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"James Sleeman" wrote in message
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On Oct 27, 6:33 pm, Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
don't make a dent in the nation's air traffic. Nobody is landing
737s on grass strips.

Yes, they are.

I've done it.

Do tell. It'd have to be a pretty hard packed grass strip I'd have
thought?


Many years ago, the AP ran a story on a 737 dead stick landing in the
south. Perhaps Mississippi, Louisiana? It think the pilot put it down
on a levee or something if I recall. The photo showed the main gear
buried to the top of the tires, without folding the gear. That pilot
was both very lucky, and very good. It think all souls walked away. I
still can't imagine it.



We do it in the sim farily frequently, though at the time that happened
deadstick landings weren't usually on the list of things to do.
If the ground is anyway soft, they will sink, and badly. Quite a few pilots
have made a corner too sloppily and put a gear leg off the taxiway and got
stuck. not surprising with tire pressures as high as 270 psi (the 737's is
considerbly, less, though I can't remember the number)
Hard packed earth will support one though.

Bertie