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

 

[AKAAB]

It won't take long for the video of him bucking the airplane trying to get the legs to lock to make it out on YouTube. The mains were swinging back and forth in a somehwat comical manner.

Now, put yourself in his shoes. With a high wing, bad mains and a good nosegear, do you put it on grass or the runway? He chose grass, but I'd been taught that the risk of flipping was higher on grass. Sure, there will be some sparks on the asphalt, but I've watched several gear up landings that just slid down the runway to a safe halt with minimal sparks.

Personal preference, I guess...

 

[Weasil]

I worked for a flight school that carried around a walking stick in their 172RG, the idea being that you could lean out the door and hook the gear with the handle and pop it into place if they wouldn't go down!!!!

 

[regionalcap]

We had it happen at our flight school on the 172RG. Instructor was able to use the tow bar to yank it bank into place.

 

[COOPERVANE]

We had it happen at our flight school on the 172RG. Instructor was able to use the tow bar to yank it bank into place.

Gutsiest move I ever saw Mav

 

[OPECJet]

Same thing when I was in school.

AU?

 

[regionalcap]

yes..AU

 

[hawaiimei]

In the military the mechanics told us to always go with the pavement. Dirt "balls up" under the skin and causes considerably more damage than sliding it across cement.

Oh, get this..... teaching in Hawaii: We have a bunch of veterans with experience ditching light singles in the water. They all recommend GEAR DOWN as you are above the HYDROPLANE speed of the tires and will skip briefly and come to a raging stop UPRIGHT in the water. My DPE demo'd this to me as a CFI by skimming the water!!!!!!! There is a U Tube video of some formation guys doing it too. Lots of stuff is weird out there, but none stranfger than coming from KOA to HNL 300nm out over the Pacific in a single!

 

[TedCFII]

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.

DKX is Downtown Knoxville, just across the river from UT...


TYS is just outside the city of Knoxville.

 

[AdSo81]

Is it just me, or could that news room reporter pass for Colbert?

 

[Way2Broke]

DKX is Downtown Knoxville, just across the river from UT...


TYS is just outside the city of Knoxville.

True, I instucted at DKX for two years. I didn't get rich, but I have never been around such a great group of people.

 

[ponder]

It is way cooler to crash on television
than to manually extend your gear
with a tow bar.