Dan Gryder

[201er]

 

[GeeBee]

4 hours ago, Utah20Gflyer said:

This was my initial thought.  The right landing gear was removed and brakes disconnected just before this flight.  Something as simple as some air in the right brake system could cause the right brake to be much less effective than the left and once that turn starts there probably isn’t anything you can do.  The one thing that could help- right brake - is unavailable.  

Actually a 2940' runway does not leave much margin after brake work. You can take a lot of energy off a taildragger without brakes. I've landed Beech 18's without brakes, but you need some pavement and 2940' is not enough.

[Echo]

I am always amused...definitely NOT shocked by those pius Mfers that call others "haters" while hating like the weak mfers that they are.  Carry on.

I wish all, including the Electra Junior an uneventful and complete recovery.

[midlifeflyer]

8 hours ago, Echo said:

I am always amused...definitely NOT shocked by those pius Mfers that call others "haters" while hating like the weak mfers that they are.  Carry on.

I wish all, including the Electra Junior an uneventful and complete recovery.

I haven’t commented because I don’t like it when anyone in our aviation community is involved in an event like this. I wish them all recovery too.

But seeing humor in irony hardly makes one a “hater.”

[Echo]

I have learned a great deal from Blanco and Gryder.  I roll my eyes as well, but the content is theirs and they are free to speak what they believe and I am free to watch/listen or not.

Wisdom and knowledge is what I seek.  Aviation is a cruel and unforgiving mistress.  Wishing others death and or being happy about it, laughing about it says more about you than them.

I like independent thinkers over sheeple.

[DXB]

40 minutes ago, Echo said:

I have learned a great deal from Blanco and Gryder.  I roll my eyes as well, but the content is theirs and they are free to speak what they believe and I am free to watch/listen or not.

Wisdom and knowledge is what I seek.  Aviation is a cruel and unforgiving mistress.  Wishing others death and or being happy about it, laughing about it says more about you than them.

I like independent thinkers over sheeple.

Hard to mention Juan Brown and DG in the same breath.  Not that Juan hasn't gotten some stuff wrong, but he is generally thoughtful, tentative, and fact-focused in his early accident assessments, and he is always respectful of the people hurt, killed, or suffering loss after an accident.  DG is almost the precise opposite, and has treated Juan with the same viciousness he directs toward anyone who threatens his porcelain ego. Any value he may add is obliterated by his lack of decency as a human being.  I don't think engaging in a little schadenfreude after his recent mishap is overboard given his long, dark history.  It might be in poor taste if he were permanently disabled or killed. 

[Kelpro999]

  I hope this platform isn’t torn apart like other aviation platforms are over this subject.

[EricJ]

1 hour ago, Kelpro999 said:

  I hope this platform isn’t torn apart like other aviation platforms are over this subject.

Probably more likely to explode over touch and goes, ROP v LOP, whether to lock the baggage hatch or not, or whether shock cooling is real or not. 

[Shadrach]

3 hours ago, DXB said:

Hard to mention Juan Brown and DG in the same breath.  Not that Juan hasn't gotten some stuff wrong, but he is generally thoughtful, tentative, and fact-focused in his early accident assessments, and he is always respectful of the people hurt, killed, or suffering loss after an accident.  DG is almost the precise opposite, and has treated Juan with the same viciousness he directs toward anyone who threatens his porcelain ego. Any value he may add is obliterated by his lack of decency as a human being.  I don't think engaging in a little schadenfreude after his recent mishap is overboard given his long, dark history.  It might be in poor taste if he were permanently disabled or killed. 

Almost all of the Gryder content that I’ve seen has been through collaboration with other YouTubers. The first was with Flight Chops and the second was actually with Juan Brown.  I now understand why he’s so disliked in the community but as someone who’s not personally invested, it’s jarring to see people wishing bodily harm and/or death on someone over their words, no matter how reprehensible they might be.

[Shadrach]

6 hours ago, midlifeflyer said:

But seeing humor in irony hardly makes one a “hater.”

I think it’s gone a bit beyond pointing out the irony. I’m not judging anyone for their comments; I’m just suggesting that they come off as extreme to the casual observer.

[DXB]

On 6/22/2024 at 12:42 PM, Shadrach said:

Almost all of the Gryder content that I’ve seen has been through collaboration with other YouTubers. The first was with Flight Chops and the second was actually with Juan Brown.  I now understand why he’s so disliked in the community but as someone who’s not personally invested, it’s jarring to see people wishing bodily harm and/or death on someone over their words, no matter how reprehensible they might be.

Almost all the successful Aviation Youtuber content creators, including the two you mention, are now well aware of the toxic figure DG has made himself into and want nothing to do with him. The classier folks like Juan Brown largely see little gain in going after him, but a few of them do (Dan Millican for instance had enough of being bullied and has released a couple of videos dispassionately documenting his misdeeds).  Bryan Turner (JustPlaneSilly) openly denounces him on other forums. I stopped watching DG in disgust a few years ago when he personally targeted Jason Schappert in a lengthy rant about Jason's alleged marital infidelity and recent divorce for no obvious reason as all. The now late Richard McSpadden of AOPA was another very similar target of his personal vitriol.  That's his modus operandi, and he engages in personal attacks tenaciously and repeatedly with no obvious gain to him besides brief satisfaction over serving a perceived vendetta, then takes down the content a short time later. It would be lovely if ignoring him made him fade into oblivion; unfortunately that just doesn't work for the tiny number of people like him I've encountered in my life.  I wouldn't be at all sad if he met his demise one day while engaging in his particular brand of aviation scumbaggery, though, to be clear, I have zero desire to be the instrument of any physical harm to him. 

BTW here is right after coming home from the hospital, framing himself as the victim of both Juan Brown and The NTSB, while oddly implying he is withholding Go Pro evidence from the latter and at the same time asserting the camera in question wasn't on during landing ... what a piece of work.

  

[201er]

DTSB investigation final report is out, tailwheel was locked, right brake was mushy, had a lot of help getting out and surviving.

 

 

 

 

[jetdriven]

Juan Brown’s video pretty clearly shows that the tail wheel wasn’t locked, as soon as it touch the ground it spun 360 and then the plane headed left. But it was probably mostly the fact that the right brake failed because the hose came unscrewed when the gear went up. It’s amazing how such simple small oversight can cause such disaster.

[PeteMc]

5 hours ago, 201er said:

tailwheel was locked

I really know very little about these planes and (apparently thankfully) know very little about DG.  But didn't I read something from him or a repost from him (prob. on FB) that said on this aircraft the tailwheel is only locked for taxi?  And for the landing it does not matter.  

And regardless if it was not locked or it was in the locked position and there was a mechanical issue, even I can tell you it was NOT locked on that landing.  So can someone that knows these planes educate me on if it matters or not.

On a side note... Loved how he claimed the NTSB wanted his "cash" and the FD prevented it.  Really?  That's something you're going to claim publicly?!

Edited June 25, 2024 by PeteMc

[Pinecone]

Could be that the tailwheel lock failed.  Many a pin that drops in a hole.  The pin breaks, no lock.

[GeeBee]

7 hours ago, Pinecone said:

Could be that the tailwheel lock failed.  Many a pin that drops in a hole.  The pin breaks, no lock.

That is correct. The lock pin often shears, it is a point of inspection not to be overlooked. It is a hardened pin that once it is scored shears quite readily. The C-46 is famous for it shearing because of the enormous loads upon it. 

What is interesting is Gryder complains the NTSB did a very cursory inspection of the cockpit. Either they saw the video or inspection of the cockpit inspection quickly showed the tailwheel lock handle position.

[Steve Dawson]

Again, DG is the Alex Jones of aviation. 

He needs to make money to pay for his lawyers. 

[201er]

NTSB Prelim is out:

"The tailwheel lock control lever was found in the locked position, but the locking tab mechanism on the tailwheel assembly was unlocked.

Examination of the main landing gear braking system revealed that the steel braided brake line B-nut fitting, which connected the right brake caliper to the rigid brake line attached to the right landing gear strut, was finger-tight, and hydraulic fluid was observed leaking from the fitting."

 

https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/194488/pdf

[DXB]

Somehow DG managed to sneak onto the grounds this year anyway I'm told.  I hope they prosecute him for trespassing. I've no clue how the other folks got banned.

 

 

[Rick Junkin]

22 minutes ago, DXB said:

Somehow DG managed to sneak onto the grounds this year anyway I'm told.  I hope they prosecute him for trespassing. I've no clue how the other folks got banned.

I'm curious. What publication has the banned list in it, and is it publicly available?

[DXB]

Last chance! Bid before Sept. 4 on Dan Gryder's beautiful DC-3, which is up for auction, I suspect as a consequence of his debts including the defamation civil judgement against him. 

Hopefully the buyer won't have too much trouble removing his stench and the livery advertising his scam "animal rescue." 

https://www.proxibid.com/Your-Chance-to-Own-a-Unique-Piece-of-History-1938-Douglas-DC-3A-Aircraft-N143D/lotInformation/86560545

[toto]

5 minutes ago, DXB said:

Last chance! Bid before Sept. 4 on Dan Gryder's beautiful DC-3, which is up for auction, I suspect as a consequence of his debts including the defamation civil judgement against him. 

Hopefully the buyer won't have too much trouble removing his stench and the livery advertising his scam "animal rescue." 

https://www.proxibid.com/Your-Chance-to-Own-a-Unique-Piece-of-History-1938-Douglas-DC-3A-Aircraft-N143D/lotInformation/86560545

Only 56,000 hours total time!

[Fly Boomer]

20 hours ago, DXB said:

Last chance! Bid before Sept. 4 on Dan Gryder's beautiful DC-3

Wonder how you get typed these days.  All the old-timers are dropping.

[toto]

10 minutes ago, Fly Boomer said:

Wonder how you get typed these days.  All the old-timers are dropping.

Given how few of these aircraft are still running, you’d almost have to get typed in the one you’re planning to fly. I think it’s amazing that DG has been offering instruction in his DC-3 all this time, and it’s definitely a bucket list rating that probably won’t go on as many bucket lists now. 

[Fly Boomer]

21 hours ago, DXB said:

Last chance! Bid before Sept. 4 on Dan Gryder's beautiful DC-3, which is up for auction, I suspect as a consequence of his debts including the defamation civil judgement against him. 

Hopefully the buyer won't have too much trouble removing his stench and the livery advertising his scam "animal rescue." 

https://www.proxibid.com/Your-Chance-to-Own-a-Unique-Piece-of-History-1938-Douglas-DC-3A-Aircraft-N143D/lotInformation/86560545

Sold in June to MacFadden & Sons Inc.  Flippers.