gear up landing of a Piper Arrow

On Feb 16, 9:06 pm, "Jim Macklin"
wrote:
Always better to land with the mains down or with them up if
wing and nose. But A proper pre-flight and maintenance
reduces the issue to a rare case. But then lots of people
don't do the maintenance they should do.

Its amazing how often such a stuck gear situation follows immediately
after maintenance or after a really hard landing.

-Robert

On Feb 15, 8:41 pm, "buttman" wrote:
http://abclocal.go.com/kfsn/

click on "emergency response to troubled plane"

An arrow tried to bounce the plane on the runway to get the stuck
landing gear to come down, but all it did was make the other three
gear get stuck in the down position.

The area firefighters have been under attack since they decided not to
respond to a plane crash in January in which 4 people died. A witness
walked to the firestation and reported it, yet the fire department
didn't think a little airplane required a fire truck. One official
received an official warning, another was asked to retire.

-Robert

buttman wrote:

http://abclocal.go.com/kfsn/

click on "emergency response to troubled plane"

An arrow tried to bounce the plane on the runway to get the stuck
landing gear to come down, but all it did was make the other three
gear get stuck in the down position.

Wow, the follow up report is much more exciting than the landing!

A flight school mechanic & pilot wanted to try the old pull down the
gear from a truck, because they had seen that work in an Internet
video. The airport manager and sheriff dept. disagreed with that and
the end result was the mechanic getting zapped with a Stun Gun!

I would agree that such a maneuver is far too risky for the reward,
although it has paid off in the past for others. Could you fly the
airplane perfectly 6 feet over the runway in a perfect straight line
without so much of a gust moving the plane? A foot or two up or down
and you could cause a lot injury. I wouldn't want to be underneath
risking my neck and arms to find out.

http://abclocal.go.com/kfsn/story?se...cal&id=5038872

If you have insurance, the company does not want you adding
extra personal injury risk, they insured for hull damage,
not decapitated mechanic and wrecked truck. The TV shows
won't pay for suicide pictures [yet].



"Owen" wrote in message
...
| buttman wrote:
|
| http://abclocal.go.com/kfsn/
|
| click on "emergency response to troubled plane"
|
| An arrow tried to bounce the plane on the runway to get
the stuck
| landing gear to come down, but all it did was make the
other three
| gear get stuck in the down position.
|
| Wow, the follow up report is much more exciting than the
landing!
|
| A flight school mechanic & pilot wanted to try the old
pull down the
| gear from a truck, because they had seen that work in an
Internet
| video. The airport manager and sheriff dept. disagreed
with that and
| the end result was the mechanic getting zapped with a Stun
Gun!
|
| I would agree that such a maneuver is far too risky for
the reward,
| although it has paid off in the past for others. Could
you fly the
| airplane perfectly 6 feet over the runway in a perfect
straight line
| without so much of a gust moving the plane? A foot or
two up or down
| and you could cause a lot injury. I wouldn't want to be
underneath
| risking my neck and arms to find out.
|
| http://abclocal.go.com/kfsn/story?se...cal&id=5038872
|

On Feb 17, 9:20 am, "Jim Macklin"
wrote:
If you have insurance, the company does not want you adding
extra personal injury risk, they insured for hull damage,
not decapitated mechanic and wrecked truck. The TV shows
won't pay for suicide pictures [yet].

It may be questionable if they would pay for the headless A&P anyway.
Its one of those things that if it works you look pretty slick, if it
fails you look really stupid.

-Robert

Owen wrote:
The airport manager and sheriff dept. disagreed with that and
the end result was the mechanic getting zapped with a Stun Gun!

I wonder if "1 injured" will go in the NTSB report (if there is one).

Gerald