Gear up landings can happen to ANYONE...

Yes, BUT. I was talking to a tower controller, and he told of the time he check
a plane on final,. The pilot had his gear up. The controller said "XXXXX GEAR
DOWN." And the pilot said "Roger, gear down" and the preceded to land gear up.


On 7 Jun 2006 21:00:32 -0700, "Robert M. Gary" wrote:

I thought the military had someone who's just is specifically to watch
the planes come in and ensure the gear is down. When I've flown on base
in my Mooney they've had such a guy.

-Robert

GeorgeC

"GeorgeC" wrote in message
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Yes, BUT. I was talking to a tower controller, and he told of the time he
check
a plane on final,. The pilot had his gear up. The controller said "XXXXX
GEAR
DOWN." And the pilot said "Roger, gear down" and the preceded to land gear
up.

Point of note;

When told something like this by someone over the radio, the right thing to
do, even if the voice tells you exactly what is wrong and what to do, is to
treat it as a warning to recheck the airplane's configuration.
At that point you should do nothing automatically. The correct response is
to back up and recheck for a properly configured airplane by redoing the
final check.
If any doubt exists and/or there is no time to perform a recheck before
crossing the threshold, go around and set up again for another landing.
Dudley Henriques

Everytime I do no-landing light practice with my students at night the
controller will announce "check gear down".

-Robert



GeorgeC wrote:
Yes, BUT. I was talking to a tower controller, and he told of the time he check
a plane on final,. The pilot had his gear up. The controller said "XXXXX GEAR
DOWN." And the pilot said "Roger, gear down" and the preceded to land gear up.