CSI: Miami

Not Landing

Season 2, Episode 21, Aired 5/3/04

Episode Summary

After a small plane crashes at a Miami beach and the pilot dies, Horatio finds remnants at the crash site of chemical used in making cocaine, and it seems that the victim's business partner may have sabotaged the aircraft. However, when evidence suggests that the pilot may have died before the crash, the team investigates the victim's neighbors all wealthy residents of a secluded cul-de-sac where lust, jealousy and greed are dangerous motives for murder.moreless

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David Caruso

Lieutenant Horatio Caine
Khandi Alexander

Chief Medical Examiner Alexx Woods
Adam Rodriguez

Eric "Delko" Delektorsky

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Crash Landing.

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By TMFMM2022AD, Aug 24, 2010 Report Abuse

When a small plane makes a crash landing on a crowed beach killing the pilot, the crime scene investigators are called out to determine what happened. They notice the plane has its registration numbers covered up and a drain with a valve blown off.

Speed and Horatio figure that the pilot was on a delivery run. The pilot was Adam Decker and he co-owns the plane with Wes Gallagher. Horatio and speed head Wes Gallagher home and asks him questions about Dolson Treatment labs. Horatio ask him to run a test to check for chemicals they may have been smuggling or used for setting an explosion.moreless

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Not Landing

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By bankscountybabe, Dec 27, 2006 Report Abuse

A prop plane crashes into a Miami Beach. They were smuggling something. The pilot covered up the registration number. He was hiding something. Someone sabotaged the tank. The planes' man was killed by carbon monoxide. Another man was with the victims wife having an affair. Wendy told him to turn the radio off b/c her husband was talking. One of the speakers in their house was a camera. The drill bit makes a very distinctive hole and his neighbor was killed by the same one. A woman did the whole equation for a new engine. Adam took the patent and she took his life. She almost got away.moreless

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Gets extra points for a good opening and the presence of Annabeth Gish.

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By qstevie, Oct 13, 2006 Report Abuse

But it is an average episode. It's fun to watch and it does the usual CSI thing of the obvious suspect not being the culprit, but there's something just a little unexciting about the whole thing, despite the very promising beginning.

So basically a plane crashes on the beach - good effect. I was surprised the people weren't running before the lifeguard's whistle. They were all looking horror-struck and it was obvious what was going to happen. I'd have been off that beach like an Olympic sprinter. Anyway, plane crashes and the trail leads to a business partner with possibly nefarious motives and a community with enough affairs going on to populate a soap opera for a good few episodes. I think the reason this one didn't do it for me that much is because it feels a little more like a soap than a CSI.

So we have affairs, hidden video cameras, murder, possible smuggling, forumlas and equations - but the sum of the parts is a little disappointing.

Good to see Annabeth Gish here though - never knew why she didn't become a bigger star. And dear Susan Misner too - I think she's trying singlehandedly to work her way through every cop show on TV! She seems to be in everything! Not complaining, she's a good actress.

So, much like Knots Landing, the soap on which the show's title was based, some good acting, and interesting enough script, but nothing really special.moreless

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Gets extra points for a good opening and the presence of Annabeth Gish.

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By qstevie, Oct 13, 2006 Report Abuse

But it is an average episode. It's fun to watch and it does the usual CSI thing of the obvious suspect not being the culprit, but there's something just a little unexciting about the whole thing, despite the very promising beginning.

So basically a plane crashes on the beach - good effect. I was surprised the people weren't running before the lifeguard's whistle. They were all looking horror-struck and it was obvious what was going to happen. I'd have been off that beach like an Olympic sprinter. Anyway, plane crashes and the trail leads to a business partner with possibly nefarious motives and a community with enough affairs going on to populate a soap opera for a good few episodes. I think the reason this one didn't do it for me that much is because it feels a little more like a soap than a CSI.

So we have affairs, hidden video cameras, murder, possible smuggling, forumlas and equations - but the sum of the parts is a little disappointing.

Good to see Annabeth Gish here though - never knew why she didn't become a bigger star. And dear Susan Misner too - I think she's trying singlehandedly to work her way through every cop show on TV! She seems to be in everything! Not complaining, she's a good actress.

So, much like Knots Landing, the soap on which the show's title was based, some good acting, and interesting enough script, but nothing really special.moreless

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An average episode

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By aussieforgood, May 06, 2006 Report Abuse

Not one of the best episodes but still interesting enough.

A small plane crashes on the beach, the pilot is dead. The team investigate & discover that the pilot may have died before the plane crashed and that he may have been involed with drugs.

When Horatio & his team investigate further & question the victims wife & neighbours they find that one of his neighbours has hidden cameras in several bedrooms & has a bookcase full of tapes . Those tapes help them to find the murderer.

Only one thing I didn't find very realistic was Horatio outrunning the plane on the runway.
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- Goof: Towards the middle of the episode, a lab tech makes the comment, "since oil is heavier than water." However, oil is in fact lighter than water. Edit
- Goof: In the early analysis of the crash, Horatio goes through the sequence of events leading to the crash with a model airplane in his hand. He incorrectly states that after the valve is detonated, releasing the chemicals, the center of gravity shifts aft (towards the back of the aircraft), causing the plane to pitch up, stall, and then crash. In fact, it is quite the opposite. Since the cargo was loaded in bladders in the aft end of the airplane, the center of gravity would already be aft, compared to an "empty" plane with just the pilot. With the cargo gone, the center of gravity shifts forward, causing a pitch down. This effect would have been compounded by the fact that the airplane would have had some nose-down trim added to counteract the aft center of gravity. The real result would have been a nose dive to the ground – not a stall – with the angle depending on the nose-down trim setting. Edit
- Goof: The equation on the pillows for the fuel cell, even if fictitious, does not add up. On the top right corner it has "2H2O+O2 => 2H2O," when on the bottom left of the pillow (and more correctly) it states the net is "2H2+O2 => 2H2O." Edit
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- International Episode Titles: Germany: Sabotage Brazil: Aterrissagem Forçada (Crash-Land) Czech Republic: Nezdařené přistání (Unsuccessful Landing) Edit
- Original International Air Dates: Czech Republic: January 30, 2007 on TV Nova Greece: February 2, 2008 on SKAI Edit
- Music: Follow This Beat by Paul Johnson Trango by Naked Funk Behold a Lady by Outkast Edit
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- Horatio: He took your idea, and then you took his life. Heddy: You can't prove that. Horatio: A word to the wise: this is where you deny the accusation. Heddy: Am I under arrest? Horatio: Mmm... not yet. Edit
- (Eric and Calleigh go over a "peeping Tom's" videos) Calleigh: Reality Tv, can I watch? Eric: Yeah, have a seat. Calleigh: Tell me when I have to look away. Eric: That's the thing, you never have to. Calleigh: What are you telling me? Eric: That Jeff Lathan should probably see a doctor about the little blue pill. Calleigh: Oh! That explains why he didn't want us to watch the tape. Edit
- Speed: Do you realize that you blew up your own cell phone, by putting explosives in it? Aaron: Yeah, in the battery compartment. Speed: So what are you crazy? Aaron: Hey look some guys like to keep alcohol in their cars, video games... I like to go to the Everglades, blow things up... it's a sport. Edit
Allusions
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- Title: "Not Landing"
  The title of this episode is a play on the title of the CBS primetime soap opera Knots Landing, which ran from 1979 to 1993 and centered on characters who lived in a California cul-de-sac. Coincidentally, Boyd Kestner, who appears in this episode, had a recurring role on Knots Landing during its 13th and 14th seasons as the character Alex Barth. Edit