Southwest Nose Gear Collapse LGA

[Hpilot]

All the videos I've seen don't show the actual moment of touch down. I've just heard news people say second hand that it landed nose wheel first. What am I missing? Is this just typical clueless news reporting. "Here we have our aviation specialist, live from the scene." *Type rated in a Cessna 152

 

[Capn Butthead]

Who knows what really happened...but I do know that certain members of our pilot group consider 7000 feet of runway short. They get so wrapped up by it that they pound the thing on with Max auto brake. It does look like in the cabin video it was flat and firm...but I know that the 737 is a tank and usually can take a beating!

 

[scoreboardII]

sorry guys, if it is proven as a flat and no flare landing, the 737 can take it all day long.

 

[Trogdor]

Metal fatigue caused by years of taking 90 degree turns at 40 knots?


Just kidding guys.

 

[scoreboardII]

I'd believe that one.

 

[glasspilot1]

Guys, here is a comment from another message board from a crew member on a taxiway with a front row seat of what happened:

"Here is what I saw. We were on taxiway B short of CY abeam the
AA hanger. We were around 2000 ft from the runway end and had a
complete view of the first 2000 ft of the runway. WN seemed high
crossing the threshold and was around 20-30 ft above the 1000ft
marker when they flared and ballooned even higher. At this point
the three of us thought he was going around until he pushed the
nose over. I will admit it was such a hard pushover that even
before he hit the ground at the 1500 ft marker, nose gear first
(barley before the underside of the AC nose hit I yelled Holy
S**t. I believe after the pushover someone tried to get the nose
back up but it was a lost cause. The fact the AC stayed in one
piece is amazing. The nose gear looked like it was on a shock
disappearing back into the wheel well. The left engine hit first
and the AC started sliding left. It was pure luck that no one
was hurt, as the area it came to a stop in had a few minutes
earlier been full of AC taxiing."

 

[2000Easyguy]

If you watch the video that's what it looks like - a 3 point landing.

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[701EV]

The videos will come out.

LGA has about 9 million cameras

 

[The Gimp]

Its almost poetic at the end of the video as the wheel rolls into view and flops over, cartoonish.

 

[embpic1]

Guys, here is a comment from another message board from a crew member on a taxiway with a front row seat of what happened:

"Here is what I saw. We were on taxiway B short of CY abeam the
AA hanger. We were around 2000 ft from the runway end and had a
complete view of the first 2000 ft of the runway. WN seemed high
crossing the threshold and was around 20-30 ft above the 1000ft
marker when they flared and ballooned even higher. At this point
the three of us thought he was going around until he pushed the
nose over. I will admit it was such a hard pushover that even
before he hit the ground at the 1500 ft marker, nose gear first
(barley before the underside of the AC nose hit I yelled Holy
S**t. I believe after the pushover someone tried to get the nose
back up but it was a lost cause. The fact the AC stayed in one
piece is amazing. The nose gear looked like it was on a shock
disappearing back into the wheel well. The left engine hit first
and the AC started sliding left. It was pure luck that no one
was hurt, as the area it came to a stop in had a few minutes
earlier been full of AC taxiing."

This is about to get interesting......