Airplane comes to a stop. Captain: "Whew, we survived!" First Officer: "Is that a train horn I hear?"

Just got the heads-up on this from my brother who was a Piedmont employee. I was a passenger (seated in 3-C near as I remember) and TV reporter at the time. Too bad the video goes to black at the most "interesting" part - going through the fence and having our landing gear taken out by an ill-placed concrete barrier. That's what made us a sled into the railroad embankment. I do recall it got very quiet just before we left the runway (first bump). My brother - also a private pilot and career air maintenance expert - said the crew likely shut the engines down and activated the engine fire controls. We didn't burn when we likely should've - there was fuel spill. Engines were akilter and hissing loudly. Flight attendants were amazing. Lead (front) pulled the emergency chute cord so hard the cable cut through her hand - saw her later at hospital. She stayed inside and pitched passengers out where myself and others caught and helped them up on the tracks. Thanks to her and other passengers calm and courage there were no fatalities. However, as a lesson what not to do, a few had apparently unsnapped their seatbelts when we touched down and went flying upon impact with the railroad embankment. We hit appreciably hard. While I thank the pilot and first officer, I wish they had stayed around to help passengers in the aftermath. Myself and others were shouting at exiting passengers to get away from the plane. We needed to know where to go. Everyone who could walk just meandered toward the lights of the terminal in the rain. Could've been so much worse - it didn't burn. But moreover, God bless the flight attendants for getting everyone out.

Airlines don't generally terminate pilots for making mistakes unless the mistakes made are the direct result of carelessness and recklessness and so egregious in nature as to be unforgivable. Unlike many other industries, airline managers know that pilots are merely human, and that after retraining, said pilots are probably the safest on the senority list. We all know that things can happen fast, and they can happen to you as well as the next man. Those who criticize others for being human and making a mistake would be better off adopting the following tenets in life: 1) Never make a mistake of any type yourself, or 2) Never get involved in any endeavor in which a mistake made by you could do any harm to anyone or anything; never take a chance on anything in life, and never risk anything.

I loved Piedmont Airlines. When in the USAF and stationed back in the mid seventies in South Carolina I used to fly them to get home. The airport shared runways with the air base and one of my buddies would shuttle me in our Air Force pickup across the base and runways and drop me off at the airport - which at the time was a couple of double-wide trailers. Those were the days…

I have been waiting for this one. I also remember when this happened. Piedmont at the time was partially owned(20% stock ownership)by Southern Railway. Just a couple years after this crash, NS(Southern successor) tried to acquire control of Piedmont. The ironic part here is that the nose of the 737 is on the tracks of the Southern Railway.

FO: "Good job, Captain, oh wait, I rescind that statement."

The procedures are there for a reason. Fortunately nobody was killed in this incident.

I used to fly Piedmont on the LaGuardia to Greensboro route dozens of times in the late 1970s and early 1980s. I remember some of the pilots being hotshots, coming in fast and slamming the engines into reverse and heavy on the brakes. On one go-around, the pilot overflew the airport almost sideways at a couple thousand feet and I could look straight out my window and see the whole airport below me. The planes were always dirty and missing chips of paint everywhere. Fun times.

Used to fly Piedmont when in the Marines stationed in South Carolina . Flew out of Beaufort S.C. and Savannah Georgia. Back in the mid 1980's

Omg i did not think it was possible. Allec found a way to include Planes, Trains, and Automobiles in 1 video!!!!!!

I'd still really like to know what happens to cockpit crews if/when they survive. Fired? Those extra details would be great to know.

I remember this one. And the captain fouled up bigtime. Thank goodness nobody died; it could've been a tragedy. Nice work, Allec... :)

Love that Piedmont blue!

My first commercial flight was on a Piedmont 737 from Kinston, N.C. to D.C. I still love those old 737s.

I look forward to your postings. Fortunately this was not fatal. Thank you very much for your time and excellent work!

I usually hate when they blame the pilot but this guy screwed the pooch.

Thank you for doing this one!! Piedmont Airlines has a special place in my heart because the flight from Greensboro to see family in Ohio was my very first flight!

Fun fact pedmount was Owen by southern rail road and it hit southern rail road tracks thank God there was no 🚆 train coming

Seems like water on the runway spoiled what might been a pat on the back for the Captain's landing.

Although hard to see due to nighttime, you again did a nice job on this incident, Allec! Thank you very much.

Allec, your productions/re-creations are tops!! Excellent work!! Best wishes for continued success for you!! God bless. . . 💕🙏✈✈🙏💕

I love that golden age of aviation and I remember it well.

I worked for piedmont airlines for 5 years they were a great airline to work for ,, they would give every employee a $ 100 for Christmas . It was like one big family .

Happy memories of flying Piedmont in the 70’s

Wow. I worked for the FAA during that time and was on the team that rebuilt the ILS Localizer antenna it wiped out. I remember the jet fuel smell and the plane straddling the railroad track.

Windshear: that’s my story and I’m sticking to it

My instructor was ex-Air Force and he often said there’s no shame in going around.

Speaking of North Carolina, I was there last weekend. On my return flight, once stepping aboard, oxygen masks accidentally dropped on a certain row and a maintenance worker for Allegiant Air (airline I was flying) fixed it pre-departure!

Kuya Allec. How do you obtain vintage photos of aircraft and many times the photo of the actual accident aircraft? Blessing on your flight training. Simulator hours

Absolutely awesome channel as soon as I see Allec on the upload I know it's guna be good. Great job with the channel

I learned something recently. I always comment about how ungainly looking the early 737s were. Primarily due to the short fuselage and those long engine nacelles. Turns out that those were modified engines originally designed for the 727 (P&W I think). Later the 737s were either refitted or came out of the factory with newer, shorter engines with higher bypass capability. Giving even a 100 style 737 a sleeker appearance! I've read that the 737 is the most popular and numerous commercial plane ever!

I was a paramedic in Charlotte then and was second on the scene for this crash! Thanks for sharing!

Great work again.

Another great vid, thanks! I have to ask: a lot of these accidents seem to be caused by reluctance of pilots to abandon an approach and initiate a go around when that would be indicated. I wonder if there is pressure on pilots to avoid go-arounds?

Whoa forgot about this one!

Thank goodness no fire as that likely meant the difference between fatalities and none. A litany of errors here. It could have been a lot worse though.

I worked for Piedmont and then USAIr bought us, what a sad day

Very informative as always. Thank you Mr Ibay.

Three seriously injured though. They could have been struggling through life a long time.

Just got to work at CLT, working the nightshift in brake riding, remember that accident as well as the others that followed here. Funny thing just came across the old newspaper articles I kept of the accident a few days ago.

I always feel it's kind of strange the airline makes landing and take-off procedures and not the manufacturer.

In spite of the errors, everyone lived, a blessing for sure

Whoa I will never forget about this one!

10.000 flying hours at 37 is pretty impressive. Some 53y old captains aren’t even at that.

Okay, now I'm really confused. The movie says the autopilot's name is Otto, not George.

Thanks Allec JB.

Well...everyone lived. 🥰

Newer B737s likely would have been in 3 pieces with an overrun like that. They seem to like to break at bulkhead attachments. Study crashes before picking a seat on those planes.

Weather marginal. 400 and 2. No problem. Close in turn to final. Pilot ego, I can handle that. OK, here's what you do. Ask for a delaying vector, make a 360 if needed. Cross the outer marker fully configured, on altitude, bug speed plus 5, power set to maintain speed and G/S, roughly 2,500 to 3,000 PPH Fuel flow, rate of decent between 500 and 800 FPM, never to exceed 1000, ride the G/S down to minimums, and aim to touch down on the 1,000 ft stripes. Then taxi in, shut her down, turn in the paperwork, catch the cab or van to the hotel, change into your civies, and meet in the bar for debrief.

The simulated part of the video is so dark, all that’s visible is a few windows and poorly lit cockpit.

Loved the turbine intake small diameter, basically pure jet engines...

can anyone in the comments here answer this question? >>> does the Captain and co-pilot of this crash get suspended for a significant amount of time or fired? I understand the NTSB giving a list and a bunch of mistakes and out of procedure decisions that the Captain made, what are the usual accountability measures that are taken? If I crashed and damaged a forklift at an old warehouse job you get suspended for 3 days or so and have to undergo forklift training to make sure you understand the rules, sometimes you are banned from forklift duties for a period of time ( 1 month, 3 months, 6 months depending on severity) does the same happen for pilots ? on any crashes ( short of perishing in a crash ) that Allec has covered? thanks for any answers !

Another excellent video well made Allec!! Hope you can cover the recent MU crash when more details are revealed. Thanks!!🙏🙏

Was the aircraft damaged beyond repair and written off? I have to know!! 😀

That embarrkment where the airplane ended up still exists.

Thank God there was no train coming along at that time cause that plane dang near stopped on the railroad tracks.

Damn, I'm super early! Love the video!!!

I took Piedmont airlines in 1987 to go to Florida and we took a 737-200 it looked identical to that plane.

Was the plane written off or repaired and put back in service?

Great video as always. 10:58 the aircraft aquaplaned, not hydroplaned

When you order your flight crew at Wish.

The noise of the crash (the moment when the plane impacted and then the video goes to black screen then back) doesn’t match the actual impact itself. The plane only hit a road and front gear collapsed,

10,000 hours and he screws up that bad. That is scary. As I was watching the turns they were making, I was thinking, "That is odd, they turned well over 90 degrees to head for the runway". That seemed odd to me. I know it is no big deal if they are 25 miles out, but it seemed like they were way closer, seems to be to be hard to do an stable approach like that.

Wonder how many hours the captain flew after his 10,000?

Nice Video Allec Is there any possibility to Cover up the Northwest Airlines flight 253 case

Love these videos... but somehow the sad-sounding piano towards the end doesn't hit the mark when everyone survives, but sure makes it more heart-wrenching when there are fatalities.

.... and the pilot was experienced. 10,000 flight hours. Wow! Why didn't the video mention "sloppy" too?

Was the aircraft totaled or repaired and returned to service?

I'm not an expert, but what are the difficulties in designing a rain-proof runway?

Northwest Flight 710.

No info this time Alex if the aircraft was repaired or not,therefore written off.Do you know if it was returned to service,?

From the very first time this guy put his paws on a yoke, he was taught that if your approach is going to hell than you go around. And yet...he tried to ram it in there, which he ultimately did.

Hi can you share the Ariana Afgan flight 701 accident at London Gatwick please ?

Man those pilots were stupid but good job allec

Hi Allec Joshua Ibay! Can you please make The Crash Of Yak- Service Flight 9633? Will you do that?

Interesting

Request: Iran Air Flight 655 please 🙏

I've been to the crash site of United 409, I'd be curious to see a video about it if you haven't already done one.

Why are none of the findings related to the laundry list of mistakes made by the crew. I can practically follow along with my own flight manual and go, "yep, this is why we do it this way" and "yep, this too." Many if not most airlines require final configuration by 1000' above the field and a go around for ANY GPWS alerts. Moral of the story, don't let ATC box you into a corner. And maybe also don't just decide to add whatever you want to Vref for landing.

Close in base to start to tell you something

The ambulance chasing lawyers beat the emergency personnel to the crash site, MURICA.

Could you find anything about An26 31.8.1995 crash on greek road?

The simulation is so dark I might as well be reading a transcript with no visuals at all. :(

me to

The captain had flown an airplane before right?

I would like to what happened to everyone on board this whether they survived or not now that would be interesting to find out those details

This seems like a classic case of normalization of deviance. The captain was arrogant and sloppy and believed he could ignore procedures and fly by gut because he had gotten away with it many times before. He royally screwed up this time. He should have been fired.

Since pilots are only human, someday they may just have to bite the bullet and make runways longer! Remember, you saw that said here... 🤗

Do frontier 260

Do you have to make your videos so dark, ? Can you not put the stabiliser light on ?

Pilot error, trust he was stopped from flying

the FO was doing the callouts. Guess the 737-200 was made before the time they had automatic callouts from the computer.

This video was so dark making it difficult to watch.

Can You Making Malaysia Airlines Flight 370

Hey brother

737-200 was not a fantastic airplane. Boeing really came a long way with the 737. Anyway, so in this video, basically the captain and the co-pilot did everything wrong, despite company policy, despite NTSB and FAA guidelines and they subsequently crashed the plane. Wonderful. Can anyone tell me why pilots do things like this. Do you become that complacent and lazy or forgetful to where you just funk everything up and wreck a jet plane and injure/kill people ?!?!

Can you please give us slower readers more time to read the longer sections of text!!!!!🧐

another dark video

Making a go around is something that just about every pilot tries to seriously avoid. Not only does it make you feel dumb but there will be uncomfortable questions you’ll need to answer. Why did you go around? Because I felt the approach was not stable. Why did you feel the approach was not stable? After a while, you feel like saying ‘because not only am I a complete idiot but I’m also a lousy pilot and should be flying’. And the interrogation continues.....

Cutting It Close | Piedmont Airlines Flight 467