I had two prop strikes on a twin when the nose gear wouldn't come down and I
had to land on the mains. Will never forget the tick-tick-tick of the prop
tips on the concrete. Or the short rollout. Or the jaunty angle when
deplaning.
wrote in message
oups.com...
Anyone else here ever experience one? How did yours happen?
Mine have been ag related and hit ground, rocks, birds, and ?
Ever throw off a piece of the prop blade? I lost a piece during
climbout of a jungle strip in the Amazon in a C-185. Managed to dead
stick it back without any further damage but it took nearly two months
to get a replacement. IN the meantime, I used a field expedient and cut
off an equal amount from the other blade. We were about 200 miles from
civilization on the Rio Curaray.
Ah the fun old days....
Ol S&B
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