B-1 Gear Up Accident?

[AlbieF15]

You are NOT a geek to remind guys not to break the law.

I'll be a geek:

Don't be a dumb@ss. NEVER cut and paste an AF document on to the web. Keep your yap shut. The career you save could be your own. You don't have the facts, so don't speculate. In 60 days the facts will be out and WILL be releasable.

 

[Gorilla]

Crew gear-ups happen. I heard an audio tape of a 727 ALMOST land GU. At 1000', they were discussing some minor flap issue, really minor. The whole time you could hear the WUP-WUP-WUP-WUP of the gear horn. No one noticed.

At 100', an aircraft holding short said "GO AROUND, GO AROUND" on the tower freq. That guy saved their bacon.

 

[Pilot Doc]

Check out this 747 near gear up

 

[McGillicutty]

I was flying the warbird act at Sun n Fun 02' when the A-1 in the picture of the above article flew RIGHT through a T-34A formation (something like 13 planes). Craziest thing I ever saw, especially as NO ONE swapped paint and airboss let him continue to fly.

 

[Gorilla]

Check out this 747 near gear up

I read the article and was a bit confused. Gear down at 1,300' is low but not completely gross. I guess the gist of the article was that the guys were at a phase of flight where everything should have been done, including the gear.

It does happen. A good mechanical checklist helps, but only if you make use of it in a disciplined way.

Nowadays, different AC have systems to prevent this. The 738 will sound a continuous alarm if landing flaps (15 or greater) are deployed, gear up. Other AC have similar safegards these days, especially EGPWS... "Too low... Gear" etc. With a functioning EGPWS I cannot imagine landing gear up. It's a great piece of hardware.

 

[sandman2122]

B-1 pics

http://www.dynamictruth.com/ubb/ultimatebb.php?/ubb/get_topic/f/1/t/004712/p/3.html

This link has some pics of the accident........scroll down.....page 2 also has a picture near the bottom......

 

[Occam's Razor]

How much you wanna bet the gear handle was down by the time the crash crew got there?

 

[Pistlpetet]

http://www.sftt.us/cgi-bin/csNews/csNews.cgi?database=Unlisted%2edb&command=viewone&id=41

"From all indications, it appears this was a good, old fashioned, unintentional gear up landing. Investigation is ongoing but a preliminary scrub of the tower transmission tapes has our controllers telling the B-1 to report a five mile final with the gear. They received a positive response. Pilot in command was an O-4."

 

[stonewall]

http://www.sftt.us/cgi-bin/csNews/csNews.cgi?database=Unlisted%2edb&command=viewone&id=41

"From all indications, it appears this was a good, old fashioned, unintentional gear up landing. Investigation is ongoing but a preliminary scrub of the tower transmission tapes has our controllers telling the B-1 to report a five mile final with the gear. They received a positive response. Pilot in command was an O-4."

I'd be curious as to where you got that info. I'd also be curious as to why it was released and why you posted it here.

 

[Pistlpetet]

I'd be curious as to where you got that info. I'd also be curious as to why it was released and why you posted it here.

1. I'd be curious as to where you got that info.

Answer: From the website you read it.

2. I'd also be curious as to why it was released.

Answer: Because some AF guy let it be released.

3. Why you posted it here.

Answer: Because inquiring Pilot minds want to know.