Watched a news clip of a twin engine land in CO. He had no lock on his nose gear. On landing, it folded up and there went the nose and both props/engines. Looks like he walked away, A/C badly bent but no fire.
Would it have been safer to land with engines off? Or is it safer to power in? That gives more control but also more fire danger? Tough decision to make. What do they teach in emergency training on this point? Flip a coin?
By: Hot_Charlie - 28th September 2007 at 15:45
Would it have been safer to land with engines off? Or is it safer to power in? That gives more control but also more fire danger? Tough decision to make. What do they teach in emergency training on this point? Flip a coin?
Much easier to do what you know and do a power on landing, and the cut the engines over the threshold. A power off landing would be a less familiar situation, which would be a lot easier to make a pigs ear of and potenially not land safely at all.:)
By: CSheppardholedi - 27th September 2007 at 18:11
Found a video clip of the incedent. Just ignore the “commercial” in front of the clip. Could have been a lot worse. fortunatly slid to a safe stop.
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September 27, 2007 at 6:01 pm