250 wonder pilot?
 

The 250hr wonder pilot argument doesn't hold water at Eagle. The captain is most likely a former TWA captain with a bizilian hours and the F.O. has been siting over on the right flipping the gear switch for 8 years.

I'de say from the look of things, there was some mechanical problem. through the whole series of photos, the gear doors don't move. If the gear was cycles late, you would think you would see the gear start to peak out on the go-around.

My .02, don't know ERJ systems.

Seneca driver

The fact that you used the term "pilot error" confirms that you probably don't know too much about what is being discussed.

To answer your question, yes, there are circumstances where the gear doors can drop without the gear coming out.

However, if in the above scenario, you would have A LOT more indications that there was something SERIOUSLY wrong with the aircraft. Not just a disagreement with the LG sensor, or whatever happeened to these guys.

250 hour wonders? The FO's cant find their own seats? And finally, you havent heard any rumors about this incident and basically you dont know anything about so what the hell are you doing even talking about it.

I dont use this word unless it is completely neccessary... but in this case it is...

DUMBASS!!!!

You my friend know nothing of what you are talking about so go post somewhere else.

The 2 main facts here are:

1. The gear was indicating 3 green lights and no one knows how this happened, not even EMB.

2. The pilots did a damn good job. This could have been a terrible accident and my hats are off to the two pilots.

FOX news has already recieved several phone calls for mis-reporting the facts on this story, and who ever the aviation expert was is a mystery to me, but obviously he is no expert.

I love it, "Sub-Par" commuter training, guess what genius, it was the Sub-Bar Eagle training department that may have helped these pilots as well as the hardover they had a few years back get the airplane back on the ground in one piece.................get a clue.............

I have to agree with your comments here. I honestly don't know what I would actually do in a similar situation, but I think that the safest bet would have been to stay on the ground here...at least you know what you have when you are on the ground, and the crash crew is very near-by in case things go badly. Taking an aircraft with unknown damage into the air is not the best option in my mind. What happens if there is structural damage severe enough to cause inability to fly issues at 6000 feet after the go-around? A lawn dart crash is going to be far less survivable than a belly landing. I wasn't there, and I applaud the crew for bringing it back safely, but in the end, even though it all worked out, it doesn't necessarliy mean that it was the safest call.

If my University's system class was right, the doors are held up hydraulically. But, if they had a loss of hydraulic pressure, then the ailerons and rudder wouldn't function. I don't this was the issue.

yes they would have, they just would have been a lot harder to manipulate

Thats what I was talking about. The gear doors, not the flight controls. And like I said, they would have known about it WAY prior to the before landing check and verifying the gear was down and locked.

the flight controls on the Emb have mechanical backups (cables and pulleys like a cessna).... they'll still work... its just a little "harder" to fly.

But I dont think anyone would just lose all their hydraulics and come on in and land like nothing happen.

This incident is some kind of computer error and we wont know what happened until the investigation is done. No more speculating.