Job well done

On Apr 20, 6:19*pm, wrote:
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.


Why would he want to go around after short final? Are you saying the
POH says land on on one wheel? Now apply some PIC skills. Which is
safer, a belly landing with engines off or the crash landing the pilot
made?

Cheers

you must have a long nekk!
KAE explained :
This just happened in my neck of the woods.
Gotta give the PIC some kudos.

http://www.news4jax.com/news/15923069/detail.html

It's good to see another emergency that only resulted in some bent
aluminum.

I have never flown retractables and don't completely understand the
systems, would it be strange for two out of three wheels to not
extend. Would it be an electrical, hydraulic or mechanical failure
that would most likely create such a 2 out of 3 scenario?

"everybody says the pilot is lucky to be alive." Well, DUH! He was
lucky to be alive when he woke up that morning.

This is manufactured news, not nearly as dramatic as the breathless
"reporter" is trying to make it.