By: keltic - 18th April 2001 at 19:30
RE: Heavylanding
Well, it´s when the plane suffers substantial damages. A friend of mine (who is a flight attendant) landed with the front landing gear (windsheer) fall down, broke the main undercarriage, crashed in three pieces, the back went to a forest and no dangers to the passengers but an umpleasant experience. It was in the 80ties in Granada (Spain) on a Aviaco DC-9. I had many rough ones since landing in here gets really nasty due to the weather conditions, any like this of course.
By: V1 - 17th April 2001 at 17:56
RE: Heavylanding
A heavy landing could mean a number of things. Usually if an aircraft lands hard, it will bounce a couple of times. Some airliners are harder to land than others. The 737 is supposed to be a classic for ‘firm’ landings. There was an incident in the early ninties with a Viscount that landed too hard. The aircraft was actually written off because the structure was damaged.
I would class a heavy landing as an incident involving an aircraft that has had to be inspected after landing due to any possible damage caused. I could be totally wrong, but that is my view anyway!
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April 17, 2001 at 5:34 pm