Many of you asked for this video and finally the FAA released the OFFICIAL audio including the succeeding phone conversations. This video took a very long time to edit so please, give it a BIG LIKE and always watch out for the runway you've been assigned to!! =D
@@eatshit2863 dont say that about Harrison Ford, he is a treasure to this world, he will be missed when he passes away but we dont plan to have that happen for a long time.
"Chewie, we're receiving a transmission about a possible pilot deviation! Quick, get ready to make the jump to hyperspace! ...Chewie? Chewie, you there? .... Well, I can still outmaneuver them!"
@Julian Moses First time a NATO fighter aircraft came to visit a Hungarian airbase he joyfully landed on the taxiway (I think it was a Tornado). He claimed controller instructed him (concrete or asphalt?) but had no problem, visually checked it be clear, only commented was a bit bumpy (at 160kts landing hell yeah :) :) :) ).
@Julian Moses i was on short final for the wrong runway when i was a student pilot - quickly asked tower for clearance for the correct runway which i got successfully (whew) tower still had me call but since i had clearance technically i didnt do anything wrong so there was no deviation report - great lesson for me tho
@UCqeuyI0kmVpc_IufvhiHCqg I guess it is almost the same as a train operator is running a red light? Alot of paperwork and it takes a few weeks until you are cleared to pilot a train again (if you're not fired) at least where I live. I almost ran a red light once but managed to stop a few centimeters from the signal, the train controller didn't say anything either that time. I learned my lesson too and if there is something I double check nowadays is that I have a green light infront of me. x)
You know what I like about ATCs and pilots, you can have near death incidents and they're still calmer and more courteous than people being held up in a McDonald's drive thru.
I done a little basic flight training, maybe embarrassing but thank goodness nobody gets hurt! it sounds like everybody has had about 15 red bulls in the beginning I cant understand anything their saying, I don't have the aptitude for that at all!
I'm sure there are many non-famous Harrison Fords out there, too. Then again he said "I won't release your information to anyone else" so he probably recognized him.
You could tell when Tower realized who he was talking to. It was right after Ford muttered it’s a big deal for me. And no ATC has no idea Harrison Ford is flying Niner Hotel Uniform. It’s just another taildragger at a busy commercial hub to them.
Knowing Harrison Ford and his history, he was likely stoned. Dude smokes more weed than Marley. My friend's cousin used to supply him a few years back... pounds and pounds for Han Solo, let me tell ya. Very lucky that he didn't cause an international incident and cost people their lives.
I remember, quite a few years ago being on Lima, holding short of 20R, between the runways, waiting for a small private twin to land on 20R. So, we're chatting about something and I'm looking for the twin on final, and when I see him, I notice that his gear is not down. I mentioned this to my FO and made a dumb remark like, "I wonder if he's going to throw the gear out in the flare like the Space Shuttle used to do." Well, as he passes in front of us, maybe 50' above the runway, my FO gets on the radio and says, "twin engine aircraft over the numbers of 20R, GO AROUND, your gear is not down!" So, the guy, sounding like an elderly gentleman, says he's going around. Shortly after, he keys his mike again and thanks us for noticing and directing the go around. Be careful out there and fly safe.
You might have made it possible for this guy to make a bigger mistake later. You did the right thing though. But eventually they make new planes out of bent ones.
Not quite true, Bob. I've heard that at least three times - Boston approach, Baltimore approach, Tallil AB tower, Iraq - and each time an air traffic controller was decertified. I would surmise that hundreds or even thousands of other professional pilots have had similar experiences.
You can hear it in his voice - AND in his words. He doesn't try to laugh it off (and no, self-deprecating humor of calling oneself "a smuck" is NOT lauging it off), and when told "it's not a big deal" (refering to a minor delay) he answers with "it's a big deal _for me"_ (clearly refering to the whole thing). He was being harsher with himself that everyone else combined.
nicenicemusic Then I wouldn't be as flexible with the reprimand. He did not sound good. Not sharp at all. He didn't know he landed on Charlie? Skimmed over at 82'? That's not a simple stop sign violation. Riddle me this, lovelies, if I am "familiar with my driveway" why would I pull onto a side street thinking it was correct? He was clueless of what he did even when he was on the ground? Not buying it. For his own safety, and ours. In his golf course accident, did u know he had, "...dislocated his ankle, broke his back, shattered his pelvis, a concussion, large laceration across his forehead and retroamnesia for FIVE DAYS after the accident" (his own words here). His responses are slow to questioning yrs. later in interviews and his demeanor now is agitated without provocation, etc., etc. Brain trauma, PTSD are parting gifts from his adventures w/o question. Did u know a "compromised" brain during this emergency causes the brain to be triggered again into trauma, possibly explaining his semi-drunken sounding/confused voice. We all love him and Calista doesnt deserve to be a widow this way. Fly safe everyone.
I'm a bit shocked how old and weary he sounds. When he's communicating with the tower for landing, it sounds like he's pleading "Ooh, I'm an old man, my back is killing me and my legs aren't what they used to be..."
Tower: "Sir, the odds of successfully navigating less than 100 ft above an airliner while landing on a taxiway is approxim-" Ford: "Never tell me the odds!"
"I landed on Charlie??" Lol! In my mind I can see Harrison Ford sort of staring into the distance with that baffled Harrison Ford face as he's saying that!
Yeah they are, kinda, tactical thinking people. Ok he shouldn't be there but ATC handles the situation as is, not as it should be. Like: ok so far I have never seen a real UFO from outer space but now there is one approahing so I give him vector for 20L and what was your callsign again?...
@@koborkutya7338 which is the right way to be someone who has to handle air traffic. Gotta deal with what’s happening, not what you want to be happening. If the damn space shuttle comes into your airspace needing an emergency landing, you give it vectors, clearance, clear a runway, and designate a taxiway for it to vacate. You don’t complain that it’s not supposed to be there until it crashes.
Crazy how pilots and ATC, accustomed to making sure they don't jam up the radio by talking over one another, seem to do completely the opposite on the phone.
The FAA left him off with some counciling and a quiz, due to a clean 20 year record and full understanding and cooperation on this case. They specifically said that he isn't a mere weekend pilot like many other celebrities. So yeah this was a serious error but not worth revoking his license for in the greater scheme. And while he should have gone around after seeing a plane on where he believed his runway to be, he had full awareness of it, so the risk was much lower than the news made people believe.
thanks for posting the results of it but I can't agree, he should have aborted the landing, imagine it's foggy and there's something else taxing 200m in front of him.... he had crashed the shit outta it cause in that moment he thought he's not doing anything wrong, in case in doubt pull it up imo.
I would not care to judge Mr. Ford harshly. Two accidents and one incident over many years flying is not far off the mark considering the type of flying involved. His heli crash during training is not unusual. Gliding a helicopter (autorotation) is a difficult skill to learn and maintain. I’ve personally seen a number of helicopters damaged or written off this way with fully qualified instructors at the controls. Kodos to Mr Ford for simply admitting “I broke it”. The golf course crash was an engine failure. No pilot error there. Finally, the taxiway landing; not dangerous, just embarrassing. Terribly embarrassing. I feel for the guy. I’m pilot, mechanic, flight instructor and maintenance professor. Helicopters and airplanes. Five forced landings, no crashes, no violations, no fines. Have I made mistakes over the years? Yup. I just didn’t end up on RU-vid.
@@paulhuizenga5006 According to the article you linked, neither incident was due to pilot error. The plane was an engine failure and the helicopter was a mechanical failure.
This kind of stuff is why I quit flying in '07. I was making too many mistakes, and flying is one of the most unforgiving activities there is. I miss the air, but enjoy staying alive more.
Robnord1 - Yeah Buddy!! I chose life as well just like you and Sid on "Ice Age" for same reason you stated PLUS found you could do everything right piloting even a Cessna 150 & end up very dead! In '74 passed ground school & on 4th lesson took off VFR from Ypsilanti in late fall. Flew around per instructions & winter storm just moving in so back to airport, approached runway, at 30ft saw white blur to left, left wing thrown up 90 degrees to runway! Lost airspeed too so whipped wheel to left, full power, full rich, prayed to God, dropped out of air, & bounced on right wheel. Had over-corrected, gave it right wheel, bounced on wrong wheel, got it centered, bounced on both wheels, and then finally lit in raging snowstorm stopping ASAP! Instructor KO'd from slamming rt window, we were advised Ford parts heavy right behind us, so as now blind, the controller directed trip to Air Service apron from tower. Instructor still out & his blood all over from splitting head open. Plane undamaged except needing cleanup in aisle 2 as Instructor had also pissed pants. We got him patched up & Mechanic loaned him coveralls. Our presence requested in tower & we thought they'd be PO'd, but that was not the case. Pilots from following cargo plane already there w/Capt exclaiming "Wow...that's the best worst landing I've ever seen"!! Senior Air Controller that had guided us to Air Service explained what we hit was huge snow devil or small snow tornado throwing wing up, that had formed and blew across runway just as lucky us set to touch down. We had to fill out paperwork for near miss or some such incident with all putting down what we knew about it. Instructor wrote weather quick changing VFR to IFR so immediate return with student still at controls, almost down, then woke up in Air Service Office with big guy holding me down for lady EMT stitching rt side of head back together, what the hell happened?? Senior Controller who had just happened to witness it wrote best possible outcome as "Cartwheeling, massive double fatality crash closing my runway"!! Other than cleaning up the Air Service's plane I ABANDONED LEARNING TO FLY! After Wawa, Ontario deal next year in a Beaver settling to land on lake socked in by fog, from rt seat I yelled "MOUNTAIN" and pointed (almost) dead ahead we were already there! Pilot pulled column back, full throttle, full rich, shouted full flaps which I provided, and plane struggled straight up. Have you ever seen a mountain's sheer vertical rock face right tight to your pontoons?? Pilot used last of airspeed for a 180 & down the rock face we went, then the wooded section w/frickin' treetop we couldn't miss, so right between the pontoons we trimmed it soaring back up into the relative safety of the fog bank. Under the circumstances, my Buddy and me offered free in/out service whenever we wanted to come back fishin'!! We never went back as had both chose life, JUST LIKE YOU!!! (sorry about length of comment)
@@erwinschmidt7265 My cousin did the same, had an incident up around WAWA.. (it's indian word for the sound that geese make ), apparently lost all power, incl electrical, just after takeoff in a single , prego native woman and family on board.. he managed to ditch safely , though I don't know the details..I believe the battery wasn't connected correctly, and things were jury wired and killed the fuel pump most likely killing the engine.. apparently shoddy maint was common up north back then.. luckily you guys were in a legendary stol plane, with a big old torquey wasp , and a wing with high lift devices, don't know if a 182 has that kind of performance off the water , or at low speeds.. Beaver's a beast
Ford: “Was that airliner supposed to be under me” ATC: “That’s a negative sir, he was holding short of the runway, you landed on Charlie” Ford:”I landed on Charlie?” ATC: “Yes and say parking?” IDK why that made me laugh so hard.
@@beieber4life he's not. When you know you screwed up your nerves go to shit and your brain gets befuddled. Sometimes when people are stressed they're less than graceful. If it hasn't happened to you yet, it will someday.
My question is..... Since he saw it before he overflew it why did he not go around.... THAT is the biggest problem ..... Ford continued into a dangerous situation. THINK ABOUT IT
@@hotrodray6802 wtf was dangerous about that he was far from hitting any tail it wasn't even in the same parallel as him. Also he could see it obviously he won't crash into it. Sure it's not acceptable since there are rules on a runway but in no universe would he crash there. I dont get it..
in aviation getting this close is considered an incident and as such must be investigated. he could not crash into it but had anything else failed then maybe. also the investigation has to prove it was his mistake to land on C
I'm not going to comment on Mr. Ford's actions or piloting ability, but I did want to say that man, VASAviation did an awesome job on the editing for this video and it really shows. Thanks for putting all the information together in an easily digestible format.
In the simulator, I almost landed on the 'wrong' runway (Taxiway C) at KSNA just like Harrison Ford because those 2 asphalt islands on the left side of taxiway C from a distance look like the dominant black 'lane' and resemble the runway on the left side. And once you fixate on THAT being the runway, you're mind disregards visuals cues for the actual runway like the chevrons and "20L" for the actual runway. Plus when Han Solo was lining up on Taxiway C, the American 738 wasn't blocking the taxiway at that time and was still slowly lurking along L. It was only once Ford was committed to landing did the 738 taxi underneath his glideslope, and it looked like Ford took minor evasive action by landing high and long, which is why he inquired about the airliner after he landed. So definitely some mitigating factors in Ford's favor on this one.
When talking to the tower, he sounded like I sound when I get pulled over for speeding. Like you know you screwed up and you have no idea how mean they're going to be to you. You could clearly hear he was upset with himself for it. The tower handled that whole thing really professionally. Kept totally calm, just get him where he needs to be and the guy he spoke to "no big deal, we've just gotta file the paperwork and review what happened." Man, could have been FAR worse. Glad no one was injured.
@@donnebes9421 if you're a pilot and make a mistake and admit it, as long as it wasn't intentional or display of severe grossful negligence, you will not be punished. It's called just culture and it should be upheld everywhere in the world of aviation. Its installed everywhere, and it's a safety net for us pilots, if we fuck up and come clean and are honest nothing will happen, just filing some paperwork and the scare, of course repeating it will not look good. If you get trashed for admitting your mistakes, go to the authority of aviation in the respective country and file an inquiry, because if we gotta be scared of the consequences of making mistakes, then a lot of us wouldn't wanna stay in the industry.
6:27 "Oh...." I think that's where the tower guy realises who it is. He's very reassuring about the phone number privacy, I think because he's realised by then.
In 1980, I was a lineman for Beechcraft West @ VNY. Harrison Ford went up with one of our instructors several different times, in a Beech Sport 150. I don't recall if this was his initial flight instruction towards his PPL or not. I had the pleasure of meeting and chatting with Mr. Ford on several occasions while fueling his plane and he was doing his pre-flight, and he was very nice and down to earth. I'm not sure how he is now as that was 40 years ago.
@ Well, he is a plane and helicopter pilot so I think he knows a bit more than acting. One of my friends was in the same helicopter training school with Ford and said he was quite intelligent and a hard worker.
One of the things I like about the Aviation industry is how professional and calm everyone is even when people make potentially very dangerous mistakes. Good job all around at the response to this.
A large part of that is that everybody knows it *will* be followed up, investigated and the person found responsible will face some sort of action, whether retraining, reprimand or more serious consequences. Not so when someone nearly kills you on the highway, and even if you can get the cops to take a report, it'll be dumped as "no harm, no foul" as soon as you're out the door.
Jeffrey Lebowski It is their job to be professional when doing coms. When in an emergency, which kind of voice do you want to hear? An panicky voice that sounds like he or she does not know what to do or an calm guiding voice which sound that he or she has this under control?
Anders Mostue If you want an emotional one, go listen to the 17 year old solo student whose main gear fell off the airplane at Beverly, MA. She did great, can you imagine? As for ATC in general, I've heard a lot of stuff on the air over the years that was absolutely hilarious! Also some scary things of course...
I was thinking a similar thought. That ATC was as cool as it comes. Dude lands on a taxiway and the ATC just keeps going like it happens all the time and no big deal. Didn't even say anything until he was asked what happened by the pilot.
The odds are the control tower staff will be unharmed. If you want to see them scream... there have been stories of people flying at the tower in protest... In south america often passenger jets are under-filled, so there have been incidents of engine and power failures while the control tower is calmly holding them for a busy runway, with the pilots getting very agitated. Control tower - relatively speaking - is low risk.
Wait a HEAVY landed ON THE TAXIWAY?? And there was no fatalities or damage? Cus I mean I can understand how a small plane like his might be fine but a HEAVY?!?!?! No way
@@sjeason Well, they almost did. Thanks to a United Captain noticing the Air Canada BEFORE the ATC, the Air Canada safely went around. Had the United captain not notice the Air Canada, it would’ve been the deadliest air disaster in the world to date. Here’s the link to the incident: m.ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ZW-ETmZU0u8.html
***** People have issues no matter what amount of money they have. Kurt Cobain was in the same psychological torment while sitting in his mansion with a heroin needle in his arm that any penniless homeless addict would also be experiencing.
+Roelof Hetsen I'm assuming your a socialist. Just because people have money doesn't mean they aren't a person or don't have problems too. Most people with money just focused on that pursuit in their life, they made good decisions with that goal in mind, still humans at the end of the day. And no, the vast minority of wealthy people were not born wealthy.
BubbaFilms lmao it reminded me of my grandpa. "Sorry son go ahead." Yeah so grandpa the other da..." so it was 1970 the world was a fun and exciting..." *damn it grandpa*
Speculation here, but I thought he was walking somewhere (backpack, wind noise) and was talking to someone who needed to pass him when he said to go ahead.
Air Traffic Control: What's going on down there? Come in! Harrison Ford: Uh, everything is under control. Situation normal. ATC: What happened? HF: [flustered] Uh, had a slight landing malfunction. But, uh, everything's perfectly all right now. We're fine. We're all fine here, now, thank you. How are you?
JohnnyCacao It can mean a few things, but often it means that the controller believes you make a mistake. They would usually tell you this by saying “possible pilot deviation, call the tower”. What happens after that depends on what you did and how pissed off the controller is. If you are lucky, maybe they will just give you a friendly reminder. If it’s more serious, then they would collect information and file a report with the FSDO (local FAA safety office). if that happens, most cases you would get an official warning or they might require you to take remedial training. If you did something reckless they could suspend or revoke your certificate. Usually that would be for very serious infractions or if you have a previous record of infractions. But sometimes they just want to clarify something. Maybe there was a misunderstanding or a disagreement they want to discuss. Or really anything else they want to talk about without tying up the radio frequency. Maybe they had problems reading your transponder or they just wanted to apologize for inconveniencing you because they were dealing with another situation.
2:40 According to Ford, he was preoccupied with the wake turbulence, and the sun glaring in his eyes, along with Charlie looking like a runway (other aircraft have made that mistake before). Ford made a simple mistake due to a number of factors and owned up to it. I'm glad that the FAA decided to simply reprimand him, rather than take any punitive action.
Came to say this. When I heard "beware wake turbulence Right" it was suddenly perfectly obvious why he landed in the taxiway: he either was so focused on avoiding that wake turbulence that he lined up on the taxiway, trying to get as far left as he could, or he actually encountered it, and by the time he recovered, he had been buffeted onto Charlie. Either way, shitty spot to be in.
According to the NTSB report, ACA759 at SFO had already started climbing before the go-around order, so it wasn't ATC that avoided the accident. Given how close it was, had the pilot only reacted after the ATC order, it might very well have been too late.
Going by the sat photos the right runway looks distinct from left and the taxiway, but left and taxiway look to be just about the same color surface. That's something the airport might be able to fix.
Time is money, hes just getting he's short field landings in. We always used to practice passing an obstacle of 50ft then land as quick as possible. Once clear, chop the power and drop on the ground ;)
wolly k If true, you must have been military? Can’t see any reason civil aviators would even want to practice that skill, given you don’t actually want to fly that close to another plane. Military is a whole different story though since speed can become top priority.
@@newname4405 Short field landing is a mandatory landing technic for all civil pilots in the US. Basically ots to prove you can land the aircraft in the minimum landing distance from the aircraft manual. Im civil, just been teaching pilots to fly for a handfull of years. Obviously he fucked up and missed the runways. Edit: you dont do it over other airplanes ofcourse.
I'm just doing my ground school, but talk about thorough incident processes! Also being able to see the entire investigation info when accidents occur is awesome!
@@rogerwilco2 I agree the Aviat Husky have excellent visability and they are pretty agile ... it's reasonable to think he would have been able to avoid a collision.
BS! He saw the plane and wasn’t going to land on or collide with it. PersonallyI would’ve gone missed. I mean, landing on a runway that’s already occupied is not the usual thing to do.
@@bigc208 He landed on a Taxiway, flying just 82 feet above the Tail of a passenger plane that was holding short of the active runway for clearance. Go to 3:40 through 3:56 for verification.
It's absolutely amazing how professional the air traffic controller is in this situation. I had been rudely reprimanded over the radio several times by ATC here in Canada for much, much lesser transgressions than almost causing a collision. Much respect for you, sir.
@@jic1 he most certainly knew that. They all likely know his tail numbers and the unique aircraft and any other extreme high-profile pilots out there. Ive seen Ton Cruise's Challenger quite a bit at John Wayne- and if I know this stuff they certainly do.
Well atleast he wasn't an ass about it, admitted his mistake and realized how serious it was. If I had the money he had I'd build my own little airstrip, and not have to worry about landing at large ones dealing with traffic and multitasking with radio and holding patterns.
Atleast he wasn't an ass about it? I mean what would he have complained about? Charlie being on his runway? There was absolutely nothing he could complain about. He fucked up, just him. Everyone did what they were supposed to. He didn't have any leeway to be an ass.
@@DipenTiwari Not just him, the controller didn't notice he was about to land on Charlie... And as far as i know, the controllers are supposed to know where all of the aircrafts are at all times.
@@DipenTiwari Nowadays not having any leeway to be an ass doesn't stop people from being an ass - especially celebrities. Makes HF's conduct almost refreshing to see.
Black box was recovered on the Husky Here are the transcripts N89U: Cleared to land 20L, 89HU *Sees AA bird on the Taxiway* : "Full reverse, Chewy lock in the auxiliary power....CHEWY LOCK IN THE AUXILIARY POWER!!!" *Loud animal like wailing sound in background*
Time is money, hes just getting he's short field landings in. We always used to practice passing and obstacle of 50ft then land as quick as possible. Once clear, chop the power and drop on the ground ;)
Harrison Ford, I know he felt bad. Being an aviator the number one thing is safety. You feel horrible when you make a mistake. A similar thing happened to me. I taxied past a hold short line onto the active runway. They immediately informed me, told me to just take off. I did, and made the phone call. This happened as a new pilot, I kept my license and all was well. But you bet I learned from it.
You could tell by his voice that he was flustered and upset with himself. As a pilot who flies all over So Cal daily, I can understand his confusion. Navigating unfamiliar airfields can be tricky, especially when you're mingling with the big boys at Charlie's like SNA. Im sure he will keep his license and hopefully he does. Everyone I know that has met him at various FBO's have nothing but good things to say about him.
Yeah. I'm not a pilot but when I heard the news report, I could only think "how could anyone mess up a plane on the runway?" Seeing this - particularly how the AA plane had been moving - it's easy to see how the mistake could've been made.
Sloth55Chunk compassion is an admirable trait the truly good Pilots know when to give it up you're right it is confusing and tricky flying into unknown airports but it's even twice as bad if you're confused old man he needs to hang up his wings
I did a quick search. No action was taken because of this incident. He sounded ... flustered. I can sympathize. abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/harrison-ford-retains-pilot-license-restriction-faa-completes/story?id=46553182
True, but when you see a commercial airliner perpendicular to what you think is the runway, you can always wave off, go around and confirm with the tower that you are on the correct approach. It's not like he was landing on a grass field somewhere. . .
Just watched a video yesterday where a Commercial Airline pilot almost landed on the taxi way, but the ATC and the planes on the taxi way warned him just before he landed. So this is not exclusive to just private pilots.
Kevin Braden interesting. Commercial airliners in most major airports like onto a quiet slope that will intensely warn them if they’re off course. Smaller airports don’t have them, but there are systems in place to avoid it
From this recording, it seems like all parties involved were incredibly professional. You could tell that Mr. Ford owned the error from the get go; that goes a long way in my book.
Jake Jones He had a choice. Almost any Hollywood narcissist would have blamed ATC or the airliner. It shows that he is attempting to be responsible --- especially so given his notoriety. He even subtle expressed that during the ATC communication exchange with ---> "It's a big deal to me" . If it was not a big deal we wouldn't even be watching this video.
at a busier multirunway airport this could have been a HUGE deal. Im a fan and the way he handled it was awesome. But if he continues to fly he needs to stay away from busy airspace and frankly... airports
As the man said what else was his choice but to say the obvious? .. And very importantly you should know that we are not judged on what we do off airport.. who cares that most actors would blah blah blah.. he's a pilot.. be judged as a pilot.. what's wrong with you? Low expectations for actors you have and me too but don't be a douche claiming that in this case he was stand up.. Nothing says he wasn't either but no need for unneeded praise.. I like Harrison but your comment is more dangerous than his mess up. Good day
I remember a story I heard a few years back from Jackson Hole Wyoming where two hikers got stranded and they needed to call in a rescue chopper. The chopper flies in abd and the pilot hops out, and the hikers jaws hit the ground: They were being rescued by Han Solo. Ford did chopper work in Wyoming.
Nice one, I'd never heard or read about that, for others| www.google.co.uk/amp/s/abcnews.go.com/amp/Entertainment/action-star-harrison-ford-rescues-hiker/story%3fid=116341
1:55 This is why I could never get into aviation. All I heard is "chh chh chhhhc chc h chhhhh" and somehow he understood that meant "windcheck please for 89HU".
Air Traffic Controller: "Who is this? What's your operating number?" Harrison Ford, Han Solo pilot: ""Uhhh... - *blasts* - boring conversation anyway. - - Luke!! We're gonna have company!!!"
3:38 N89HU: was that airliner meant to be underneath me? SNA Tower: negative, he’s holding short of runway 20 left; you landed on Charlie. N89HU: (long pause) I landed on Charlie? SNA Tower: that’s affirmative sir, and say parking? N89HU: (long pause) I’m going to signature east. SNA Tower: continue on Charlie and then hold short of Hotel.
There is an airfield next to my hometown for which the landing runway is grass but the taxiway is paved. It is needless to say that quite many people have landed on the taxiway. (check for "Vienne Reventin", LFHH in France ). The history for it, is that the taxiway used to be the runway a while ago. However some companies claimed some land next to the runway so the had to move it to the field next to it... And the old runway turned into a taxiway.
He didn't notice that great big wide empty runway right alongside with threshold markings, runway numbers, etc? Instead chooses to land overtop a passenger aircraft parked perpendicular at the entrance of his approach. Something very wrong there !!