TYS gear up landing

[$$$4nothin]

I just watched a pilot make a great gear up landing in a C-182RG in TYS. Very well done. The news said he was a traffic watch pilot with 25,000 hours followed by the statement that many commercial pilots don't have that many hours. I have the feeling this pilot is a commercial pilot. OH I hate the news reporting on aviation. Any way. Well done.

 

[OPECJet]

Forgot to put it down, or had a problem?

 

[Piper877]

It wasn't at TYS I think it was DKX just outside the city. Guy did a great job though. That gear looked like it was just hanging there. He walked away and was talking with the firefighters who were shaking his hand. Well done.

 

[YourPilotFriend]

Came down but didn't lock; They collapsed on landing.

 

[svcta]

had a problem.............piece of shizzle cessna retracts. This was some of the worst reporting I've heard in a while. What a laugh! One of them actually asserted that the way the back landing gear was just hanging in the wind made it look as if the pilot had run in to something and broken them, and that they were not actually supposed to move. And the best part was when the guy landed they basically missed the shot. The reporters were jacking each other off and it happened right behind their backs. Ahh, poetic justice.

 

[goahead]

Retract problem.
I agree the dam_n news folks a have got to be the stupidest people I've ever heard talk about aviation. One guy said that it might not be a retract and maybe they hit something while flying around and it pushed the gear back.

edit, svcta beat me to it.

 

[rickair7777]

The main gear actuators on Cessna RG's have a part that is prone to cracking due to normal wear.

 

[svcta]

The main gear actuators on Cessna RG's have a part that is prone to cracking due to normal wear.

as stated above.....this is because it a sh**ty system

 

[Stifler's Mom]

Makes you wonder about other stories that they report on. How poor is their reporting on things that we know nothing about? It just can't be aviation stories they screw up day in and day out.

 

[Way2Broke]

It did not happen at TYS, it happened at DKX, and it is not the first time this pilot and plane have had to do it. Here is a video, http://www.wbir.com/video/player.aspx?aid=36724&sid=40383&bw=hi&cat=2