Breaking story: Potential Gear-up landing in Detroit

wayway8

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Just saw on CNN. There's a Piper Lancer with landing gear problems over west Detroit. Anybody have details?
 
Looks to be circling still, he's yanking and banking trying to get it to extend.

Right main is partially extended.
 
Successful landing on left main and nosegear. Kept the prop going all the way down. Didn't appear to be a propstrike.
 
Ah, just when you think you are all alone to deal with a gear problem, the news chopper pulls up beside you...
 
Non event. Just saw it on CNN. Dude grabbed his gear, hopped out and that was it. Im have a question. Why is a media chopper allowed to get that close?
 
Non event. Just saw it on CNN. Dude grabbed his gear, hopped out and that was it. Im have a question. Why is a media chopper allowed to get that close?

Probably wasn't. They have some awesome cameras on those birds.
 
Looks like Cherokee 6 to me.


I think that radio call would go something like this..."no $%^&, I lost my gear".

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