Hector Posted January 3, 2020 Report Posted January 3, 2020 https://www.news4jax.com/news/local/2020/01/02/small-plane-makes-belly-landing-at-cecil-airport/?__vfz=medium%3Dsharebar It appears they were having landing gear issues and apparently the gear would not come down. Seen way too many of these lately. Please put eyeballs on your landing gear and make sure you have an AP that is knowledgeable about Mooney gear. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk 1 Quote
takair Posted January 3, 2020 Report Posted January 3, 2020 6 minutes ago, EricJ said: Checking my landing bear. That looks more like a Cirrus landing bear. 2 2 Quote
steingar Posted January 3, 2020 Report Posted January 3, 2020 I had serious trouble locking the gear down on one occasion, and thought I might have to land the aircraft gear up. Managed to get it down and locked, indeed flew home that way. Quote
1964-M20E Posted January 3, 2020 Report Posted January 3, 2020 This is unfortunate but knowing it was coming looks like the prop was horizontal and engine shut down eliminating a prop strike. Repairs are simpler and cheaper this way. Quote
Urs_Wildermuth Posted January 3, 2020 Report Posted January 3, 2020 https://www.24ur.com/novice/crna-kronika/manjsa-letalska-nesreca-na-portoroskem-letaliscu.html Another Gear up elsewhere. Portoroz Slovenia, and a rare M22 HB-DVY. Quote
EricJ Posted January 3, 2020 Report Posted January 3, 2020 1 hour ago, Urs_Wildermuth said: https://www.24ur.com/novice/crna-kronika/manjsa-letalska-nesreca-na-portoroskem-letaliscu.html Another Gear up elsewhere. Portoroz Slovenia, and a rare M22 HB-DVY. Oh, bummer! One of the Mustangs... :'( Quote
Igor_U Posted January 3, 2020 Report Posted January 3, 2020 3 hours ago, Urs_Wildermuth said: https://www.24ur.com/novice/crna-kronika/manjsa-letalska-nesreca-na-portoroskem-letaliscu.html Another Gear up elsewhere. Portoroz Slovenia, and a rare M22 HB-DVY. Yes, bummer. From what I see, it looks to me like a prop strike... Quote
Hector Posted January 4, 2020 Author Report Posted January 4, 2020 That's one crazy wide runway... Not just wide, it is also 12,500 feet long. KVQQ Was a designated alternate landing site for the space shuttle. Cecil Field was also a Master Jet base for the Navy until it was closed. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk 1 Quote
PT20J Posted January 4, 2020 Report Posted January 4, 2020 8 hours ago, 1964-M20E said: This is unfortunate but knowing it was coming looks like the prop was horizontal and engine shut down eliminating a prop strike. Repairs are simpler and cheaper this way. Only do that if you are really, really proficient. The windmilling prop makes a lot of drag during the landing. If you shut the engine down, the drag is less and there is a tendency to overshoot, especially given that ground effect is even greater with no gear. We discussed the amount of work to repair Mooneys landed gear up with Don Maxwell at MooneyMax and he said that the damage is surprising little (especially if the flaps are left up) except for what he called the "heros" that shut the engine down and then land short of overshoot and really tear up the airplane. Just sayin'... Skip 1 Quote
Hector Posted January 4, 2020 Author Report Posted January 4, 2020 https://www.firstcoastnews.com/article/news/local/plane-makes-emergency-landing-at-cecil-airport-after-landing-gear-fails/77-f7734610-c8eb-44bc-bdf8-36aa3f319bdaHere is an update. It was 1965 M20C I presume with a Johnson bar. The only way that gear would not come down is if something broke (control rod failure, J-bar weld crack, etc.) or the gear was jammed. J-bar failures are rare so I would really like to know what happened here. I have a 67C with J-bar in annual at the moment. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Quote
Bravoman Posted January 4, 2020 Report Posted January 4, 2020 I was flying from Saint Augustine to Atlanta yesterday and heard the pilot talking to Jax approach. They got his mechanic in contact with the pilot but I guess it was to no avail. Quote
carusoam Posted January 4, 2020 Report Posted January 4, 2020 Anyone we know? Only corporate name... https://flightaware.com/resources/registration/N5543Q Cecil’s runway is 200’ wide... if landing GU, you can land in any direction into the wind... staying on the centerline is only because you are a consummate MSer... Best regards, -a- Quote
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