Steve

I've see reports of a belly landing in a twin where the Pilot shut the
engines down on final and used the starters to turn the props
horizontal. Belly landing did not cause any prop or engine damage.

In fact bird was lifted and gear extended and locked down. FAA gave a
one time permit and bird was flown with gear down to home base for the
minor repair to gear and belly skin.

Big John
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On Thu, 27 Jan 2005 19:34:43 -0500, "steve"
wrote:

isnt it a given to have 2 prop strikes when you belly a twin?

"Dan Thompson" wrote in message
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I had two prop strikes on a twin when the nose gear wouldn't come down and
I had to land on the mains. Will never forget the tick-tick-tick of the
prop tips on the concrete. Or the short rollout. Or the jaunty angle when
deplaning.

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Anyone else here ever experience one? How did yours happen?
Mine have been ag related and hit ground, rocks, birds, and ?
Ever throw off a piece of the prop blade? I lost a piece during
climbout of a jungle strip in the Amazon in a C-185. Managed to dead
stick it back without any further damage but it took nearly two months
to get a replacement. IN the meantime, I used a field expedient and cut
off an equal amount from the other blade. We were about 200 miles from
civilization on the Rio Curaray.
Ah the fun old days....
Ol S&B