"Chris Clarke" (shiftsandgiggles)
11/11/2014 at 12:45 • Filed to: planelopnik, emergency
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"Chris Clarke" (shiftsandgiggles)
11/11/2014 at 12:45 • Filed to: planelopnik, emergency | 1
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The pilot of this classic V-tail Beechcraft Bonanza makes a grade A emergency landing after the nose gear won't extend yesterday at Hyannis Airport in Cape Cod, Massachusetts.
The pilot is able to hold the nose off the ground to allow the airplane to slow and give him time to shut down the engine and stop the prop before it slides to a stop. The pilot was the sole occupant and was uninjured in the incident.
Mattbob
> Chris Clarke
11/11/2014 at 12:50 |
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the day the nose gear died.
OPPOsaurus WRX
> Chris Clarke
11/11/2014 at 12:51 |
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he did a good job, by the emergency response, it looked like they were expecting it to end a bit worse than that.
RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
> Chris Clarke
11/11/2014 at 12:52 |
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The Woz, this pilot is not.
Rock Bottom
> Chris Clarke
11/11/2014 at 12:53 |
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Beautiful save. That shouldn't be too hard to fix. Glad to see the pilot and a great piece of flying history will live to fly another day!
Sam
> Chris Clarke
11/11/2014 at 12:53 |
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This guy is good.
Brian, The Life of
> Chris Clarke
11/11/2014 at 12:56 |
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Nice save! I don't think that counts as a "prop strike" since he killed the motor before the nose touched.
Also, the Doctor Killer missed this time ;)
For Sweden
> Chris Clarke
11/11/2014 at 13:01 |
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Here we see a V-tail Bonanza in its natural habitat, crashing.
Jayhawk Jake
> Chris Clarke
11/11/2014 at 13:07 |
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There's a book by Jan Roskam called 'Lessons Learned in Aircraft Design'
Highly recommend it, it's interesting. Basically a book of plane crashes and what caused them/how it was fixed. The book is presented in a 'Incident, Cause, Solution' layout.
My favorite goes something like this:
Incident: Beechcraft Bonanza gear retraction on ground, damage to aircraft structure and engine. Multiple cases.
Cause: New model year Bonanza switched location of flap switch and gear handle. Pilots familiar with older Bonanza mistakenly raise gear handle instead of flap handle while exiting runway at high speed. Aircraft leans to opposite side, relieving weight off of the single squat switch installed on the left main gear. Gear retracts
Solution: Installed additional squat switch on right main gear.
Racescort666
> Chris Clarke
11/11/2014 at 14:17 |
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*Looks at lead image*
Thinks, "hmmm, looks like a V tail Bonanza."
*Reads first sentance, proceeds to comments*