Rotorwork Posted May 13 Share Posted May 13 Good Outcome from ABC https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-05-13/plane-emergency-incident-newcastle-airport/103838786 A light plane has made a "textbook wheels-up" landing during an emergency at Newcastle airport. Emergency crews were on standby after the pilot reported the plane's landing gear had failed just before 10am. The aircraft had circled above for more than two hours before it made the landing at 12:18pm. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
planedriver Posted May 13 Share Posted May 13 (edited) A very concerning time for all on board, plus loved ones on the ground. Certainly not an enviable position to be in. However, the outcome is good in that all survived the ordeal unscathed thanks to the skill of the pilot. Not being familiar with type. It would seem that there is no other means of manually lowerering the gear, or it would have been used? It will be interesting to know the cause which will no doubt be revealed in time. Aircraft can always be repaired or replaced, not so, those on board in most cases. Edited May 13 by planedriver Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kgwilson Posted May 13 Share Posted May 13 There have been a few wheels up landings of late. Another bit of stupid reporting. First they say correctly the pilot was circling burning off fuel, then they interview a local and quote the statement "I knew he was dumping his fuel' which of course he wasn't as they had already said. Then again accuracy is not a trait of modern reporting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
planedriver Posted May 13 Share Posted May 13 OMG KGW, don't say what's on the news is BS yet again? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rotorwork Posted May 13 Author Share Posted May 13 From ASN https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/387847 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danny_galaga Posted May 13 Share Posted May 13 1 hour ago, kgwilson said: There have been a few wheels up landings of late. Another bit of stupid reporting. First they say correctly the pilot was circling burning off fuel, then they interview a local and quote the statement "I knew he was dumping his fuel' which of course he wasn't as they had already said. Then again accuracy is not a trait of modern reporting. Yes and No. The journalist reported the correct thing, right? And then an interviewee voiced an opinion which is incorrect. Perhaps the only thing might have been to reiterate that the journalists statement was correct not the bystanders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facthunter Posted May 13 Share Posted May 13 Not a lot of planes have the facility of fuel dump systems. Mostly the larger stuff when the max landing weight is well under the Max take off weight. IF it's urgent you land overweight(carefully) and the plane has to be inspected, if it's not a squeaker landing. Nev 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thruster88 Posted May 13 Share Posted May 13 The only interesting thing about this is why there was only two passengers on a scheduled flight to the best place on earth. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skippydiesel Posted May 13 Share Posted May 13 (edited) 2 hours ago, kgwilson said: There have been a few wheels up landings of late. Another bit of stupid reporting. First they say correctly the pilot was circling burning off fuel, then they interview a local and quote the statement "I knew he was dumping his fuel' which of course he wasn't as they had already said. Then again accuracy is not a trait of modern reporting. Yeah! I heard one excited reporter say, the air was filled with the smell of petrol??????? Edited May 13 by skippydiesel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfGnome Posted May 13 Share Posted May 13 Of course they were dumping fuel! It’s just that they were dumping it into the engine. 😁😁 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kgwilson Posted May 13 Share Posted May 13 The other gaffe was just plain funny. Their so called "Aviation Expert" on TV stated that they decided to do a "Belly Up" landing. That would have been great to watch, if a tad dangerous. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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