That'll buff right out...

[ozziecat35]

http://www.journal-topics.com/news/article_0940edee-1e00-11e7-ad59-5bd216c5c89e.html

 

[jskibo]

http://www.journal-topics.com/news/article_0940edee-1e00-11e7-ad59-5bd216c5c89e.html

Your other job?

 

[ozziecat35]

Luckily no.

 

[Itchy]

Rule #1. Make sure to drop the donuts. Ouch.

 

[AAPalmTree]

Rule #1. Make sure to drop the donuts. Ouch.

Dangle the Dunlop's

 

[guywhoflies]

Best quote from the article:

"...the pilot told airport Director Jamie Abbott he thought the wheels were down and was surprised when the plane hit the ground.

It was unclear why the aircraft malfunctioned, [Airport Spokesperson] Mark told the Journal."

Umm, I'm no rocket surgeon but maybe because the pilot forgot to put the gear down?

 

[BobDispatch]

I watched one of these happen on a 90 once about 12 years ago.

All I can say about it is if you go out on a training flight make sure not to pull the circuit breaker to silence the gear horn from squawking during single engine practice.

 

[derg]

A DPE pulled the gear motor circuit breaker and the gear light circuit breaker mid gear retraction during my multi engine instrument checkride.

 

[ppragman]

I can't tell from the picture - but if the flaps are in approach or up the gear horn can be silenced, not so in flaps landing, which is why it's cheap insurance to always land with flaps landing.

 

[av8tr1]

A DPE pulled the gear motor circuit breaker and the gear light circuit breaker mid gear retraction during my multi engine instrument checkride.

WTF?

 

[trafficinsight]

A DPE pulled the gear motor circuit breaker and the gear light circuit breaker mid gear retraction during my multi engine instrument checkride.

He was then murdered by a mechanic...

 

[RickJames]

I watched a C-340 belly-in right in front of me at KLHM last year. After a 2 minute long, spiraling descent from 7,000 he called a 3 mile straight-in final in front of me, and when I rolled out from base-to-final, I see white smoke coming from under both the nacelles. I thought he locked up his mains, turns out he'd been ignoring that horn in the descent + skipped the GUMP check and the white smoke I saw turned out to be aluminum vaporizing from the propeller and body panels. He was kind enough to call CTAF to say his, "gear had collapsed on landing"......Riiiight

 

[NovemberEcho]

Where's the enlisted guy in the tower when ya need him

 

[deadstick]

I listened to LiveATC that night and the tower was constantly calling out a possible traffic conflict. I'd say there was a distraction and no horn until the end...and maybe no flaps. If they'd been down the outboard tips would be mangled. Also with the mains exposed, it's possible these little skin damage aside from antennas.

http://wgntv.com/2017/04/09/small-aircraft-makes-belly-landing-in-wheeling/

 

[deadstick]

Where's the enlisted guy in the tower when ya need him

If I knew where my Bob Stevens books were, I'd have the perfect picture to add to this. It involves a new airman, a flare gun, and an...irritated...pilot who got hit with the flare when he almost landed gear up.

 

[deadstick]

Found it!!

 

[Bear]

Found it!!

 

[Low&Slow]

A DPE pulled the gear motor circuit breaker and the gear light circuit breaker mid gear retraction during my multi engine instrument checkride.

I had a similar experience. Mine turned the dimmer switch, like you would if you were flying at night, during my ME Commercial/instrument checkride. It made the gear indicator lights look not lit in the bright daylight. Luckily I noticed the lights out and diagnosed the cause without further incident.

 

[FloridaLarry]

A DPE pulled the gear motor circuit breaker and the gear light circuit breaker mid gear retraction during my multi engine instrument checkride.

Just when was s/he planning to declare the test as a failure?

 

[BigZ]

A DPE pulled the gear motor circuit breaker and the gear light circuit breaker mid gear retraction during my multi engine instrument checkride.