Hawker belly lands at KDEN

[NewYorkophile]

Video! Albeit by a potato.
http://kdvr.com/2014/10/15/plane-with-malfunctioning-landing-gear-to-make-emergency-landing-at-dia/

@gne in prog?

 

[gne in prog]

Wasn't me. I'm in Dallas contracting ebola.

 

[Boris Badenov]

Wasn't me. I'm in Dallas contracting ebola.

Hey, I was just there doing the same thing. We should get lunch next time. If there is a next time.

Oh, it also wasn't me. That darned Gulley, always getting up to some hijincks or another!

 

[Xcaliber]

So THAT'S what was going on...we came in maybe 15 minutes before and watched all the trucks race out to 34L. I was hoping it wasn't a time critical issue, because they flipped the airport around a few minutes before these guys headed in, adding several minutes to their flight. We kept listening to the special tower freq the whole time and couldn't figure out what was going on. I'm glad to hear everything worked out ok!

 

[derg]

GULLEEEEEEEEEEEEY!​

 

[Itchy]

Assuming they had full tanks, and knew the gear problem existed, would it have been worth it to fly to a place with lower DA to scrub off 10 knots or so at the top?

 

[Boris Badenov]

Eh. I'd have discussed it, but it's a distance to anywhere lower that ALSO has a great big long runway. And the plane is already sick (what else did the tire damage?) I think I'd probably have done the same. Hard to know without being there, obviously.

 

[gne in prog]

Assuming they had full tanks, and knew the gear problem existed, would it have been worth it to fly to a place with lower DA to scrub off 10 knots or so at the top?

16000' runway, 45 minute drive home. I'll take it.

 

[gotWXdagain]

Knowing who owns the jet, wouldn't surprise me a bit if they were skimping on MX.

 

[gne in prog]

Knowing who owns the jet, wouldn't surprise me a bit if they were skimping on MX.

They do on their baseball team.

 

[Bumblebee]

Knowing who owns the jet, wouldn't surprise me a bit if they were skimping on MX.

really? Let's hold off on the nasty comments.

 

[knot4u]

Mechanics don't usually crash.

 

[gne in prog]

really? Let's hold off on the nasty comments.

If it was the tire, obviously fod is a lot more likely than MX, but can we still make fun of the Rockies?

 

[Skåning]

Couple years ago in Vegas

 

[Boris Badenov]

Yeah, well, you know there's a REASON they're designed for gear-up landings...

 

[gotWXdagain]

really? Let's hold off on the nasty comments.

Have you seen the way their MLB team plays?

 

[Bumblebee]

no...don't care.

 

[Murdoughnut]

Couple years ago in Vegas

Was that a flaps up approach?

 

[Crockrocket94]

Good ol Hawkas.

 

[knot4u]

Aux landing gear.