NTSB Factual Report on Eclipse Gear Up

[SkyHog]

http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/GenPDF.asp?id=DEN05CA134&rpt=fa

I guess the pilot admitted to simply forgetting to drop the gear.

 

[Henning]

http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/GenPDF.asp?id=DEN05CA134&rpt=fa

I guess the pilot admitted to simply forgetting to drop the gear.

It sounds like the composites aren't as tollerant of sliding down the runway as aluminum.

 

[gismo]

It sounds like the composites aren't as tollerant of sliding down the runway as aluminum.

I know it says composite, but AFaIK Eclipse fuselages are made from aluminim. A friend at a local company developed the friction stir welding process that they use.