DC-6 crashed on Sunday.

You mean an effective warning horn like this one? 😉

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hMn7ZweF6s

Exactly like that :->

Similar to a tongue in cheek caption to a photo of an RAF Hawk Trainer coming down the runway with gear up…. ‘Sir, I cannot hear you due to the noise from that horn’

You mean an effective warning horn like this one? 😉

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hMn7ZweF6s

even my beech 18 has a warning horn – pull back the throttles to idle without the undercart down and i certainly lets you know

Do these old propliners things not have gear warning/ground proximity systems for such occurences or are they still reliant on checklists?

Aircraft confirmed as N600UA. Bet it flies again! 😀

http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20110612-0

If one ignores the lack of undercarriage, it’s actually quite a nice landing.

Regards;
Steve

At the end of the day it is the Captain’s responsibility!

And what about the air traffic controller? 😉

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold_Bay,_Alaska

Surely both the pilot and co-pilot are culpable in circumstances like these?

It used to be called “Pilot error” and the pro-forma layout for the court of enquiry which followed any accident had this written in as the verdict :D:D. It could be changed at the discretion of the court

I love the way KTUU reported it -‘Pilot Failure’. I’ve seen many servicability issues caused by ‘Pilot failure’ or ‘Seat/Stick Interface Unit errors’

Think that pilot is looking for a new job! 😀

Following the link off the Republic I got to this,

http://www.ktuu.com/news/ktuu-plane-lands-without-landing-gear-in-cold-bay-20110612,0,3159443.story

It is in one piece but will have sustained a fair bit of ‘sanding’ of the underside, damaged the propellers and almost certainly shock-loaded the engines.