Having a bad Monday?  At least you're not these pilots...

"someassemblyrequired" (someassemblyrequired) 03/04/2019 at 14:07 • Filed to: bad case of the mondays

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Landed off the runway at Presque Isle, Maine in bad weather on the second landing attempt. Minor injuries. Kinda surprised they didn’t divert to Fredericton or Bangor, since those are both much larger airports with better facilities (PQI only serves around 10,000 passengers a year).

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ttyymmnn > someassemblyrequired 03/04/2019 at 14:13

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So are you saying that they missed the runway, or departed the runway after touching down?

atfsgeoff > someassemblyrequired 03/04/2019 at 14:14

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Any landing you walk away from...

MoCamino > someassemblyrequired 03/04/2019 at 14:16

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I don’t think that’s where the landing gear is supposed to be.

Mercedes Streeter > someassemblyrequired 03/04/2019 at 14:20

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I’m no aircraft engineer, but I don’t think that landing gear should be hugging that nacelle like that.

You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much > someassemblyrequired 03/04/2019 at 14:21

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I LOL’ed when I noticed the landing gear.  My first thought was that they forgot to lower the gear.  Clearly they remembered that.

Mercedes Streeter > ttyymmnn 03/04/2019 at 14:22

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Things got a little slippery on touchdown.

The plane left Newark, New Jersey and landed in Presque Isle around 11:30 Monday morning.

The plane touched down then slid to the right. 

WilliamsSW > ttyymmnn 03/04/2019 at 14:22

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Kinda sounds like they veered off, but we’ll see.

Glad that it sounds like only minor injuries.

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > someassemblyrequired 03/04/2019 at 14:23

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RIP lawn dart.

MonkeePuzzle > someassemblyrequired 03/04/2019 at 14:23

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keeps spare in engine bay

TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts. > atfsgeoff 03/04/2019 at 14:24

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Okay Launchpad McQuack.

facw > someassemblyrequired 03/04/2019 at 14:26

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For a moment this looked like a bigger Lockheed Jetstar to me, and then I realized what my brain had taken for a mangled second intake was actually the landing gear (which does not go there!). Anyway, I guess it could have been much worse.

TheRealBicycleBuck > someassemblyrequired 03/04/2019 at 14:26

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The forgot the old saying, “when in doubt, power out!”

Milky > atfsgeoff 03/04/2019 at 14:34

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My mood every time I park and walk away from my  car.

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > someassemblyrequired 03/04/2019 at 14:35

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Are the...wheels in the engine?

someassemblyrequired > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever 03/04/2019 at 14:40

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It’s not a jet engine, it’s an innovative brake cooling device.

someassemblyrequired > ttyymmnn 03/04/2019 at 14:42

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Hearing veered off, apparently landed on runway, but departed the runway on the roll out.

someassemblyrequired > facw 03/04/2019 at 14:42

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Jetstars are awesome. 4 engines FTW!!

someassemblyrequired > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 03/04/2019 at 14:44

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I feel like we should play Oppo Guess the Estimate with this one.

Is it totaled?

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > someassemblyrequired 03/04/2019 at 14:54

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Considering you cannot get any lower than United Express, these pilots will be lucky to fly cargo for the rest of their career .

someassemblyrequired > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 03/04/2019 at 15:30

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I love this story which might be the o rigin of that figure of speech:

http://www.check-six.com/Crash_Sites/Shiga-SFBay.htm

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > someassemblyrequired 03/04/2019 at 15:33

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I don’t know, if the air frame is compromised it is probably totaled, I think the ERJ 145 runs about $15 m new but they are all around 5-15 years old now.

For Sweden > someassemblyrequired 03/04/2019 at 18:08

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Imagine becoming your own FOD

someassemblyrequired > For Sweden 03/04/2019 at 18:31

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Ha yes, it is definitely an achievement unlocked for those lawn dart drivers. A t least they were artistic with the huge skid mark on the fuselage from the still spinning tire.

f86sabre > someassemblyrequired 03/04/2019 at 21:29

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Lower fuselage fairings, if the gear failed at the fuse pins then likely fittings, pins, gear, flaps, nose gear is probably gone as well, engine and fan cowls, three fuselage frames and maybe 5 stringers and some skin. Toss in a couple of windows.  I’m going to guess $850k. 

someassemblyrequired > f86sabre 03/04/2019 at 22:28

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Hahaha, I was joking, but I guess it’s on like Donkey Kong.

I think this thing is repairable, there looks to be a fair bit of damage to the nose though, so I’m guessing like $1.2M?

My money’s on this thing flying for another decade in any case.

f86sabre > someassemblyrequired 03/05/2019 at 09:44

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It takes a lot to scrap an airliner unless it is within a year or two of retirement anyway. 

ttyymmnn > someassemblyrequired 03/05/2019 at 09:52

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I was trying to make sense of that top photo, and then I realized that’s that the nose gear wedged between the fuselage and the engine. 

someassemblyrequired > ttyymmnn 03/05/2019 at 10:15

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Some JB weld and a magic eraser for the tire marks , she’ll be back flying.