Thank you!

Thank you for this absolutely spectacular upload/retelling of events with incredible detail down to the minute/feet/and tox screen.

My grandfather crashed into the Hudson River in 1950 on his way to play a musical date. He was drinking. Sad. I never met him.

I wish the news reported things this accurately.

When I saw this was an Icon A5 I scratched my head. I have seen many videos of this light sport plane. Its designed with the novice pilot in mind and has several safety features that for all practical purposes prevents the plane from doing things that would get the pilot killed. It prevents stalls and has an emergency parachute system (must be deployed above 500 feet I believe). Icon has gone above and beyond to ensure that pilots are trained in the use of the aircraft as well as all safety procedures. They have simplified all controls and front dash panels to make the aircraft less busy and easier to handle without a cockpit full of confusing instruments. This allows the pilot to ENJOY flying more and also allows for a pilot to quickly learn how to use the plane, especially since they must posses a normal pilot license and are qualified solo before being allowed to fly this plane. Icon provides direct training by qualified ICON A5 trainers as well to ensure the pilot is properly instructed and aware of all plane characteristics, Inspecting before a flight, all flight controls, flight characteristics and handling, as well as all LIMITATIONS of use and all Emergency procedures. Also, this plane is AMPHIBIOUS, which provides MORE places to land the plane in an emergency becuase the plane FLOATS and turns into a BOAT on water. Many use this Plane to get to out of the way FISHING SPOTS and then FISH from the Plane turned boat. Based on the TESTS and videos have seen on this plane there is virtually no reason anyone should DIE from useing this aircraft when used according to the manufacturers specifications and warnings. That being said, ALL PLANES are inherently DANGEROUS, just like CARS and BOATS, and it mandates that anyone flying a plane take all the necessary training and precautions to ensure they are operating the plane safely and within specifications and use cases that the plane was designed. Meaning, you dont try to fly a commercial transport plane like an aerobatic plane, they are two different types of planes and have different characteristics and therefore must be flown in a manner consistant with those design parameters. Flying under the influence of drugs is equivalent to a DUI/DWI. Obviously it NEVER should be attempted. It is very SAD that Roy was having so many issues in his life that he felt the use of MULTIPLE types of drugs, that should have never been mixed in the first place, was what he needed to cope. It almost comes across as suicide (based on more than 3x the amount of amphetamine in his system to cause death, he was a dead man flying before the crash) when seen in this light. But as with most people that use drugs and Rx in this manner, once sober they will say they have little recall of what they did and how it affected themselves and others at the time. While Roy struggled with addiction since at least 2015 those around him also struggled with codependency and enabling him. Several rehab stints did not help him beat the addiction and seemingly his family was not enough of a motivation for him to get off the drugs either. References 1. Icon A5 Safety: www.iconaircraft.com/a5/#safety 2. Roy Halladay Drug Addiction: www.phillyvoice.com/roy-halladay-drug-addiction-plane-crash-sports-illustrated-baseball-hall-of-fame/

I was saying he is suicidal while watching. Guess he was. The drugs helped him finish the trip.

That flight went according to plan. He was never going to land.

Good grief, that's a lot of drugs. No wonder he flew that A5 like he was in an Airproud video.

This video was super informative, I learned a lot, thank you

When you market an airplane to people that aren't pilots you are essentially selling Darwin Awards.

One of the best channels on KZfaq!

I was working on a jobsite on the water and remember seeing him fly overhead because it was such an odd plane. ...Saw the news later that day when I got home and realized I was one of the last to see him before he died. Finishing up the same job a couple of months later, the Sun Cruz Casino that had been parking next to my job site everyday, caught fire and 50 people jumped overboard and one person died - all in the same area. I was ready to be done with that job.

This was a sad but magnificent presentation. Thank you.

Thank you so much for your amazing videos. They are mindblowing and addictive.

After retiring from being a professional athlete some try to replicate the "high" of competition any way they can weather from substances or risky behavior sadly Halladay seemed to have had both adrenaline addiction + wealth + boredom = trouble

A great athlete with lots of money doesn’t qualify you to fly airplanes. As a former fighter pilot that was hard to watch.

Great video. Thanks for posting your hardware setup too

3:28 Amazing graphics! Even the sun reflecting the fuselage!

Roy got high, took his plane for a joy ride, selfishly put others in danger and crashed. Bad day for Roy.

The graphics - 10/10. Absolutely excellent 👏👏

As a kid in Toronto, my hero was Roy Halladay. I met him when I was 12. It was like meeting a giant. He looked like he was 8 feet tall. Looking back, I feel as though he may have been struggling with mental health issues. He always appeared to have a quiet intensity about him. Hard to describe. But he was taking a lot of meds, so it wouldn’t surprise me if there was more to this crash than we will ever know. God bless Roy and God bless his family.

My Dad owned a Cessna type plane when I was in elementary school. He never took unnecessary risks when flying but I never felt comfortable flying. The bug never bit but it did for my brother as he got his license. I took up golf. Ha.

This KZfaq channel provides us with incredible videos. If the people who have died saw these these videos spreading awareness of air disasters they would definitely been rest in peace. Thank you

Doesn't make sense that he pulled the power back before that climb... its almost like he wanted to crash

Great videos. It really puts the safety statistics on these crashes into perspective.

Great video! Awesome channel 👍 new sub🤙

I am a pilot, this seems more like a suicide than an accident.

I'm sure that his depression played into his intoxicated flying, but please - putting others at risk is just wrong.

He took getting high to a whole new level ..literally 💀

These are incredibly made videos, but I just feel so sick to my stomach when I think of hitting the thumbs up button. These are all truly tragic events.

Please make a video on Uberlingen midair Collision... Those who want please like👍

"Throttle open half an inch" *Opens it 5 inches*

Love your videos, very distinctive

Great video!

What a waste of a perfectly fine aircraft.

Best...channel...ever! I’m not a pilot and I thoroughly enjoy these videos. They are presented so that even a novice understands the content. Kudos to the creator!!

Love that you’ve started using FS2020 for the recreations.

“It was like flying a fighter jet” - flyes literally one of the slowest, underpowered airplanes in production, with speed, power, and G-limits alike lower than that of a 50 year old C-172

Sorry for the loss , glad he was on his own and didnt take out any innocent folk on the ground .

Roy Halladay showed how one can literally be "perfect" in one aspect of their like while being dangerously imperfect in another. He was a great pitcher who battled an addiction that probably cost him his life. Thankfully, he took no others with him. He left behind a wonderful family who loved and miss him very much. RIP Roy.

What a supreme badass on the bump. He gave us a lot of good times in Philly (and to baseball fans elsewhere). Miss you Roy.

Your channel is amazing. This video is very sad. Thank you for the information and the great graphics. This video reminds me how mind-altering substances can affect judgment and orientation.

The reason why I watch This guy is because I wanna become a pilot in my near-future. And I wanna learn the mistakes of other certain pilots and try to be better.

Fantastic graphics and production on a tragic end to Roy Halladay’s life. Thankfully his risk taking didn’t cost the lives of anybody else. Sad ending.

Terrible tragedy. Awesome video!

So, getting super high and flying a brand new airplane you have little experience in is a bad idea? Who knew?

It kind of seems like he committed suicide? That, or he was just really stupid about pulling all sorts of maneuvers with his brand new plane while at extremely low altitude and very little experience flying. Honestly, given how absurdly low his altitude was, I doubt pulling the parachute system would have saved him; the parachutes wouldn't have had enough time to deploy and slow down the aircraft. EDIT: Oh, and he was on a combination of drugs, with a significant risk of a negative interaction between two or more of them. How the hell did this guy get his pilot's license?

Tragically avoidable. Seems no matter how " advanced " we become as a society there will always be the human propensity to ignore the lessons found in the past.

Historically, baseball players have a fairly shoddy flight record.

wow man, this is so well made. WOW

The worst quotes in aviation: someone is killed

Dude's depression could've gotten others killed. Glad that didn't happen.

Great video, well done.

Flying is not just a time to enjoy , it's also a time to gain knowledge of a flying machine. But one must remember the limitations of any machine. I believe that mister Halladay did not have a firm gripp on this concept. R.I.P.

TheFlightChannel is literally my favorite aviation KZfaq channel of all time. Such quality content!😍❤

"...pilot has 14.5 hours of experience..." Jesus wept, soon as I saw that, I knew how this would end...

As a Phillies fan I was really sad to hear that news.💔 R.I.P Roy Halladay 🙏⚾️

Idk how many of you edit videos but something like this takes a lot of time to put together. No wonder this channel has over 1 mill subs.

Amazing videos as always! I’ve learned so much from this channel and hope to learn more, still my favorite channel as it has always been :3

Flight Channel,! My favorite

I love the flight ✈️ channel

Just stumbled here....great editing skills

This video, while tragic, is beautifully done. I know the TPA area and it feels like you are there. The sweat broke out on my palms as he maneuvered the Icon way WAY too close to the water. While the Icon is a lovely plane, it is irresponsible of the manufacturer to position it against ATVs and skidoos. And of course the pilot was daredeviling while massively impaired by multiple heavy duty meds. Thank God he did not crash into a boat or building.

He had quite the fan club in Arvada. We loved watching him play the game and mentor the others.

As a local resident you do a real good job on the Computer Graphics

great detailed graphics

You can buy the plane, but you can't buy the skill.

Very sad story. I live in new port richey and have a friend who witnessed this. He said the pilot was flying very recklessly, but actually seeing the crash and the guy die has haunted him. Sad sad story. I feel sorry for him and his family

I’m over it!! There’s less commercials in the supper bowl than this video.

One of the finest artistic and educational channels ever. Your content is incredible!! Just recently came upon your channel.

That's what usually happens when your out there hot dogging it up whether your in a plane, a bike or a car. Then when I read all the extra drugs in his system it made a little more sense why he did what he did. To bad, he had quite a nice little machine. Like alway's the tfc channel showed his great affects and excellent quality of work. Number 1 Aviation on KZfaq.

I never heard of him before but I still feel sad.

Cool little aircraft. Looks like it is built the right way and just for hopping around, not flying like it's a p51 or something. And it has a parachute? That's very cool.

Editing marvelous long live the Flight Channel

I know it's good for you, and us who enjoy your channel, but it's kinda sad you'll never run out of content.

I am impressed by the accurate rendering of that type of aircraft. I wonder if you build these models yourself or do you access some library somewhere? Thanks again for another tactfully sensitive video.

He thought he was playing a video game and found out he was not.

I watched this man pitch for my home team (Philadelphia Phillies). What a senseless lose...as a pilot myself I have to say that flying an aircraft is not like an ATV or jet ski as it was promoted by ICON. It's still an aircraft and without the due respect you need to give to the act of piloting an airplane, it will bite you and sometimes bite bad. RIP Roy

totally reckless & senseless behaviour, put himself and others at risk..oh well

Thank God he didn't kill anyone else with his irresponsibility.

Even on a good day, in full health and nothing impeding your system, aviation is a challenge.

wow. reckless flying!