FOX NEWS ALERT: Corp plane circling PDX with gear trouble.

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On FoxNews Channel. According to what they have "heard", the landing gear is hung up on the door. According to someone being interviewed, it sounds like a "sequence" problem.

Erik.
 
Window_Seat said:
On FoxNews Channel. According to what they have "heard", the landing gear is hung up on the door. According to someone being interviewed, it sounds like a "sequence" problem.

Erik.
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It's one of Nike's GVs. Funny thing (ok, not really funny) is Nike's stock has dropped about 2% since it happened.
 
FBOweb shows just one G-V inbound to PDX, N225GV which shows Nike as the owner. Guess that's the one.

I'd be interested to know if a corporate jet would get as much attention as the jetBlue flight did. Being a Nike airplane might affect that, too.
 
Nick said:
FBOweb shows just one G-V inbound to PDX, N225GV which shows Nike as the owner. Guess that's the one.

I'd be interested to know if a corporate jet would get as much attention as the jetBlue flight did. Being a Nike airplane might affect that, too.
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It's live on CNN right now. 7 People on board. Must be a slow day in the news room.

current wx:
KPDX 211808Z 30007KT 1/4SM R10R/1200V1400FT FG BKN001 01/01 A3034 RMK AO2 TWR VIS 1/2

Not the best.....
 
Ewww, I have a bad feeling about this one. I think they are saying that one of the mains is stuck halfway up/down... I wonder if he brings it in with the the other two up or down... Sounds like you are talking about a high potential to lose directional control either way if this is the situation.

Maybe they could fly at a really high airspeed to hope the windflow would bring it down and locked?
 
The media are idiots! But I still have to watch. I'm sure the only reason it's getting this much attention is because it's Nike. The only time corp jets get any attention is when high profile people are on board. Shep Smith on Fox is now an aircraft expert...jeez...give me a break.
 
They are now saying it was the maiden voyage for this aircraft. There is also a G V instructor on CNN yapping about this, that, and the other thing. Possible pin left in (?) Also she is sayin g this is normally a "pilot error" type problem.:argue:

The news individual is a dingbat.......

Left main and nose gear are down.

N225GV:
N225GV is Assigned​


Assigned/Registered Aircraft
Aircraft Description

Serial Number 672
Type Registration Corporation
Manufacturer NameGULFSTREAM AEROSPACE
Certificate Issue Date11/03/2005
ModelG-V
StatusValid
Type AircraftFixed Wing Multi-Engine
Type EngineTurbo-Jet
Pending Number ChangeNone
DealerNo
Date Change AuthorizedNone
Mode S Code50372076
MFR YearNone
Fractional OwnerNO



Registered Owner

Name NIKE INC
Street4223 NE PENNY WAY
CityHILLSBORO
StateOREGON
Zip Code 97124-6453
CountyMULTNOMAH
CountryUNITED STATES
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Wow it is stuck in about the worst way possible... Hopefully they can figure it out in the air to get it up/down.

On another note, the pictures of the Portland area from that helicopter they keep showing are beautiful. That is an amazing part of the country with the mountains and all there.
 
wow...this does not look good, i hope they can do the belly landing......what is going on here, in the past few months there have been so many gear proplems....is it just the media covering it more, or have we had more than normal gear proplems with airplanes......the NTSB guy said its because there are more airplanes, being flown more miles.....what do u think??
 
Hey,

Did you guys know that when the plane is in an emergency and running out of fuel, it has to land?

I'm glad we have the CNN news. :sarcasm:

And the latest quote from the reporter as she is talking with the GV instructor about the runway information:

"I don't have width. I have length !"
 
Timbuff10 said:
Wow it is stuck in about the worst way possible... Hopefully they can figure it out in the air to get it up/down.

On another note, the pictures of the Portland area from that helicopter they keep showing are beautiful. That is an amazing part of the country with the mountains and all there.
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It really is, wonderful flying out there.
I did my private training at KMMV, not too far from the neuburg VOR that they're circling.

Hour from the coast, hour from the mountains, great flying.


OK. YOU'RE the captain, having seen the angle that gear is at what do you do? Land on the laft main and nose, or suck the gear up and belly it?
thinking I'd go for the belly to be honest.
 
supercell86 said:
wow...this does not look good, i hope they can do the belly landing......what is going on here, in the past few months there have been so many gear proplems....is it just the media covering it more, or have we had more than normal gear proplems with airplanes......the NTSB guy said its because there are more airplanes, being flown more miles.....what do u think??
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Belly landing in a brand new GV.....Ouch......

Hope the best for all involved.
 
JEP said:
Hey,

Did you guys know that when the plane is in an emergency and running out of fuel, it has to land?

I'm glad we have the CNN news. :sarcasm:

And the latest quote from the reporter as she is talking with the GV instructor about the runway information:

"I don't have width. I have length !"
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god and MSNBC keeps talking about "touch and goes" when showing the footage of it flying a low pass for visual inspection.
 
Philip said:
OK. YOU'RE the captain, having seen the angle that gear is at what do you do? Land on the laft main and nose, or suck the gear up and belly it?
thinking I'd go for the belly to be honest.
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I would elect to pull the other two up and hope that when I dropped it in for the belly landing, the ground would just push the stuck one back up into the well and it would be a non-event for the most part.

I can't imagine them bringing it in with two and a half down... I would think that would surely give you some loss of directional control.

Then I would make sure I had my running shoes on!

Hopefully it doesn't come to any of that though...
 
Philip said:
god and MSNBC keeps talking about "touch and goes" when showing the footage of it flying a low pass for visual inspection.
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Yeah, I was wondering about that, what exactly were they touching... I don't think these guys would pull off the touch n go like the guy in Atlanta did in that king air the other day.
 
Timbuff10 said:
I would elect to pull the other two up and hope that when I dropped it in for the belly landing, the ground would just push the stuck one back up into the well and it would be a non-event for the most part.

I can't imagine them bringing it in with two and a half down... I would think that would surely give you some loss of directional control.

Then I would make sure I had my running shoes on!

Hopefully it doesn't come to any of that though...
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agreed 100%

At that angle whatever is locking the gear in place will probably not support the weight of the airplane and you have a better chance to skid straight.
 
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