Go Around?????

My non-pilot wife just saw this and said "wow, why didn't he fly away after the first time it hit the ground?"
 
Ouch! That one's going on the favorites list. It'll be a good instructional video to show students about the importance of a stabilized approach and go-around decision making.
 
Do we have a translator on board? What was the radio communications saying? Is it possible the pilot was incapacitated and a non-pilot was flying the aircraft?
 
This is an extremely good lesson in what porpoising is. If you have heard the term but had never seen it before, this is it.

For all you student pilots/low time pilots/hell anybody with 2 brain cells to rub together: IF YOU EVER SEE THIS START TO HAPPEN, GO AROUND! YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO SAVE IT!!!!!

It only gets worse after the first bounce. Cessna 182's are notorious for this stunt.
 
I think there might be more behind this. Maybe there is some mechanical probablem that prevented him from going around.
 
KLB said:
I think there might be more behind this. Maybe there is some mechanical probablem that prevented him from going around.
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I dunno, I had an instrument student pull this same trick on me once. He swore you landed a 172 with power and on the nosewheel!
 
jtrain609 said:
IF YOU EVER SEE THIS START TO HAPPEN, GO AROUND! YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO SAVE IT!!!!!

It only gets worse after the first bounce. Cessna 182's are notorious for this stunt.
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One important thing to mention to the students is when to add the power for the go-around. I had a guy add the power at the crest of it and by the time he got it in full we were on the way to the runway again but at a faster rate. Gotta add the power on the upswing of that thing.
 
Okay, question.

From the video, his approach appears pretty stable - there just wasn't any flare, right?

Could there have been an elevator problem?
 
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