AKBill
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Went flying today and this was parked on the row in front of me. Not sure what happened. Ramp folks told me this happened on TO...
Bad Day For a Cessna Pilot...
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Ouch.... looks expensive!
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Not sure if the nose wheel fell off or something else broke.
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Bad Day for a Cessna pilot! 
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Well, here’s your problem. Looks like someone attached a rectangular wheel!
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AKBill
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Corrected....Bad Day for a Cessna pilot!
Zeldman
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Darn.... nice plane. Hope it flies again.
Did a moose get on the runway again..???
Did a moose get on the runway again..???
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Never seen a moose on the Juneau runway. Plenty of porcupines though.
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Honked up nose strut, bent props and wet barrels under both engines... might be a total out by the insurance company.
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aint no might about it.
AKBill
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True. It's a shame, sure looks like a nice aircraft. Lots of good parts to salvage.
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Zeldman
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I saw more bears than moose when I was in civilized southeast. Almost hit an otter once.
AKBill
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I came close to hitting a Bear in Gustavis not long ago.
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Yeeks.... that worse part is that if you had hit the bear, he will get up, tear the door off your plane and rip you a new one....
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Just talked to a friend and he said the C-441 was damaged on landing, "it was a bad landing that busted the nose gear off". He sent me a picture of him (taken by another friend) landing past the C-441 on the runway...
edit: I wonder if insurance will cover a mistake like that by the pilot?
edit: I wonder if insurance will cover a mistake like that by the pilot?
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Absolutely insurance would cover it. That's what insurance does. However, their version of "cover it" may be here's a check for less than the cost of repairs, so there's that.Just talked to a friend and he said the C-441 was damaged on landing, "it was a bad landing that busted the nose gear off". He sent me a picture of him (taken by another friend) landing past the C-441 on the runway...
edit: I wonder if insurance will cover a mistake like that by the pilot?
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Zeldman
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So if I read correctly, this plane had a take off incident in Deadhorse 16 months earlier then the landing incident in Juneau.??
I think I know where I should send a resume....
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And " kathrynsreport said the nose gear collapsed". Not sure that is how I would word it. Collapsed to me means it folded toward a gear up position. I would say the strut sheared off due to a hard landing..
Zeldman
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And " kathrynsreport said the nose gear collapsed". Not sure that is how I would word it. Collapsed to me means it folded toward a gear up position. I would say the strut sheared off due to a hard landing..
Yeah, I didn't understand "nose gear collapsed" comment either. It looks more like the nose gear may have touched ground first, breaking the fork off. I only have 1 hour flight time and 3 landings in a 441 but that thing lands like sitting on pillows.