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Group Effort Prevents Gear-up Landing at TIW
This happened a couple of weeks ago. I was out with a pre-solo student doing
maneuvers when we saw a Bonanza pass by us on his way to Shelton. We headed back to Tacoma Narrows and as we pull onto the ramp we hear the Bonanza requesting assistance from the tower because he cannot get a gear locked light on his nose gear. The tower is about to close for the evening but he promises to remain until the Bonanza returns from Shelton. The Bonanza flies by and, sure enough, the pilot is gay, er, the nose gear is only partially extended (sorry, I forgot what thread I was in for a minute). Another plane is in the pattern and he is told the Bonanza is about to make an emergency landing, but he does not want to go anywhere; perhaps he just wants to see what happens. Two planes approaching Tacoma Narrows fly in formation with the Bonanza as various attempts to extend the gear fail. Nothing seems to work. The Bonanza pilot asks everybody's advice whether to land on the pavement or on the grass. The consensus is that the pavement is much better. He decides to wait until the emergency vehicles arrive before attempting a landing. Then we get an A&P on the radios. He makes several suggestions and none of them seem to work, either. The fire trucks finally arrive and the Bonanza pilot prepares for a gear up landing. The A&P suggests one last try at manually extending the gear, this time at minimum controllable airspeed. The mechanic says he has had similar experiences in other Bonanzas and that slow airspeed seems to be the key. That works! The light comes on and the Bonanza makes a normal landing, stopping on the runway. Not taking any chances, he has his gear pinned and the airplane towed off the runway. We all go home, glad that everything turned out all right and privileged to watch these people all working together to make sure that things went the way they did. -- Christopher J. Campbell World Famous Flight Instructor Port Orchard, WA For the Homeland! |
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C J Campbell wrote:
This happened a couple of weeks ago. I was out with a pre-solo student doing maneuvers when we saw a Bonanza pass by us on his way to Shelton. We headed back to Tacoma Narrows and as we pull onto the ramp we hear the Bonanza requesting assistance from the tower because he cannot get a gear locked light on his nose gear. .... Then we get an A&P on the radios. He makes several suggestions and none of them seem to work, either. The fire trucks finally arrive and the Bonanza pilot prepares for a gear up landing. The A&P suggests one last try at manually extending the gear, this time at minimum controllable airspeed. The mechanic says he has had similar experiences in other Bonanzas and that slow airspeed seems to be the key. That works! The light comes on and the Bonanza makes a normal landing, stopping on the runway. Not taking any chances, he has his gear pinned and the airplane towed off the runway. We all go home, glad that everything turned out all right and privileged to watch these people all working together to make sure that things went the way they did. Cool CJ. Glad to hear it worked out. Hey, I stopped in at TIW on Saturday - my first time there in probably a year or so. Do you work out of the FBO there? Looked like a decent operation. David H Boeing Field (BFI), Seattle, WA - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Visit the Pacific Northwest Flying forum: http://www.smartgroups.com/groups/pnwflying |
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| Cool CJ. Glad to hear it worked out. | | Hey, I stopped in at TIW on Saturday - my first time there in probably a year | or so. Do you work out of the FBO there? Looked like a decent operation. | There are actually two FBOs there, but only one offers flight instruction. I work at PAVCO. If you bought Chevron gas at the blue hangar, you visited PAVCO. |
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C J Campbell wrote:
| | Cool CJ. Glad to hear it worked out. | | Hey, I stopped in at TIW on Saturday - my first time there in probably a year | or so. Do you work out of the FBO there? Looked like a decent operation.| There are actually two FBOs there, but only one offers flight instruction. I work at PAVCO. If you bought Chevron gas at the blue hangar, you visited PAVCO. Actually, I didn't buy gas from anyone there. But I did avail myself of the fine restroom facilities at Pavco. David H Boeing Field (BFI), Seattle, WA - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Visit the Pacific Northwest Flying forum: http://www.smartgroups.com/groups/pnwflying |
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Neat story and a great example of how, as PIC, you never have to totally
give up on getting it down so that you can use it again. "C J Campbell" wrote in message ... This happened a couple of weeks ago. I was out with a pre-solo student doing maneuvers when we saw a Bonanza pass by us on his way to Shelton. We headed back to Tacoma Narrows and as we pull onto the ramp we hear the Bonanza requesting assistance from the tower because he cannot get a gear locked light on his nose gear. The tower is about to close for the evening but he promises to remain until the Bonanza returns from Shelton. The Bonanza flies by and, sure enough, the pilot is gay, er, the nose gear is only partially extended (sorry, I forgot what thread I was in for a minute). Another plane is in the pattern and he is told the Bonanza is about to make an emergency landing, but he does not want to go anywhere; perhaps he just wants to see what happens. Two planes approaching Tacoma Narrows fly in formation with the Bonanza as various attempts to extend the gear fail. Nothing seems to work. The Bonanza pilot asks everybody's advice whether to land on the pavement or on the grass. The consensus is that the pavement is much better. He decides to wait until the emergency vehicles arrive before attempting a landing. Then we get an A&P on the radios. He makes several suggestions and none of them seem to work, either. The fire trucks finally arrive and the Bonanza pilot prepares for a gear up landing. The A&P suggests one last try at manually extending the gear, this time at minimum controllable airspeed. The mechanic says he has had similar experiences in other Bonanzas and that slow airspeed seems to be the key. That works! The light comes on and the Bonanza makes a normal landing, stopping on the runway. Not taking any chances, he has his gear pinned and the airplane towed off the runway. We all go home, glad that everything turned out all right and privileged to watch these people all working together to make sure that things went the way they did. -- Christopher J. Campbell World Famous Flight Instructor Port Orchard, WA For the Homeland! |
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