Aerostar Lands Gear Up then TOs Again
04-24-2015, 02:38 PM
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Originally Posted by JohnBurke
The guy talking during the video certainly sounds like an idiot.
"He's gonna crash."
"He's gonna crash."
04-24-2015, 02:41 PM
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Originally Posted by Timbo
Bob Hoover did it once in his Mustang, at Reno! 
Took about 4" off his props, but he pulled up, put the gear down, and landed. All part of the show!
Took about 4" off his props, but he pulled up, put the gear down, and landed. All part of the show!
Yeah, but that was intentional.
04-24-2015, 02:54 PM
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In a way, it is understandable that he went around. We are trained if there is an issue with the landing, go missed. Since he (presumably) did not identify the gear horn, his first thought when the noise started was probably not "I forgot the gear." He may have had no idea what was making the noise and acting on training, pushed the throttles forward with no clue of what happened.
04-24-2015, 03:04 PM
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This happened to a pilot I know, in a Dutchess, on his MEI checkride, with an examiner. They went around, cycled the gear, and landed.....and this was in Denver on a warm day. They even ground the bottom of the steps flat!
04-24-2015, 04:40 PM
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Originally Posted by FlyJSH
In a way, it is understandable that he went around. We are trained if there is an issue with the landing, go missed. Since he (presumably) did not identify the gear horn, his first thought when the noise started was probably not "I forgot the gear." He may have had no idea what was making the noise and acting on training, pushed the throttles forward with no clue of what happened.
He's eighty five years old and has decided to pack it in.
04-24-2015, 05:01 PM
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the plane’s pilot, Chris Georgaklis, 85, managed to fly 100 miles to Fort Lauderdale after the incident and landed safely.Mr Georgaklis is said to have flown for almost 50 years and was accompanied on the trip by his dog, Buddy.
Interesting that his flaps were down, but not his gear.
Originally Posted by JohnBurke
He has decided to pack it in.
Here is a news report with pilot interview...
http://www.wpbf.com/news/exclusive-p...-gear/32514186
What's wrong with this statement...
Georgaklis said he was flying to visit friends on the Treasure Coast, and when he attempted to land his plane, something went wrong. He said just one thing went through his mind.
"I said, 'We've got to get out of here,'" Georgaklis said.
Georgaklis said he's been flying for almost 50 years, and he hopped in his Aerostar for a routine flight to Aero Acres in Fort Pierce with his dog, Buddy, on April 11.
Georgaklis said it's an annual trip, but he approached the runway too fast.
"The gear was down, and I saw that I was going a little faster than I liked, because you have to stop quickly," Georgaklis said.
"I said, 'We've got to get out of here,'" Georgaklis said.
Georgaklis said he's been flying for almost 50 years, and he hopped in his Aerostar for a routine flight to Aero Acres in Fort Pierce with his dog, Buddy, on April 11.
Georgaklis said it's an annual trip, but he approached the runway too fast.
"The gear was down, and I saw that I was going a little faster than I liked, because you have to stop quickly," Georgaklis said.
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04-24-2015, 07:09 PM
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"the plane’s pilot, Chris Georgaklis, 85, managed to fly 100 miles to Fort Lauderdale after the incident"
In addition to the obvious zero for checklist discipline, I think we need to go into negative numbers to grade judgment. Holy crap!!
In addition to the obvious zero for checklist discipline, I think we need to go into negative numbers to grade judgment. Holy crap!!
04-24-2015, 07:52 PM
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Originally Posted by JohnBurke
He might have made himself oblivious to a gear warning, but I very seriously doubt he missed the sound of metal scraping on the ground; it's why he powered up and went. I guarantee that he was very aware he'd just touched down without the gear out, and where a prop strike may have occurred, there would have been absolutely no doubt. Look at the prop behavior after he gets airborne again, as well as his handling of the aircraft.
He's eighty five years old and has decided to pack it in.
He's eighty five years old and has decided to pack it in.
I am not excusing or blessing his decision, but I can envision a pilot powering up at the first strange (bad) noise he heard.
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