A Citation reportedly experienced a hard landing & go-around at PWA in Oklahoma City on 27 March. The pilot declared, then diverted to OKC for a landing with equipment standing by. A news helicopter was nearby and recorded the second landing. On final you can see a deformed R main tire/gear, and the R gear door appears to be unsecured. The pilot lands far L of centerline (presumably because he expected a hard yaw to the right?), and on rollout the L main tire appears to blow. I’m thinking that must’ve been some hard first landing! https://kfor.com/news/local/planes-..._app&utm_medium=social&utm_content=share-link
Citation Landing Gear Problems at PWA & OKC
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JJ429PA
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That commentary was a painful listen. Was that their "aviation guy?" "Uh looks like he's trying to slow it down, you can see he's got the flaps out..." "Oh uh he's flying pretty low, he's about a half mile from the final (?? as he's crossing the threshold. uh yeah, you wanna be low). Then as the clearly flat tires shed rubber "OH THERE'S PIECES FALLING OFF THE PLANE!"
