Simviation Forum - Belly Landing at Atlanta Charlie Brown.

Nov 17^th, 2005 at 12:18pm

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I've just watched live on Sky News ...... A Kingair A100 has made a successful belly landing at the airport in the subject. 4 People walked away unscathed .... even going back to the aircraft to collect belongings and shut the door.

The starboard gear had failed to deploy properly, even after attempting a touch and go to bounce it out of the bay.

A spectacularly understated landing ...... no sparks no drama just a perfect touchdown with no gear and the props feathered.

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Reply #1 - Nov 17^th, 2005 at 12:27pm

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And an aircraft that can be repaired

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Reply #2 - Nov 17^th, 2005 at 1:10pm

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Skilled pilot they had.

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Reply #3 - Nov 17^th, 2005 at 1:36pm

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Some damn good flying by the sounds of it Shocked

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Reply #4 - Nov 17^th, 2005 at 1:49pm

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This might be the stupidest question, but are such landings performed on grass, or the actual runway?

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Reply #5 - Nov 17^th, 2005 at 4:40pm

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This might be the stupidest question, but are such landings performed on grass, or the actual runway?

If at all possible, the actual runway-belly landings on grass are extremely dangerous.

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Reply #6 - Nov 17^th, 2005 at 5:02pm

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This might be the stupidest question, but are such landings performed on grass, or the actual runway?

This one was straight down the centre line on the runway and probably a softer landing that with the gear down.

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Reply #7 - Nov 30^th, 2005 at 3:11am

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Just a quick bump of this one ......... There's a link to the video of this on a post from Ramos about Virtual O'Hare. It's the same link just scroll down the page a bit. The link is in the right hand column.

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http://www.nbc5.com/irresistible/index.html

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Reply #8 - Nov 30^th, 2005 at 3:58am

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I bet the fire extinguishing foam did more damage than the belly landing itself! Shocked

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Reply #9 - Dec 3^rd, 2005 at 3:34am

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Nice landing!

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Reply #10 - Dec 3^rd, 2005 at 6:56am