Super King Air nose gear failure at PWA

RDoug

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Amazing video shows plane landing at Oklahoma City airport after nose gear fails to come down

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Looks like the "canoe" survived. If that was a special missions bird, I could imagine people being very happy if that equipment stayed intact.
 
Article said that only one person was on the plane. How much does a B200 King Air cost? Man, I love the King Air, always said if I won the lottery, I'd buy one.
 
He could have shut down the engines. But meh. Smash all you want, they make more (almost) every day.
But seriously, why not on short final pull the conditions and props?
 
Itchy said:
He could have shut down the engines. But meh. Smash all you want, they make more (almost) every day.
But seriously, why not on short final pull the conditions and props?
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Idk, I'd probably focus more on flying the plane, I'll let insurance handle the rest.

What are you really saving?
 
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Ajax said:
Idk, I'd probably focus more on flying the plane, I'll let insurance handle the rest.

What are you really saving?
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I'm really saying on short final I would have snuffed the fires. I'm assuming that is a decently long runway, and just in the interest in personal safety, would have snuffed the fires and electrics. Certainly the pilot had plenty of time to brief. On the other hand, these things rarely turn out badly. I dunno. My gut says snuff the fires, turn off the electrics/pumps etc before grinding off paint.
 
Itchy said:
I'm really saying on short final I would have snuffed the fires. I'm assuming that is a decently long runway, and just in the interest in personal safety, would have snuffed the fires and electrics. Certainly the pilot had plenty of time to brief. On the other hand, these things rarely turn out badly. I dunno. My gut says snuff the fires, turn off the electrics/pumps etc before grinding off paint.
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On the B200 the fuel shutoff is on a guarded switch on the left panel, separate by about roughly a foot. It's right by the CA's left arm, not easily done with both simultaneously like you could the condition and props.

I get where you're coming from, but to me I think it's best to focus on the current emergency rather than worry about protecting a plane that has already let you down once. Those props are going to hit, they'll stop soon enough.

Not a rhetorical, but has there been a documented issue with a spinning prop causing injury to the crew or pax when hitting the ground in a gear up or situation like this? I legitimately don't know. I keep hearing people concerned about it but it seems a lot like they might be more concerned with the props/engines.
 
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CFI A&P said:
As someone that has experienced a nose gear failure, I can say it is a very odd feeling to be in that attitude while on the runway.
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Ever been in a taildragger that nosed over? It's even odder. ;) (for the record, I was there, but not flying)
 
CFI A&P said:
As someone that has experienced a nose gear failure, I can say it is a very odd feeling to be in that attitude while on the runway.
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I can imagine that's pretty awkward. I would imagine it's a pretty horrible feeling as the nose passes down past the point where the nose wheel normally stops that fall. So that's a second or two of "wow this is wrong."
 
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