Extreme Hard Landing - Cessna 441 Conquest II 

Watching the nose gear shimmy like that gave me goosebumps 😮

Much respect to the engineers at Cessna who designed that landing gear all those years ago. It took way more than it should have!

Oh, wow! That was absolutely insane. What a landing, glad the gear didn't collapse, could've ended worse! That's a once in a lifetime capture mate, well done! Thanks for sharing!

Cessna's reliability suddenly raised in my eyes. That was harder than a carrier landing!

Wow 😱 Never seen such a hard landing before ! The nose wheel seems to have been badly damaged.

I counted 8 horrible landings, and that's going to be expensive to get checked out and probably fixed.

I think the right propeller contacted the runway with the second bounce, the one on the nose wheel. One can hear a « trrr » right at this moment. Possibly why they shut down number 2 engine after turning, not knowing the nose wheel steering was broken. Might have been a tailwind component looking at the wing sock, which might explain why he came in so fast.

High descent rate, no roundout/flare - I'm honestly shocked the main gear didn't give out, especially with the porpoising right after. You can see the nosewheel shimmy... likely some serious damage. Generally you would go around if you started porpoising as the oscillations would get worse. Luckily they had killed enough energy to recover. Pilot has some serious questions to answer.

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I flew these many years ago . They are without doubt the best aircraft I've ever flown and I drive 747 400s now. They laugh at King airs and their 425 counterparts . So sad to see one being crashed like this . That guy needs serious training / evaluation or his licence revoked . Absolutely terrible . I'd say that aircraft needs a major check after that disaster .

Oh my god....😱 I've never seen such an extreme hard landing before....!! They were so lucky that the landing gear didn’t has collapsed during that hard touch down! Great footage my friend and thumbs up👍😉

A six figure landing. I think the sound you hear at 0:29 is the delayed sound (due to distance betweeen camera and aircraft) of the tips scraping the tarmac on the previous impact. The landing light on the nosewheel is also noticably bent downward.

No excuses for a unstable approach, high speed, and sinking like a rock. The Garrett engines have a quick responsive thrust when you need it. This plane will have a damage history for a very hard landing, and will have a great video attached.

Nose wheel replacement, spar check, root attachment check, engine mount check, avionics check, chiropractor cheque - the most expensive landing of his life.

FLIPPING HECK how on earth did one of those struts not give way after the bounce! That is incredible. What an amazing catch mate. Lucky they did not do any (immediately visible) damage. Well filmed. Liked. 😲😲

If you listen with headsets, I think that 2nd landing was a prop strike on No. 2. That's why he shut it down at the other end of the strip.

WOW! Seconds away from getting really out of control, so glad they made and hope they check out that nose gear, great catch Jesse 👍😎 Be safe Jesse.

0:27 WTF , that is no LANDING, that is dropping

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Wow! That is truly the hardest landing iv'e ever seen. Almost a front gear collapse. Great video.

Remember: You can always go around.

This is insanity. Very well recorded as usual

wow, that was pretty scary, luckily it turned out as well as could be expected considering how much worse it could have been. thats a beautiful plane, hope the damage wasn,t too crazy, that wobbling nose gear will probably be an expensive fix though, this was a great but intense video, thanks for sharing this, have never seen a hard landing like this before.

8 landings in one shot. Good job captain disaster. I can't believe how he didn't proceed to the hanger for an immediate hard landing inspection!!!

WOW man that hurts a lot! What a “landing”😂! Thanks for sharing friend, very well filmed!!

Oh my!! That's insane!! Looks like they might have broken the nose wheel oleo, as seen by the rudder and nose wheel oscillating from side to side. I'm just glad nothing more resulted from this landing, as things definitely could have spun out of control... Well captured video of this one though 👍

Fantastic video my friend, superb workhorse, so hard landing gear for sure!

Best landing I've seen all day!

Good bye shimmy dumper, what a pilot!

It's safe to say that was more of a crash landing! OMG!! The nose landing gear vibrations during braking were definitely not a good sign. It's alarming to think that there might be some serious damage to the aircraft's structure. The struggle to exit the runway, with the pilot resorting to applying power, reverse thrust, and even going through engine restarts, is truly nerve-wracking. Given the circumstances, a thorough inspection is absolutely necessary to assess any potential structural issues. Let's hope this won't be the end for the magnificent Cessna 441 Conquest II! Safety should always be our top priority, and it's crucial to ensure that the aircraft is in perfect condition before it takes flight again. Thanks for sharing the video, Jesse.

Wow, didnt expect it to be that Hard! Amazing Video!

Wow how scary 😧 what a great job you did capturing this keep up the great work ✈️👏

oh wow what a landing never seen that - great camera work and super video big like

The airplane wasn’t destroyed because the Cessna 441 has an outstanding landing gear. The pilot is another story.

This is insane! Not something you see every day. Great capture!

PROP strike! He/she knew and shut down #2, but then the 441 couldn’t 1 engine taxi. I hate to see that, but I can’t imagine that plane’s flying out of there any time soon. Great catch, boss

Damn! That's a crash by FAA rules. Probably Canada too. Gonna be some expensive inspections (and repairs) after that big bounce. Super nice video by the way. Awesome quality.

Ouch. Whoever designed that landing gear did a great job!

What an epic catch mate! Liked!

Awesome video! That was extremely hard!

The plusses of trailing link suspension... My goodness, I can't believe everything didn't collapse. You can see he applied full up elevator just before the body slam. It had to be a wind sheer situation. Sheeesh... the nose wheel must have shaken his feet out of his shoes!

Yikes! They're lucky the nose wheel didn't collapse. Great capture!

Amazing catch Sir!

WOW, a 'positive arrival' for sure. Wouldnt like to foot the bill for that one. Love to hear updates, if any, on this one. Thankyou for posting.

I have a slight suspicion that the nose wheel isn't supposed to do that after an arrival.😂 Great catch boss man!

There should be an investigation done into this. That 441 contacted the #2 propellers, the taxi light is pointing at the ground due to extreme down force, the shimmy dampener got ejected, and not to mention the extensive damage that must’ve been done to the landing gear and structure. This pilot decided to takeoff 3 hours later and fly to Lethbridge… Lucky once, maybe. Made mistakes twice, stupid.

Must have been a Navy pilot doing a carrier landing. Wow- that plane slammed down HARD! Great capture!

Wow! Amazing Catch, We don't see such a hard Landing every day! Thanks for Sharing!! :)

OMG 😮 Looks like the pilot miscalculated completely! He was more than lucky that the nose gear didn't collapse!

wow, that was amazing. I used to have a 414, quite an easy airplane to land.

Wow!! One approach, 8 touch and go’s, a nose gear waggle to full stop. Awesome!’

That's the end of nose wheel! Nice capturing 😍

This landing needs to be investigated. Pilot was no where near capturing a glide slope, pitched wildly unsafely, no attempt at a flare, no go around called. Even taxi’d and kept engines running despite an obvious gear failure. I can’t imagine there’s an instructor in the cockpit, almost surely if there was this landing would not have happened. Pilot needs to be investigated.

Pilot was lucky to get away with that! I assume it was a private owner as if it was a commercial pilot flying they would looking for a new job. That could be a very expensive mistake for the owner.

Awesome footage !!! Huge LIKE

I was shocked to read in the incident report that: "The occupants departed CZNL, and flew to Lethbridge Airport (YQL), Alberta, about three hours later, despite the fact that the airplane was damaged."

Wow, what did that pilot fly in the Navy?

According the flight aware this guy took back off 3 hours after this

Finally a hard landing video that lives up to the billing.

I have a couple/few hundred hours PIC (mostly single-pilot) in the CE-441 Conquest II (i.e., w/the Garrett TPE engines, same as this one) along with many dozens of landings and takeoffs, going in and out of various fairly short, unpaved or paved runways in Alaska with full payloads the summer of 2015 during a part-time charter gig between an air-ambulance job and my current B737 freighter job. The 441 is a very powerful, fast and capable airplane, particularly in single-engine operations, normally providing jet-like SE climb performance making it a relatively easy, relatively simple twin-engine airplane to manage, thanks to its high power-to-weight ratio. I’d much rather have an engine failure at maximum gross weight on a hot day in the 441 than an engine failure in a Piper Navajo Chieftain (PA-31-350) with half-full tanks and no payload, any day or night. While the 441 is one of the all-out fastest cabin-class twin-turboprops around, it does slow-flight exceedingly well; it is highly capable with short field operations, for both landing and takeoff, thanks to all that power and a capable airfoil design. Legend has it that Cessna discontinued production so as not to compete with its then new, more pricy, slightly faster (in cruise) Citation jet more than 40 years ago. This landing incident is due purely to pilot incompetence. I see an occupant in the right (“copilot”) seat; I must assume this is a passenger and not a qualified pilot. There was no excuse for the continuation of this unstabilized approach, resulting in the hard landing. That stated, upon examination of the slow-motion version of the video multiple times, the truly painful part of this viewing experience follows the initial touchdown (or, slam-down). Initially, the sturdy trailing-link main gear absorbs the energy well, with the fairly delicate nose wheel assembly taking a directly vertical hit in a near-flat attitude. This is harsh, but nowhere nearly abusive as what follows. PIO: Pilot Induced Oscillation. This would be expected of a student pilot learning how to land. Following the excessive sink rate and excessively steep descent angle, the pilot fails to flare soon enough, is surprised by the impact and pulls back to “arrest”, but it’s simply too late; impact has already occurred. The wings still have flying speed because the approach was flown too fast, indicating a lack of slow-flight skill in this airplane (likely fear of flying it too slow, i.e., ignorance of flight characteristics), in addition to lack of planning and overall management for this apparently short runway with a tailwind (note the foreground windsock at the start). The unfortunate airplane recommences flight (because that’s what airplanes do when there’s too much airpspeed for landing), the pilot reacts by pushing the nose down… and this time the nosegear upper-section is HAMMERED down upon the fork and wheel assembly, abusing and potentially breaking the downlock brace; pilot is surprised again, pulls back and rebounds, pushes forward again and BAM goes the nose-gear, again stressing the downlock brace, then a third time where the audio seems to pick up the bang of the nose-gear assembly’s oleo-strut (shock-absorber) slamming home; for a total of seven lessening impacts, finally neutralizing with deceleration. Had the nose gear downlock brace collapsed, I roughly estimate a USD $1,000,000 repair bill for engines and propellers, etc. That’s likely an underestimate. Note the coincidence of nose-wheel shimmy with entry into reverse thrust (the propeller blades are angled back, pushing air forward). Deceleration in general, and reverse thrust in particular, intensify the load upon the nosewheel. Note the elevator’s (horizontal tail-plane control surface) mostly downward deflection, indicating little or no nose-up input from the pilot indicating little-to-no appreciation for alleviating load upon the nosewheel assembly during deceleration (the control yoke is more-or-less forward). This shows me that the pilot lacks general airmanship skill or awareness. Overall grade: A ...for Atrocious/Appalling/Abusive.

Having flown into Nelson, I can tell the pilot likely f-ed up the approach early on. It probably started on the downwind leg. Nelson airport is in a narrow valley, and you need to extend the downwind leg up the lake (on a dogleg turning away from the airport) in order to have enough room to descend on the base - final leg. Instead they likely flew a standard circuit pattern, turned in tight on the base leg, came in very high and fast, and then was probably afraid to float down the (short) runway too far to bleed off the airspeed so they smashed it down instead. Didn't work out too well. Classic continuation bias.

WoW, I have made some bad landings in my day but this one takes the cake! The pilot forgot to flare. Looked like a no wind day. His descent was a bit too fast. maybe an un-stabilized approach? Also looks like the shimmy damper on the nose gear needs some attention now if it is still attached. Shows how solid the Cessna 441 is. Thanks for posting!

I’m so thankful that this landing wasn’t one that no one could walk away from

Damn !!!! I've "porpoised" one time, but never like that. He gave that nose gear cardiac arrest !! So much for the "shimmy damper" !!!!!!

This plane flew again 3 hours later? Does Transport Canada know about this?

The nosegear shimmy is from the strut becoming completely compressed, it happens on pipers also, because it's a free casting nose wheel, it can shimmy if certain loads are exceeded and the strut is compressed. Its NOT damaged. This gear is actually just fine, the tires didnt even blow. It's not as bad as it looks........ I'll tell you though, I dont understand the actions after landing, his single-engine taxi attempt? The Conquest does NOT single-engine taxi.. I dont know what kind of drugs this guy was on, but he was most likely impaired, and/or not knowledgeable of the Conquest.

Cessna makes some mighty strong landing gear! What a slam on!!

The occupants departed CZNL, and flew to Lethbridge Airport (YQL), Alberta, about three hours later, despite the fact that the airplane was damaged!

Flew one of those for a short period, easiest airplane to land and the trailing main gear is very tough, but not the nose gear .The nose gear on this particular airplane in the video HAS to be inspected, I also counted 8 landings on the nose gear, probably damaged.

Ooof! How in the Hell did that landing gear handle that?

So many RU-vid video titles are at a minimum somewhat misleading if not full-on clickbate. This one however was not the case. Hard landing? Oh yeah! Great capture... nice work.

loved this! great share!!!!

My guy not only flies a completely bogus approach, forces the thing to land, destroys his ass and the plane, he also restarts an engine with a clearly damaged prop to taxi, on that same set of wheels he just completely busted. Hopefully he never touches an aircraft again, he's bound to kill himself and maybe even others.

Looking up tracking they flew it back out. No way they had time for a proper inspection.

One of the reasons the nose wheel was shimming was that the yoke was forward causing the elevator to excel pressure on the nose wheel.

Gotta love that trailing link gear.

They tried to flare ! Look at the elevators, they were all the way up at the right time , but the plane just instantaneously dropped . This could be caused by exiting a heat bubble , or a sudden tailwind .

Second touchdown, right prop looks like it contacts the runway, big puff of grit. A second or two later you hear a very audible scrape. It would also explain the strange shutdown of the right engine, so the pilots could check for damage.

That nose gear is toast! Absolutely no doubt! That airplane needs a good inspection before it goes back in the air

Nice upload 👌

I would not be surprised if this airplane gets written off. Right hand propeller struck the runway so the right engine is, at the very least, getting overhauled. The nose gear is toast, it's surprising that it didn't collapse, and the main landing gear probably sustained damage. Cessna definitely designed a robust plane, but damage to the wing spar is also a possibility here.

Use to fly the 441 with the Garrett’s what a wonderful airplane to fly. Picked it up after a major Phase inspection and upon the first landing (a greaser I may add) the nose gear collapsed. No indication in cockpit whatsoever. Three green. FBO did their best to try and pin it on PIC however the complete strut and mechanism was sent off for inspection and it was determined a part had been reversed when being reinstalled into the aircraft during the inspection. Sure tore up a beautiful aircraft.

Love Aviation safety, big congratulations to the cool people at Cessna. Good job !!

That is the same thing that happened to me when I was coming back on my first XC solo. It has to be the most terrifying experience that I have ever experienced. I am surprised that I walked away injury-free and the plane was alright. Future flight students, make sure you all memorize the go-around procedures because it will save your life.

Really tested the strength of the gear an airframe. Terrible airmanship😮

What the hell such a perfect approach to have a landing like that.

I'm impressed that nothing folded. I flew right seat in a 404 Titan a few times - a landing like that would've been cause for a check ride.

Very nice video

Perfect capture my friend😀 very nice video😀 Greetings from Japan

damn unbelievable what that landing gear put up with! I guarantee you thought they wouldn't be able to handle the pressure, he'll have to pay for repairs to the landing gear.. congratulations on the record

Oh my.. that was terrible, looked like it was gonna crash at first 😨. Spectacular rare catch!

You can almost hear the wing spar scream like it had a red hot blade shoved thru it! LOL

Brilliant pilot

A testament to the trailing link gear on that bird....but will need an inspection after that...He got lucky ..

He also had a prop strike on the right hand engine. When he shut it down you can see a damaged prop. 😵‍💫🥴

OUCH! I can't believe that plane stayed together. That's one tough Cessna.

The video is fantastic by the way. Just curious, how did you happen to be there at the right moment? I suspect they never knew they were being watched. Also notice the rudder shake during the nose shimmy, they better check that too.

superb mister

Can't believe they took off again without a shut down and inspection.

I would be very surprised if after this, it's not subject to a stripdown of major components and a full airframe inspection