On Apr 18, 5:51 pm, WingFlaps wrote:
On Apr 19, 7:37 am, "tom418" wrote:



This is only an emergency because it looks good on TV. A gear up is
not a life threatening event.

It would have been even less of a risk and done a lot less less damage
to the plane if he had retracted the gear and stopped the engines and
done a belly landing
.
Cheers

Unless he had to go-around after feathering both engines.

Sorry, I'll minimize the damage as best I can while following
manufacturer's approved procedures. I'm betting nowhere in the 'ho's
AFM does it say to shut down and feather both engines on short final.
The insurance company can buy new props and motors. They can't buy me
a new certificate when it gets yanked because I invented my own
emergency procedures.

Mike