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Luckily these situations give one time to think through the landing
process. Perhaps if the runway were solid and smooth there might be less
damage. But on a non-ideal surface there is a chance of the nose
jamming and flipping the plane on its back - uh, that's a
bigger problem. Also, in a 200/300 series, a belly flop (without
any pinkies extended) seems to me to be less likely to ignite a fire as the
slide is more on the belly and exhaust pipes. Remember to allow for a
drift to the non-exhaust pipe side.
Grayhawk
In a message dated 7/11/2009 2:42:20 P.M. Central Daylight Time,
billhogarty@hughes.net writes:
Without a nose gear, if I had a hard surface runway, I would
choose to
land on the mains with the engine shut down, holding the nose
off as
long as possible. I did this once in an earlier life with a
nose gear
that jammed during the retract cycle. But then I didn't
have a prop to
worry about.
Thoughts, Comments??
Regards, Bill
Hogarty
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