On Apr 21, 2:07*am, Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
WingFlaps wrote in news:3ba51b9f-6384-43cf-9f74-
:







On Apr 20, 6:19*pm, wrote:
On Apr 18, 5:51 pm, WingFlaps wrote:

On Apr 19, 7:37 am, "tom418" wrote:

This is only an emergency because it looks good on TV. A gear up
is
not a life threatening event.

It would have been even less of a risk and done a lot less less
damage
to the plane if he had retracted the gear and stopped the engines
and
done a belly landing
.
Cheers

Unless he had to go-around after feathering both engines.

Why would he want to go around after short final? Are you saying the
POH says land on on one wheel? Now apply some PIC skills. Which is
safer, a belly landing with engines off or the crash landing the pilot
made?

Actually, a partial gear landing is considered safer. I've made on ( not
by choice, one failed on touchdown) and damage was minimal. The airplane
was flying agian the next day.


S'funny you say that as I was reading some RAF stories from the war
and it seemed like gear up was the way to go. The touble with one
wheel down is what happens to the wing wen it catches on the ground
and starts a groundloop. It seems to me that accidental gear ups do
relativeley little damage to structure.

Cheers