1900 gear collapse

[AngelKing]

Looks like a Beech 1900 just landed at FLL and right main gear collapsed. Looks like Continental Express from where I am sitting.

 

[Groundpounder]

it was just on the news here in FLL, they said it was had 23 people on board.

I wonder if the PFTer in the right seat had to pay extra for this.

 

[erj-145mech]

That would be Continental Connection, not Express. Two seperate carriers, operating two seperate fleet types.

 

[CA1900]

And further, "Continental Connection" is not an airline. It refers to several different air carriers, including Gulfstream (PFT, out of Florida, the operator of this accident airplane), Commutair, Colgan, and Cape Air.

In any case, hope everybody's OK.

 

[FN FAL]

Looks like a Beech 1900 just landed at FLL and right main gear collapsed. Looks like Continental Express from where I am sitting.

Why are you sitting, I would have been running...running so I could get in a good position to moon somebody on the plane. It wouldn't matter who...just so they could get home from their vacation and tell people, "There I was, thought I was gonna die...then all the sudden some fat guy with a hairy butt ran up and mooned us."

 

[Quiet Flight]

That would be Continental Connection, not Express. Two seperate carriers, operating two seperate fleet types.

Express, Connection, it's all the same.

 

[erj-145mech]

Express, Connection, it's all the same.

How do you figure that?

 

[chimichanga]

Express, Connection, it's all the same.

Ummm... yeah. I mean, aside from different ownership, different aircraft types, different crews -- yeah, it's all the same.

 

[AirBadger]

So can the GIA f/o ask for a refund?

 

[Cadillac]

I think the student has to pay MORE money now, I mean, the company has to FIX his plane before he can get the rest of the time he paid for.

 

[2000flyer]

it was just on the news here in FLL, they said it was had 23 people on board.

I wonder if the PFTer in the right seat had to pay extra for this.

Hmmmmmm....19 passenger seats and a crew of 2. 19+2=21. Did they have a couple more in the aisle or cargo? :erm:

 

[chimichanga]

I'd guess lap children... (A really stupid and dangerous concept, IMO, but it's still legal.)

 

[Groundpounder]

Hmmmmmm....19 passenger seats and a crew of 2. 19+2=21. Did they have a couple more in the aisle or cargo? :erm:

They installed a bench jump seat in the cockpit (a la DC-9) so they can carry two more PFTers. For only $20k you can have 250 hours as either the flight engineer or navigator on a B190.

As an unrelated side note, ever see the ad for "Jet University" in Flying? Picture of a 727, I think it mentions getting jet time. Anyway, I tried calling the number so I could screw around with whoever answered, and it turns out that it was really just another Gulfstream ad! Anyway, thought I'd share that tidbit.

 

[C601]

They installed a bench jump seat in the cockpit (a la DC-9) so they can carry two more PFTers. For only $20k you can have 250 hours as either the flight engineer or navigator on a B190.

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LOL funny

 

[FN FAL]

I'd guess lap children... (A really stupid and dangerous concept, IMO, but it's still legal.)

all the more reason to moon them.

 

[AngelKing]

That would be Continental Connection, not Express. Two seperate carriers, operating two seperate fleet types.

I don't fly for the commuters, don't know who owns what and don't even really care. I just saw the Continental logo on the tail.

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[AngelKing]

Why are you sitting, I would have been running...running so I could get in a good position to moon somebody on the plane. It wouldn't matter who...just so they could get home from their vacation and tell people, "There I was, thought I was gonna die...then all the sudden some fat guy with a hairy butt ran up and mooned us."

LMAO.

 

[The_Russian]

How do you figure that?

Um, they are both sub-contractors for CO's flying.

Those guys did a great job. You folks should be applauding them for how well that was handled. I know both those guys, and they are very professional pilots.

Good job guys!

 

[gkrangers]

Continental Express is explicitly ExpressJet Airlines.

Connection, as you know, is Gulfstream, Colgan, Cape Air, and so on.

 

[Stifler's Mom]

I know both those guys, and they are very professional pilots.

pro·fes·sion·al adj.

1. Performed by persons receiving pay.

Technically speaking, I don't think you can call the F/O a professional. :erm:



Seriously though, glad nobody was hurt.