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  • dheffley
    That was a heck of a good job!!!
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  • David Nunn
    That was about the best wheels-up landing I ever saw. Pilot had experience and nerve.
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  • Colt Super
    In my opinion, he took too long to turn the Master switch off.

    But, on the other hand, any landing you walk away from, is a good landing.

    Doug
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  • He Dog
    Bet it was kinda hard on the paint, but darn little else![:0]
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  • Laredo Lefty
    Nicely done. I wonder why he didnt feather the props before touching down... might have been able to save the engines.

    Very smooth though
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  • v35
    Well, he went under the first set of wires.
    I didn't notice any flaps or flare out so he was fast.
    Master should have been pulled when he had the runway made to reduce chance of fire.
    Unless he was advised otherwise by the tower, a grass landing would
    have done less damage, be less of a fire risk and resulted in a much shorter ground roll.
    He killed both engine$$ and prop$$ by not shutting power down before touchdown.
    I'd like to hear his story of the emergency.
    If it's a Beech Baron, why couldn't he crank the gear down?
    He saved lives but he might have saved more of the plane.
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  • givette
    I belly-landed an Aztec. Landed on foam at MacDill. Minimal damage. I feathered the props, and cranked them till they were horizontal prior to landing. Acft flew out to St.Pete (home base) three days later. Joe

    PS..the Aztec's mains protrude from the nacelles, similar to the DC-3/BE-18/B17 when the gear is up. Joe

    EDIT: Plane in video is a C401 or C402. Unfamiliar with Cessna's cockpit procedures. (Ref emerg. gear extension). Joe
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  • Ridge
    quote:Originally posted by v35
    Well, he went under the first set of wires.
    I didn't notice any flaps or flare out so he was fast.
    Master should have been pulled when he had the runway made to reduce chance of fire.
    Unless he was advised otherwise by the tower, a grass landing would
    have done less damage, be less of a fire risk and resulted in a much shorter ground roll.
    He killed both engine$$ and prop$$ by not shutting power down before touchdown.
    I'd like to hear his story of the emergency.
    If it's a Beech Baron, why couldn't he crank the gear down?
    He saved lives but he might have saved more of the plane.


    Very bad idea...if a plane lands in grass, its chances of being flipped over or torn apart quadruple or even more.

    That guy had his engines running, no flaps, came in very fast with a very fast descent rate...hes very lucky he didnt destroy that airplane...

    Here are a couple excellent examples of a belly landing...

    Australian F-111
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RvnzCQZ4LiQ

    Beech King Air (best belly landing Ive ever seen)
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVmHyJMDcus

    And a Piper similar to the one in the news video
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYc82ISq0xQ
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  • fishkiller41
    quote:Originally posted by v35
    Well, he went under the first set of wires.
    I didn't notice any flaps or flare out so he was fast.
    Master should have been pulled when he had the runway made to reduce chance of fire.
    Unless he was advised otherwise by the tower, a grass landing would
    have done less damage, be less of a fire risk and resulted in a much shorter ground roll.
    He killed both engine$$ and prop$$ by not shutting power down before touchdown.
    I'd like to hear his story of the emergency.
    If it's a Beech Baron, why couldn't he crank the gear down?
    He saved lives but he might have saved more of the plane.




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  • v35
    That "Piper" was a Beech Travelair. Don't know why he didn't hand crank the gear down if the electrics failed. He busted up his gear for sure, landing on partially extended gear.
    The Kingair landing was the slickest but notice he ran out of runway.
    There was a Beech owner in the Northwest, maybe Alaska, who had 3-4 engine failures. He learned to crank the prop horizontal, come in slow, and flare for a gear up landing.
    His damage was limited to minor sheet metal and antennas.
    He landed on either snow or turf and slides were on the order of 50 ft or so.
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