SKW nose gear up @ DFW tonite...

[ClearRight]

Okay, back to the SUBJECT at hand!!

I personally know both pilots- I did my PC check with the captain 6 months ago and the FO lives across the street from me. Both are VERY competent pilots and the company is genuinely supporting them in these first few hours after the incident.

Don't know any more details yet. . .

 

[OneTuffGuy]

i am suprised no one has blamed this on MESA yet..... I am sure we can find some reason it happened as a direct result of MESAs contract or something....... Ok I am done, early show tomorrow...... good night

 

[crjdxr]

photo link

Here is a link to a photo of said RJ...

http://airliners.net/open.file/416939/M/

 

[TonyC]

FORT WORTH, Texas -- A plane's nose gear collapsed on landing, causing an evacuation of passengers and the shut down of a runway ...

According to the news they had a "gear light problem" on final, ...

And, from the Airliners.net picture caption:

This Skywest CRJ performed her normal roll-out, but then lost the nose gear as she began her taxi to the terminal.

I wonder which it was. Indication problem on final? Collapsed on landing? or collapsed while taxiing?

At least we won't be discussing slides on this one

 

[bogberto]

Too bad this didn't happen in an ERJ. They could have just opened the window and looked downstairs to see if the gear was there.

 

[Simon Says]

i am suprised no one has blamed this on MESA yet..... I am sure we can find some reason it happened as a direct result of MESAs contract or something....... Ok I am done, early show tomorrow...... good night

Now that was funny. Now we need some RJDC punk to pipe up.

Gone Fishing.

 

[Redtailer]

Hey Les, who pi@@@d in your cheerios this morning?

My post was not meant to blame anyone. I just replied to a question with what was reported on the news. Right or wrong I wrote what I knew as reported. Would you prefer if I give my own subjective opinion or something less?

Also, I am well aware of how wrong the media can be. Why do you think I put the statement in quotes?


Oh yeah, it's all MESA's fault!!!!

 

[acaTerry]

Les,
You trying to rival me as the crankiest man on the board?
BTW, love your guitars, man.

 

[acaTerry]

Oh, and BTW, had Mesa not signed the TA, this would not have happened. Now the nosegear will collapse just like the Mesa pilots did. Don't believe me? Well, consider this....funny how the gear "magically" collapses after SKW signed their deal. SO THANKS MESA!!

And one more thing. I'll bet you anything that the crew were ex-computer programmers. They got so used to just accepting problems with their software development that they accepted a gear problem.

 

[Flooder305]

Watch it.

Don't say another word about the crew.

 

[Auto-throttle]

Hey Les,

You're not the captain of that flight are you?? Why didn't you go around man?????!!!!!!!

 

[skywav8r]

What a bunch of monday morning quarterbacks.

 

[katanabob]

Note the open and ground-off (no pun intended) nose gear doors. If the nose gear had just collapsed on taxi-in, it would have impacted the doors on the way up. For the doors to be as they are, they must have performed an emergency gear extension.
Just my $.02

 

[acaTerry]

GOSH EVERYBODY---DON'T YOU KNOW SARCASM? I WAS KIDDING!!!

 

[skywav8r]

katanabob - you are a very observant.