"Bertie the Bunyip" wrote in message
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WingFlaps wrote in news:cc5e0db0-3e13-42b8-8d46-
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On Apr 21, 2:07 am, Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
WingFlaps wrote in news:3ba51b9f-6384-43cf-
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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.


Well, in my case it happened at high speed and we did eventually
groundloop, bt at low speed and with little damage. The left prop got
it, but the boss did a crank check and found it OK, so it flew the next
day. Cracked drag link was the culprit. For large aircraft, even those
without underslung engines, they do recommend that we take whatever is
down. I know a few guys who have landed completely wheels up and the
damage was pretty heavy. A Beech 99, for instance ( lots of those have
been wheels up)



Bertie

Yeah, but you're just a liar.