Ze German short field landing.

[Todd Hendry]

Interesting short field landing.

http://shar.es/cbjWV

Todd.

[Michael Cleary]

Undershot, but got away with it.

Even then, it landed well before the marked Threshold.

[David N]

Misjudged it big time.
At 543 metres there should have been enough for him to make a full stop landing would it not?

Assuming he was empty

[Jim M]

Oops! Very close to being very nasty.

Jim

[James S.]

https://maps.google.com.au/maps?q=Ba...,+Germany&z=17

The runway is by no means long at all, and the C-160 is a pretty large aircraft, hence why not touching down on the piano keys I guess, he was probably looking to touch down at the first or second arrows to be safe?

Still misjudged it by a bit of a margin though, If I remember correctly, there was a Vanguard landing at a museum in the UK that did the same thing, (on a very short runway for its size as well) and when the pilots saw the tire tracks, they brushed it off with a laugh!

[David N]

Originally Posted by James S.

The runway is by no means long at all, and the C-160 is a pretty large aircraft, hence why not touching down on the piano keys I guess, he was probably looking to touch down at the first or second arrows to be safe?

Other Youtube clips would indicate the C-160 has STOL capabillities to have made the landing with room to spare.

[Grahame Hutchison]

The pilot was late for an appointment with his optometrist.

[Bernie P]

^^ Or early, given where he (tried to ) land...!!

[James S.]

Originally Posted by David N

Other Youtube clips would indicate the C-160 has STOL capabillities to have made the landing with room to spare.

C-160 landing distance is listed as 580 m.

[Michael Cleary]

Its a bit difficult to tell, but to me that road looks to be marginally higher than the end of the runway - perhaps why the Threshold is displaced further down. Just as well there was no fence and no vehicle was passing on the road too.