> This airplane had a gear issue one time while he was flying and he wasn't > confident (or even hopeful) that the gear were down and locked. So he > declared an emergency and it must not have been a very busy day at KMSP > (the local international airport) so they had him fly down there to land. > They lined up the fire trucks and he said they had so much equipment out > there, they could have had the fire out before he stopped sliding. > Thankfully the gear did hold up on the landing so everything was fine. He > flew back to his home airport with the gear down the whole way. Being a firefighter can be sooo disappointing... Found this http://www.aaib.gov.uk/publications/bulletins/february_2000/cessna_500732.cfm concerning gear failure and the shown 182RG.
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