Wow!
All this
congratulations for something that could have been completely avoided.
No wonder we’re having
a hard time getting insurance. I can’t believe you guys are patting this
guy on the back. A good reprimand is in order.
He should have never
been in this position in the first place. All it took was jacking up the
airplane and doing a gear check.
The mentality has got
to change folks or we aren’t going to be able to afford our
insurance.
I’m not
impressed. I hope he’s man enough to pay for his engine and prop repair
with out insurance help.
Kevin
From: Lancair Mailing List [mailto:lml@lancaironline.net]
On Behalf Of Johannes
Schredl
Sent: 2009-07-11
15:06
To:
lml@lancaironline.net
Subject:
[LML] AW: Belly Landing L-360 Video
Fellows,
I know the owner of the
Lancair and spoke to him today:
- as already mentioned:
he replaced the screws of the hinge of the nose gear door; the screws he
used was too long (about 1/4" beyond ancour
nut)
- hi did no gear check
after replacing the srews :-((
- the hydraulic
pressure was able to retract the gear (high power); there was scratches of the
screws at the nose gear fork
- while lowering the
gear, the nose gear was not able to "overcome" the screw jam; the low pressure
switch shut off hydraulic
- any manouver like
pulling high g etc. were not successful and the test pilot decided to
land on grass with all gear in (the airfield EDML has a 3000ft
concrete and parallel a 3000 ft grass strip) - watch the video to see the
landing - in my opinion a perfect job!
- no injury to any
person!!!
-
damages:
- two
propeller blades (wood MT prop) brake off
- lower
cowling serious damaged
- XPDR
antenna at belly broken off
-
scratches / damage to the rudder
- nothing
else!!! : no damage to the flaps, no damage to injector, nearly no damage
to exhaust system, nearly no damage to the belly (only slight
scratches)
-> my opinion: it
was the right decision to use the grass strip with all gears up and flaps about
+20°! This would be my favorite configuration in any case of an emergency
landing (no engine, gear problems etc.) too! Any other configuration like "no
gear on concrete"; "main gear only on concrete"; "main gear only on
grass" would cause more risk and damage!
Johannes
D-ESWS
LNC2
Von: John F.
Herminghaus [mailto:catignano@tele2.it]
Gesendet: Freitag, 10. Juli 2009
13:50
An:
lml@lancaironline.net
Betreff:
Re: [LML] Belly Landing L-360 Video
The cause of the accident was that the owner, who I
know, replaced the screws in the nose gear door with stainless screws which were
longer than the ones they replaced. As a result the nose gear retracted,
but would not extend.
Tom McNerney ha scritto:
Not to flood this place with youtube links, but this is something I think everyone should see. Check out the related videos of the plane on the ground before/after the nose gear failure.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kEWWQsWThxs
Tom
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