Marauder Posted November 13, 2019 Report Posted November 13, 2019 I was on my way out to work today and noticed a Mooney flying overhead. They had their landing gear down. I looked up the plane on FlightAware. Curious why they were flying this way. Please solve the mystery. Ferry flight? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro Quote
chrisk Posted November 13, 2019 Report Posted November 13, 2019 Speaking from experience, if your climb and speed are suddenly in the toilet, you might want to double check your gear position. Adopting a check at the top of a climb (and 1000 agl) also helps find this problem. On the other hand, N22NS may have had other good reasons for flying with the gear down. Maybe the alternator was in-op? Or maybe they were reminiscing about flying a M20D? 2 Quote
Marauder Posted November 13, 2019 Author Report Posted November 13, 2019 Mystery intensifies...Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Pro Quote
steingar Posted November 13, 2019 Report Posted November 13, 2019 Forgot to raise the gear once. Took me a couple minutes to figure out why I was flying so slowly. 1 Quote
carusoam Posted November 14, 2019 Report Posted November 14, 2019 Want to see a funny discussion regarding check lists? -a- 1 Quote
ilovecornfields Posted November 14, 2019 Report Posted November 14, 2019 14 hours ago, chrisk said: Speaking from experience, if your climb and speed are suddenly in the toilet, you might want to double check your gear position. Adopting a check at the top of a climb (and 1000 agl) also helps find this problem. “Gear up, flaps up, engine instruments green.” If I said that leaving the departure end of the runway I got a smile from my CFI. If I didn’t he had various ways to express his disapproval... Quote
carusoam Posted November 14, 2019 Report Posted November 14, 2019 Cruising at 114kts... I suspect he not only new they were down, but was doing so on purpose... Often there is a discussion about the gear operations... and ferrying to a maintenance shop... Best regards, -a- Quote
Mooney in Oz Posted November 14, 2019 Report Posted November 14, 2019 20 hours ago, chrisk said: Speaking from experience, if your climb and speed are suddenly in the toilet, you might want to double check your gear position. ...and flap position. Been there and done that. Very easy to leave flaps in the takeoff position, particularly if momentarily distracted and not notice it until the accidental overspeed when levelling off soon after takeoff. After takeoff checklist (read from the IFD440): 'Gear up, Flaps 0, Boost pump off.' Works for me. 1 Quote
ArtVandelay Posted November 14, 2019 Report Posted November 14, 2019 For Js, if the emergency handle is released, the landing gear will not retract. I added that to my checklist.Tom 1 Quote
ReconMax Posted November 14, 2019 Report Posted November 14, 2019 Maybe he was practicing slow-flight... Quote
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