Nicely executed wheels up in a King Air

Post by **Garry Russell** » 28 Dec 2006, 00:19

Good weather no doubt helped, but still nicely controlled

http://www.jokeroo.com/extremevideos/brave_landing.html

Garry :Christmas:

Paul K · Post by **Paul K** » 28 Dec 2006, 01:13

My goodness, I've been in wheeled landings rougher than that. Notice the panicked evacuation !

Nice flying.

jonesey2k · Post by **jonesey2k** » 28 Dec 2006, 01:51

Seen that a while ago, he did a good job.
A ncie B100 too.

cstorey · Post by **cstorey** » 28 Dec 2006, 11:03

Where were the emergency services? Or was this a field without any, and if so why choose it for an emergency landing. Very strange - but a very good landing. I presume it must have been some kind of total failure, because there do not seem to have been flaps in use either

Chris Trott · Post by **Chris Trott** » 28 Dec 2006, 11:07

In other videos, the trucks can be seen behind the aircraft. They were stationed there in case of fire but did not do anything until the passengers and pilot evacuated and then moved in to ensure that everything is safe. There's no point in putting foam on the airplane if they don't have to especially since the engines were shutdown just prior to touchdown and thus the risk of fire minimized.

Kevin Farnell · Post by **Kevin Farnell** » 29 Dec 2006, 01:37

Exceptional airmanship!!!

A little surprised not to see any sparks or smoke.
Pleased to see everyone walk away.

Regards

Kevin

DispatchDragon · Post by **DispatchDragon** » 29 Dec 2006, 04:49

Peachtree DeKalb has a reputation for that sort of thing - PDK has full CFR services and he kept the flaps UP because if you put them down they tend to depart the aircraft and cause all sorts of damage - all in all the
guys did an excellent job - the videos been around for a while - I believe it was filmed from the FOX affiliate Helicopter in Atlanta
Oh BTW Chris - foaming runways is NOT accepted procdure anymore it
causes more damage both the aircraft and the enviorment than not applying it

Leif

steve p · Post by **steve p** » 29 Dec 2006, 07:54

Why didn't he land on the grass? Less chance of damage, I would have thought.

Best wishes
Steve P

DispatchDragon · Post by **DispatchDragon** » 29 Dec 2006, 07:56

hehehehe very little grass at PDK Steve.....and what there is , is usally waterlogged

Leif

Oh yes as to the CFR question earlier - heres a link

http://www.pdkairport.org/Past%20Events ... 20ARFF.htm

Actually PDK has a nice website - when I first arrived in the states the old NAS Atlanta facilities were still at PDK - now moved to Dobbins ARFB

Post by **Garry Russell** » 29 Dec 2006, 07:56

There was a Baron that had a nose wheel collapse locally after a landing with the unit not showing locked......he cut the power on touchdown

There was little damage

It was evacuated quickly but there was no fire.

Because of the quick evacuation the door was still open

The Fire Service came along with their foam etc and almost wrote it off

The damage was new nose cone area and a complete internal strip and refit.

Garry :Christmas: