rdarby Posted February 15, 2012 Share Posted February 15, 2012 Something landed wheels up, apparantly due to landing gear failure according to the SMH article I saw, early this morning in Brisbane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gnarly Gnu Posted February 15, 2012 Share Posted February 15, 2012 Can someone please explain why they don't land alongside on the grass in this situation? OK there are lights to watch out for but it seems so much more repairable & less likely to create combustion. Must be a good reason I'm not aware of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dazza 38 Posted February 15, 2012 Share Posted February 15, 2012 Can someone please explain why they don't land alongside on the grass in this situation? OK there are lights to watch out for but it seems so much more repairable & less likely to create combustion. Must be a good reason I'm not aware of. The only reason I know of, is that the a Aircraft can flip, if it digs into the soft soil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaba-who Posted February 15, 2012 Share Posted February 15, 2012 Number of examinations of dinged aircraft show that most aircraft are less damaged by landing on the hard surface rather than on the grass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nathan_c Posted February 15, 2012 Share Posted February 15, 2012 Theres also a lot of hard to see drainage ditches alongside the runway. I dunno where they put it, so I didnt get a chance to go gave a look, but we were told at work it was a toll frieght metro returning from a maintenance check flight. (these details are worth what you paid for them, nothing. They may be incorrect.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest pookemon Posted February 15, 2012 Share Posted February 15, 2012 The AC that belly landed was a Toll Freight aircraft with Captain and Student on board according to this... http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-02-15/plane-makes-emergency-landing-at-brisbane-airport/3830544 Edit: Was a Fairchild Metro... Wouldn't think that was a cargo a/c. http://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/investigation_reports/2012/aair/ao-2012-024.aspx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facthunter Posted February 15, 2012 Share Posted February 15, 2012 Bigger faster stuff would be better landing on the runway as they are touching down at 130 knots plus depending on configuration. Bumps are what they don't need. Landing alongside the runway there are taxiways and drainage ditches etc. Nev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomo Posted February 15, 2012 Share Posted February 15, 2012 Slides better on bitumen, particularly if they put down some foam. If you loose a wheel or something in anything, stick to the hard surface. (from experience!) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
youngster Posted February 15, 2012 Share Posted February 15, 2012 The AC that belly landed was a Toll Freight aircraft with Captain and Student on board according to this...http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-02-15/plane-makes-emergency-landing-at-brisbane-airport/3830544 Edit: Was a Fairchild Metro... Wouldn't think that was a cargo a/c. A Toll Metro visits Coffs every day on a run up the coast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J170 Owner Posted February 15, 2012 Share Posted February 15, 2012 "Theres also a lot of hard to see drainage ditches alongside the runway. " Is there something wrong with me? I understand the meaning but it seems to me strange. Perhaps I am just too old these days? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nathan_c Posted February 15, 2012 Share Posted February 15, 2012 Sorry probably not worded too well. What I meant was there are quite a few drainage areas where pipes and ditches etc are alongside the runway (perpindicular) which are visible from where I work at the airport(only just visible though, if your stationary its easy but if you are driving along it can be hard to spot them. In our airside drivers licence test there was a section on not driving on the grass because of ditches and things you wouldnt notice when your moving), but would seem like being near impossible to see from the air (I very well may be wrong, they could be visible from the air, I obviously have never flown in to brisbane airport myself). I hope that makes more sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XP503 Posted February 15, 2012 Share Posted February 15, 2012 Slides better on bitumen, particularly if they put down some foam.If you loose a wheel or something in anything, stick to the hard surface. (from experience!) what did you lose Tomo? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomo Posted February 15, 2012 Share Posted February 15, 2012 what did you lose Tomo? Wheel on a car, years ago... a couple days after getting new tires fitted at the tire place... (didn't wreck much, good tough old XP) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XP503 Posted February 15, 2012 Share Posted February 15, 2012 Haha oh jeez. That coulda ended bad! I had the wheel come off the drifter but we won't bring that up again hahaha how embarrassing 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest pookemon Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 Anything like this Tomo? The RX didn't slide far. :) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67rX4I8Swfw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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