How NOT to Impress Your Pilot Friends

I wouldn't say that...

I know of an accident involving a Beech 18 where somebody thought they would be cool and put the gear handle in the up position prior to takeoff so the gear would instantly retract... hit a bump just big enough to skip the airplane. *crunch*

He was talking about the AIRPLANE being reasonable, not the jackwagon driving it.
 
And yet you overcame that mishap and now are a Captain! :p

Wasn't me... however, it was a check airman from the company that owned the airplane prior to the company I worked for at the time.

We just had the gear flat out fail to come down on the same airplane :)
 
I knew a guy who geared up a twin at a small uncontrolled field on an instructional flight. The school loaded the plane on a truck by night, hauled it into the hanger, replaced a little skin under the wings, wrote the engines and props off as an overhaul and the FAA never heard about it. The instructor was working at a regional two weeks later.
 
I knew a guy who geared up a twin at a small uncontrolled field on an instructional flight. The school loaded the plane on a truck by night, hauled it into the hanger, replaced a little skin under the wings, wrote the engines and props off as an overhaul and the FAA never heard about it. The instructor was working at a regional two weeks later.


Sounds worse than it is. There's no requirement to report the damage found in a typical gear up landing unless someone was seriously injured or other property was damaged. In fact, the typical damage incurred in a gear up are specifically exempt from the definition of "substantial damage" in 49 CFR 830.2, including: bent fairings or cowling, dented skin, small punctured holes in the skin or fabric, ground damage to rotor or propeller blades, and damage to landing gear, wheels, tires, flaps, etc.
 
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