That "no-GUMP" Scratching Sound

On Tue, 20 Feb 2007 17:38:00 -0500, "Peter R."
wrote:

On 2/20/2007 4:10:33 PM, "Marco Leon" wrote:

I hope to never hear this first-hand. Of course I've increased the
odds in my favor quite a bit by flying a fixed-gear aircraft.

I cannot tell - Was this a pilot mistake or a gear failure?

I'd have to go with failure. The gear horn was going off the whole
time, and the lack of reaction at touchdown lends me to lean towards
"they knew it was coming".

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Peter Clark wrote:

I'd have to go with failure. The gear horn was going off the whole
time, and the lack of reaction at touchdown lends me to lean towards
"they knew it was coming".

Don't be so sure. I've had both students and rental-checkouts continue
down final with the gear horn blaring, completely oblivious to it. It
boggles my mind, but I've seen it several times. It isn't until I ask,
"what does that horn mean?" that there's a dawning.

Scary.

I'd have to go with failure. The gear horn was going off the whole
time, and the lack of reaction at touchdown lends me to lean towards
"they knew it was coming".

Don't be so sure. I've had both students and rental-checkouts continue
down final with the gear horn blaring, completely oblivious to it. It
boggles my mind, but I've seen it several times. It isn't until I ask,
"what does that horn mean?" that there's a dawning.

Scary.

I also presumed that it was a mechanical failure. However, the description
at the bottom of the page states that "...the pilot thought his gear was
down. ..." It also invites additional information, if known.

On 2/20/2007 6:25:20 PM, Peter Clark wrote:

I'd have to go with failure. The gear horn was going off the whole
time, and the lack of reaction at touchdown lends me to lean towards
"they knew it was coming".

I was wondering what that klaxon was. My Bonanza's gear warning horn sounds
like a stall warning horn and is continuous, not intermittent.

--
Peter