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| Tweet Topic Started: Sep 21 2017, 06:20 PM (91 Views) | |
| Copper | Sep 21 2017, 06:20 PM Post #1 |
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I spent a lot of time flying this plane. Thankfully I was nowhere near the airport when this landing took place today just after noon. There is a saying that goes "There are those who have and those who will". I don't believe it. I have heard there were no injuries and as far as I know the pilot just forgot. I will get the story someday. ![]() |
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| Rainman | Sep 21 2017, 07:26 PM Post #2 |
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Funny (not the landing, glad everyone was OK), but the same phrase is used in regards to motorcycles and forgetting to put the kick stand down. For a motorcyclist, embarrassing. For a pilot? I would guess quite expensive. Will the guy lose his pilot's license? |
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| KlavierBauer | Sep 21 2017, 08:48 PM Post #3 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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Copper: Glad the pilot wound up ok. I'd imagine that when you're passionate about planes, seeing one that's been "yours" from time to time go down is kind of hard. Glad you weren't injured (or the pilot, of course). We argue a lot - but "real life" is important - I'm glad you're ok.
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| George K | Sep 22 2017, 03:43 AM Post #4 |
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I would think that it would not be too expensive to have, as standard equipment, an annunciator that says, "landing gear, landing gear" when you're below a certain altitude. No? |
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| Copper | Sep 22 2017, 06:30 AM Post #5 |
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I rented this plane when I was working on my commercial license and instructor license. I had the gear get stuck down when I was flying it, that is the good way to have them get stuck. This plane has 2 systems that should help prevent this. One that will automatically lower the gear with a low power setting and low airspeed (about 95 knots). When I was flying this plane that system had been disabled because it was a pain. Using the plane as a trainer you do a lot of slow flight so you don't want the gear dropping automatically all the time. It also has a horn that will sound with the power below a certain setting, and I believe it also came on when the flaps were lowered and the gear were up. You are supposed to test this horn before lowering the gear by momentarily lowering the flaps, at least I remember doing that to test it. I listened to an audio recording of the pilot making his approach. He said he was doing a "simulated engine out landing". You do this just to practice gliding the plane with a dead engine it is also a required maneuver on the commercial exam. This particular plane turns into a brick when you pull the throttle, it is not a glider. But this is good because it is predictable. Anyway, when the pilot pulled the throttle to simulate a dead engine he should have heard the horn. Or maybe it is just the flaps that turn on the horn. In the picture the flaps are up, this makes sense because he was gliding without power and would not want the drag from the flaps. Will he lose his license? Probably not, the FAA might have him demonstrate that he has had some additional training with an instructor, then take a check-ride with an FAA inspector. The punishment is that he will feel like an idiot for a while and he will have to cover the insurance deductible which is probably a few thousand dollars. |
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The Confederate soldier was peculiar in that he was ever ready to fight, but never ready to submit to the routine duty and discipline of the camp or the march. The soldiers were determined to be soldiers after their own notions, and do their duty, for the love of it, as they thought best. Carlton McCarthy | |
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| Frank_W | Sep 22 2017, 01:21 PM Post #6 |
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Shit like this makes the FAA make lots of frowny faces, and hand the pilot a veritable mountain of forms and reports to fill out in triplicate. Fun for everyone!
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