414A Gear Up

[Ted]

http://www.kmbc.com/news/kansas-cit...91402/-/format/rsss_2.0/-/uu0mlw/-/index.html

A 414A had a gear problem that failed to come down. After trying to get it down via emergency procedures, the female pilot executed a perfect belly landing. Video in the link.

Very nicely done.

 

[Alexb2000]

Perfection.

 

[flyingmoose]

Well done. Seem like a lot of these happening these days.

 

[ja_user]

That looks nothing like a Kitchen?

 

[greddawn]

I wish I could land that well with working gear.

 

[47PILOT]

I wish I could land that well with working gear.

Exactly what I was thinking. Nice to see such a demonstration of skill !!

 

[catmandu]

That looks nothing like a Kitchen?

And she was without child, wearing shoes of all things!

 

[Ted]

Well done. Seem like a lot of these happening these days.

I don't know if it's really any more than normal, or if it's just being reported more. I'd be curious to find out the cause of the failure. I think the 414A/421C were hydraulic gear.

 

[tmyers]

Agreed Ted, it is always good to have that information back in the brain if it happens to you.

Saw a 310 at Muncie yesterday and thought of you.

 

[LDJones]

Perfection.

 

[kmead]

Michelle is an incredible person. I understand she is a very experienced and skilled pilot.

The 414A does have a hydraulic gear with a nitrogen blowdown system. I don't know why the emergency didn't work. It looks like they did get the gear down to tow it back to the hangar. This looked like a nice airplane. It was sitting next to a Mirage I was working on about a month ago.