C-152 nose gear collapse KCLL
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C-152 nose gear collapse KCLL
Landing Gear Collapses As Plane Lands At Easterwood
Did I hear the reporter right?
"...the pilot walked away unarmed."
Did anyone else on the forum have any emergencies during PPL training that made you think twice about flying?
Did I hear the reporter right?
"...the pilot walked away unarmed."
Did anyone else on the forum have any emergencies during PPL training that made you think twice about flying?
#4
This happened at KLUK in a SR-20. Student and instructor, normal landing nose gear touched down and snapped. Failed at the attachment point at the fuselage. I saw the plane in the hangar and know the mechanics. I guess it was damaged by a previous renter, hard to spot a slightly bent nose "strut" if you can even call it that.
They were the unlucky ones that took it up next. Totaled the motor but they did get a sweet new four bladed prop out of it from insurance.
Landing gear failure causes crash landing at Lunken Airport - FOX19.com-Cincinnati News, Weather & Sports
They were the unlucky ones that took it up next. Totaled the motor but they did get a sweet new four bladed prop out of it from insurance.
Landing gear failure causes crash landing at Lunken Airport - FOX19.com-Cincinnati News, Weather & Sports
#5
Yeah this. The chances of nose gear collapse on any single engine Cessna are negligible without the pilot wheel barrowing it. The oleo strut itself is designed to allow enough room for prop clearance in the event of total pressure loss. It's a rugged assembly and it takes a real pounding to collapse it. I have seen it happen a time or two, though.
#10
Usually pretty easy to tell if it was overstress or a previous damage issue. It doesn't take but about 2 nosewheel touchdowns during a porpoise event and the nosegear breaks right off the firewall on the next oscillation. I can't believe the people who would try to 3-point tricycle airplanes when I was flying. It just blew my mind how close they tried to get to the ground in a level attitude, trying as hard as they could to set up a porpoise.
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