T206H lands... gear up?

GRG55 said:
Well that's one way to avoid a prop strike and engine IRAN because of a gear up. :D
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Interesting point. Wonder what a repair costs on a set of Wipaires these days. LOL.

Probably cheaper than tearing down an IO-550.
 
denverpilot said:
Interesting point. Wonder what a repair costs on a set of Wipaires these days. LOL.

Probably cheaper than tearing down an IO-550.
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I suspect they are pretty tough as they regularly get driven up on sandbars and beaches, etc with the wheels retracted down where I grew up on the coast.
 
James331 said:
Straight float planes also get landed on the grass for land gear swaps

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Yeah have seen that. The newer floats seem to have a "pointy keel" that looks like you'd grind it off, though.

(Forgive me if that's not what they're called. I'm not afflicted by the boat problem and addiction like numerous pilots here are.)
 
3393RP said:
That's a hella nice looking T-206.
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Yeah the factory T206H with the matching floats (or even without, but maybe with the factory oversized tires) is a sexy beast. But I'm partial to big boxy airplanes as I've mentioned before. :)

Fuel flow is eye popping and starts to push into twin numbers for takeoff and climb out, but that'd be a nice number of ponies under the hood up here at high altitude. It isn't too slouchy in speed either considering it's a fat drag machine. But at a cost of lots of gas.
 
Kathryn's Report simply saying that it landed gear up is stupidly misleading, incomplete info and extremely poor reporting.

Heck, that plane lands gear up (wheels up) all of the time when landing on water. Also, the floats are considered landing gear and they would always be down.

A little context including a description of it being an amphib float plane that landed wheels up on land would have been in order.

I guess if it had an accident due to the wheels being down for a water landing, Kathryn's would just write "plane made gear down landing". :dunno:
 
SkyDog58 said:
Kathryn's Report simply saying that it landed gear up is stupidly misleading, incomplete info and extremely poor reporting.

Heck, that plane lands gear up (wheels up) all of the time when landing on water. Also, the floats are considered landing gear and they would always be down.

A little context including a description of it being an amphib float plane that landed wheels up on land would have been in order.

I guess if it had an accident due to the wheels being down for a water landing, Kathryn's would just write "plane made gear down landing". :dunno:
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There was another error in that report. Lapeer is covered by the Detroit FSDO.
 
Repacing keel strips isn't a big deal. I've had it done to straight flaots a couple of times. Depending on the surface he landed on they may not require it.
 
SkyDog58 said:
Kathryn's Report simply saying that it landed gear up is stupidly misleading, incomplete info and extremely poor reporting.

Heck, that plane lands gear up (wheels up) all of the time when landing on water. Also, the floats are considered landing gear and they would always be down.

A little context including a description of it being an amphib float plane that landed wheels up on land would have been in order.

I guess if it had an accident due to the wheels being down for a water landing, Kathryn's would just write "plane made gear down landing". :dunno:
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Sounds like someone needs a hug.
 
SkyDog58 said:
Kathryn's Report simply saying that it landed gear up is stupidly misleading, incomplete info and extremely poor reporting.
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LOL. Personally I thought it was one of the most accurate media articles about an accident that I've ever seen. :)

Usually the article writers of GA accidents start talking, and writing, it all goes straight to hell from there.
 
denverpilot said:
Fuel flow is eye popping and starts to push into twin numbers for takeoff and climb out, but that'd be a nice number of ponies under the hood up here at high altitude. It isn't too slouchy in speed either considering it's a fat drag machine. But at a cost of lots of gas.
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You don't buy a 206, especially one on floats, because they're a fuel efficient airplane.

What this report doesn't say is why the guy landed with the wheels up on hard surface. It could simply be that he forgot to put the wheels down, or it could be that there were gear problems. As others alluded to, replacing keel strips isn't a huge deal and may not be necessary. I'd much rather land on hard surface with the wheels up than land on the water with the wheels in an unknown position if there was trouble.
 
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