LeeE wrote: > On Thursday 17 January 2008 20:53, Fabian Grodek wrote: >> On 1/17/08, Jon Stockill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> LeeE wrote: >>>> Looks like they were very lucky with that one. >>>> >>>> Coming down so short of the runway fits with reports that the >>>> pilot had lost all power only a short time before touch-down >>>> and if so he did well to get that far. Some reports almost >>>> seem to suggest that the undercarriage failed but that would >>>> be inevitable if it landed on soft ground with a high rate of >>>> descent. >>>> >>>> If it had come down only a few tens of yards earlier it would >>>> have been a disaster. >>> Certainly putting it on the airfield makes the emergency >>> services job a lot easier too - it appears he did a fantastic >>> job. >>> >>> Jon >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------------------- >>> ---------- >> Interesting to see how the left main landing gear punctured the >> wing !! Fabian > > I wasn't too surprised about that - a total loss of power shortly > before touch-down leaves you very short of energy whilst in a > high-drag configuration - hence being lucky to reach the airfield. > > The pilot must have been flying the very last stages at the absolute > stall limit, to get those extra feet in distance towards the runway > before it would dump on the ground. To be honest, I expect the > outcome turned out better than the pilot expected when (s)he > realised that they would land short. The near approach path isn't > exactly clear of obstacles, or people, either. > > LeeE >
From the picture it looks like they were at least able to retract the flaps and that may have helped, a few hundred feet further up and it would have been a greased landing. I guess problems seldom happen in ones. Regards Sid. -- Sid Boyce ... Hamradio License G3VBV, Licensed Private Pilot Emeritus IBM/Amdahl Mainframes and Sun/Fujitsu Servers Tech Support Specialist, Cricket Coach Microsoft Windows Free Zone - Linux used for all Computing Tasks ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Flightgear-users mailing list Flightgear-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-users
