Landing without gear lowered:-)

[EHM-1651 Christian]

I read an article in an norwegian magazine about Norwgian firefighters working for the ISAF force at Kabul airport.

A Russian captain forgot to extend the landingear befor landing an ended  700m down the runway before stopping, when the rescue crew reached their the entred the plane to check if everyone was ok:

He asked the pilots if hey were ok, and the captain said:
Yes, no problem and lit an sigarette :-)

Yes it was an cargoflight an Il-76
Airline unknown
:>

[EHM-1343 Jonathan]

hehehehe, those russians.
700m stopping distance of a big bird like the Il76 is pretty awsome
I wonder if the russians ever heard of checklists

[EHM-1651 Christian]

Were was you last night Razza?

I tought you would be there:-)

[EHM-1507 Manuel]

really forgotten??
While flying an airplane, there are some things I don´t even think about.....
During approach it´s an automatic handling, I put the gear down......
I really can´t believe someone´s forgetting that....

But on this place I want to remember an pilot of Austrian Airlines (one or two years ago) who recognised, the nose gear of his Fokker 70 had an malfunction and wont extract while approaching Munich.
So he retracted gear and looked for an snowed field.
There he landed on fuselage and no one got really injured!

Another hero of Aviation!


Greets!


Manu

[EHM-1549 Stefan]

I bet the russian pilot had a Vodka bottle under his seat. Cheers...

Manu, wasn't it an engine failure due to an icing problem of that Fokker 70 case?

Greets
Stefan

[EHM-1343 Jonathan]

sounds nice;)
sorry i wasnt at crowded skies, was seeting up my new laptop

I cant imagine how you forget the gear though, and i'm sure ATC would have told him :]

[EHM-1651 Christian]

I seen the picture of the plane on it's belly it's in the magazine
Belive it or not :-)

[EHM-1507 Manuel]

Originally posted by EHM-1549
I bet the russian pilot had a Vodka bottle under his seat. Cheers...

Manu, wasn't it an engine failure due to an icing problem of that Fokker 70 case?

Greets
Stefan

Well, the bottle might have been under the seat, but all the vodka must have been inside the pilot..... (excuse that foolish phrasing) :$

About the Fokker I´m not sure myself anymore....
you could be right, but I can´t admit or deny....

To Razza:

And if ATC wouldn´t have told him about his gear, at least his aircraft should have told him.
As far as I know some aircraft got an acoustic warning signal if you get to low or to slow without gear retracted.

For that case: coud vodka make deaf???


Greets!


Manu

[EHM-1617 Iain]

It's not strictly ATC responsibility, but if an aircraft landed gear up in broad daylight, then the Tower would probably come in for some critisism as he is a visual controller.