This seems to be an old video from 2014. Jeff Pino died in a crash flying Big Beautiful Doll in 2016.

The Pilot managed to feather and stop the propellor before ground "shock" damage to the engine which would have cost an extra $500,000.

I belive one can see one arm of the prop hit the tarmac what stopped the main shaft revolution. Wondering if with any engine damage due to this.

@@bargla YES! Thousands of dollars damage. Which is why I don't think this was a really great belly landing. The motor now has to have an R&R...probably crankshaft replaced and who knows what else. Not a good job imo.

@@Biggles2498 No, he didn't. He should have, but he didn't.

Is wallet must also be crying i would believe

@@dsclavon Jeff Pino had the $$ to spend. He was the highest paid CEO in the US when he was running Sikorsky. Helluva nice guy too.

What wood happen if he had landed in the water????

Fortunately, the P-51 is a solid plane and the damage here doesn't seem to be catastrophic. Might even be just sheet metal.

@@chuckschillingvideos ...and probably a new prop and repaired landing gear and gear doors, of course!

Sadly, even minor prop strikes can result in broken gear reduction units, prop pitch control mechanism, a busted crankshaft, and irreparable prop damage. Likely all of the above occurred here. Very unforgiving machines.

@@falconeaterf15 I agree. At least the aircraft didn't flip nose over onto its back.

Yeah, I noticed that too. I was thinking the whole time he was on final..shut it down...shut it down...ooff.

@@robertmiller6444 Yep, same here. Even though the prop would've still been toast, had he shut it down, most likely only the gear reduction drive would've needed the inspection since the bending forces would've been restricted to that drive. The engine would most likely been fine. My guess was he kept it going JIC he would've had to make a last second "go around and set up for a 2nd approach. Better to have been able to walk away from a bent bird than be pulled out of one.

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Our helicopter gyro stabilized camera system. Mounted on the nose of our R44. If you notice the left gear was lower than the right as he took off. Urschel said the strut gear failed

That is by far the prettiest belly landing I have ever seen! Almost saved the prop completely. And those who don't know a P51 is notoriously difficult to belly land.

@@CHOPPERGUYHD Yeah, you see it wobble at 1:58 as it is raised.

Good job! Both you and the P-51

Nice

Unfortunately Jeff suffered a fatal crash in BBD just a couple years after this video. They are both gone

It still has a great energy!

Bullshit. Stupid to use full flaps and bend them. Also the idiot left the engine on to wreck it. Im CFI for decades.. Single and multi.

Got a good one coming this week... Sky Crane

Go ahead, then we can say we saw a grown man cry..lol

He not only did that, but he killed the engine at precisely the right time, even though it was still a prop strike requiring a complete tear down, damage was probably mitigated.

The Brits think the Spitfire was the greatest. But it had no range to make it to Germany. The P51 was able to escort the B-17 bombers all the way to Berlin and then the Mustangs went hunting for targets of opportunity like airfields, trains, or factories. When Field Marshal Goering saw the 51s over Berlin, he said "The game is up" this was the beginning of the end !!

correction !! when Goering saw the 51s over Berlin he said " The JIG is Up" For u younger folks that means were F#*ked "

@@butchyshoe The P51 was created in response to a British requirement for an aircraft to do long range escort and take on the FW190. The Spitfire was a late 1930's design for defensive duties so long range was not the prime function.

Amasing job? BS, BS. No flaps and no engine on is the only way. Unless you panic and forget to do that. Real pilots dont panic and forget.

Wow! That "little detail" was left out of this video. Sad indeed.

It actually makes you wonder if this was a precursor to the issue that eventually killed him 2 years later

@@Hbomb-nm2fv no, it wasn't. I believe he died while doing a loop. The p51 never recovered. I believe Mr. Pino misjudged the p51 handbook indications and this was the result.

why didn’t he land on grassy field rather than cement ?

grass landing, and keep the single gear down with left flap up...why didn’t do this ?

Cool stuff! Thanks for serving my friend and standing up for our country.

It would have flipped and cartwheeled

@@CHOPPERGUYHD would, or could? "P-51 Mustang Crash 05/04/08"

You do less damage by sliding along the hard runway as the rate of absorption of the energy is less - if you land on grass it comes to a stop very quickly and so causes more damage. The only downside to the runway is the increased possibility of fire, according to aircraft type.

@@possel4747 yep avoid grass because the chance of flipping over is a very realistic scenario 🥶 and Bruce, please do not wear those baseball caps in a cockpit 🙄 it becomes a lookout limiting device

How about that Russian pilot who landed gear up on takeoff? hahaha!

It would appear that the landing gear could use a manual ops. Would that be possible?

@@davidgeorge4113 most do have what's called an emergency gear extension. Unfortunately they also fail occasionally or the pilot is not familiar with its operation in an aircraft he doesn't typically fly.

That’s quite a story!

Hi Marco, my mama was German and my relatives live in Dortmand

The radicals are trying to do the same here in America.

@@CHOPPERGUYHD once upon a time, the biggest part of people in America where germans. If I recall it correctly it was over 50%. So many americans have german roots without knowing it. Your ex POTUS also has german roots (not far away of my village). Oh and the United States couldn't go to the moon, without the germans, they hired in 1945 😉😅

Always a joy to hear and see all that power and speed and talent.

Classic radio transmission!!

If you own a P51 you don't have to feel sorry about his pocket book. I'm sure he had it well insured. The sad part is that there is one less on this planet. The 51 did EXCEPTIONAL things during WW2 !! After the war u could buy a 51 PLUS a spare brand new engine for $8,000 . Today, you would have to pay $200,000 to rebuild one of those engines !!

@@butchyshoe As an Airframe & Power Plant Mechanic, I've help restore old war birds and they cost about twice as much as owning a Corporate Jet, reason being is that most of the parts to restore them are getting far and few in between to locate them, one time it took over a year and a half just to get a simple part for a Douglas A-26, when we could of hand fabricated it from scratch, but the owner wanted original parts for his plane, then came unglued when they found out how much it costed him compaired to us fabricating it. Just like those folks whom own an all original 1963 Chevy Corvette with a split window, it's got to have all original GM/Delco parts, because it'll loose points at the next car show! But then again to loose such a valuable treasure to something so simple like a few hundred dollar gear actuator because it failed during a photo op flight can and does make grown men cry.

Sadly BBD is no longer. She flew into the ground in 2016 killing the owner and a passenger..... apparently they were doing aerobatic maneuvers at a low level and lost control of the plane too close to the ground to recover.

@@ianchandley There was another BBD in Europe that had an incident with an AD-6 and crashed but the pilot got out. So there are more than 1 BBD's out there, maybe this on can stay in the air longer than the others!

+ Brian Falls This plane was destroyed in Feb. 2016 with the loss of pilot Jeff and a passenger while performing aerobatics. The wreck is with a new owner in CA for rebuild.

@@FiveCentsPlease Wow. Sorry to hear that. Appreciate the info. My condolences to the family of the pilot and the passenger.

Thanks, Jeff was a friend and he also had a very cool Bell 47 helicopter and after he died I got a flight in it at Oshkosh 2017

Looks as though he shut power off at the last second to save the prop drive/crankshaft ?

Send video!

@@CHOPPERGUYHD r/wooosh

What kind of engine....J79 ?

You can say that again!

yeah respect,,,,

Where you at in The Netherlands? I did the 100 mile Nijmegen March in 1984, Friday night after the last day of the march the city was insane with people filling the streets, there's no way anyone could have driven a motor vehicle through the city on that night, and me and my buddy got to see Golden Earring that night when they put on a free show in the square in the middle of town, I'm still hung over from that night, it was epic.

@@dukecraig2402 I'm located in Groningen, another capital city in the netherlands ! Also been to a Golden earring concert once.. that was good fun :D Glad you like your stay here, we dutch can sure party !

@@VoidSector Oh yea you can party, when we stumbled across that concert it was just before it started and hung out under a big tree waiting for it to start, we didn't even know about it, it was just one of those happy accidents coming across it, when we were waiting for it to start we were talking to some of the locals and wound up hanging out with them all night drinking and smoking, what a great time it was. I consider my time in Europe in the service and especially doing that march in Nijmegen as the high water mark in my life, it all seems like it was a million years ago now but I'll never forget that night, and the march itself, little kids running up and wanting my autograph, women giving us bouquets of flowers, man that was wild. My best to you and everyone else in The Netherlands 🇳🇱🇺🇲🇳🇱🇺🇲🇳🇱🇺🇲👍👍👍

Thanks for the advice, you are correct

Yeah it was cool to learn about it when I shot it. It was cool walking the catwalks over the stadium too.

@@CHOPPERGUYHD AVIONES DE HERRÁN

Haha...too funny. thanks

We had a very similar incident with ex RAAF P51 VH-BOB in 2008. Don’t believe they tried the bounce as well. Strangely, our plane landed on the grass rather than the runway. Came down more or less the same. Sadly it still hasn’t flown since undergoing a full restoration.

His friends know. We wanted to honor his skill.

Yum! My favorite! Sit at the Chevrons with some on a stick👍😂

Thanks John, we will keep them coming!

That's what I think would happen, the soft earth would grab and edges of the aircraft and flip it...right?

@@CHOPPERGUYHD Yeah probably. I guess if you know it's gonna take damage, try and lessen the damage as much as possible.

Same here mate....I hope you bought the programme?😉

The plane and two gentlemen were lost in 2016 in crash in Arizona

@@toddc2466 that is dreadful news...so sad. BBD was iconic.

The one at Duxford was a different aircraft - lost at Duxford in July 2011 when the pilot (Rob Davies) survived a low level bale out after being hit by another aircraft

@@possel4747 ah yes, I remember now...hit by a French sky raider banking too early wasn’t it....I was there on the day before, Saturday.