OMG! Scary Landing!

[Louie1975]

To be fair though....the CRJ 200 wingtip is very low to the ground so of course in the 200 you needed to not sideslip too much. I think we were told 6 degrees was the max.

 

[ASpilot2be]

I like keeping it in a crab until maybe 100 feet then transition to a slip to see how much input will be needed on the ground. If it gets too crazy then taxiing is going to be a nightmare.

 

[Louie1975]

On large jets....wouldn't landing in a crab sideload the gear? Or is it a castering gear?

 

[Dugie8]

 

[jynxyjoe]

A lot of guys go in to a slip at 300 to 500 feet above the runway and leave it there all the way through the flare.

Weird, working on 5000 hours at the airlines and I just don't see that ever... maybe FedEx once or twice.

 

[fholbert]

"Oh my god, this one time I was flying and I SWEAR we almost died!"

When I saw this thread I thought someone had filmed my landing last night.

 

[KOAK Flyer]

Looks like a crosswind landing and a correctly executed GA. However, we can't forget that this is probably not something the flying public is used to seeing. I know we all roll our eyes when the media gets it wrong, but I think we owe it to ourselves as professional pilots to take this video and use it as a way to educate people. The next time you are in a social setting and this video comes up, talk about crab angle, crosswind limits, and go-arounds so people understand more than what is being posted on Twitter. Which brings up a good point: if a passenger was so shaken up that he or she felt the need to write about never wanting to fly again, I want to know how the approach and landing was handled with those in the back. Was a P/A made to inform the pax about the unique style of landing? Did the passenger have a chance to talk to the flight crew about it afterwards? All questions that should be addressed because I am sure the last thing we all want after a flight is for a passenger to go posting on a website to "never fly 'X' airline again because their pilots don't know how to land!"

 

[PhilosopherPilot]

A lot of guys go in to a slip at 300 to 500 feet above the runway and leave it there all the way through the flare.

I never saw that on the CRJ and haven't seen it yet on the E190. If I did, I'd pack my bags when we got to the gate!

 

[SeanD]

There were some pretty awesome x wind landings going on at LAS today.