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Dash-8 lands at PHL without nose gear (Read 594 times)
Nov 16th, 2008 at 9:00pm

Willit Run   Offline
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A U.S Airways Dash-8 Landed at PHL without it's nosegear down.  Paul, The gentleman that started the PHL Spotters Group was there and caught it.  

Here is a link to the story
http://www.comcast.net/articles/news-national/20081116/Emergency.Landing/

Here are some pictures from the incident.

All pictures were taken and are copyrighted by Paul Kanagie of the PHL Spotters Group.  These pictures are being used with his permission.

  Link to the PHL Spotters Group website http://phlairline.com/

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Reply #1 - Nov 16th, 2008 at 9:26pm

flyboy 28   Offline
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I saw ship 326 take off from ABE this morning. Cool!

Glad it landed without incident.
 
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Reply #2 - Nov 16th, 2008 at 10:28pm

B-Valvs   Ex Member

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flyboy 28 wrote on Nov 16th, 2008 at 9:26pm:
I saw ship 326 take off from ABE this morning. Cool!

Glad it landed without incident.


Well, it landed with incident, but without accident.  Wink


Cheesy

Cool
 
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Reply #3 - Nov 17th, 2008 at 10:05am

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Wow, What a catch, glad everything was o.k..
 

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Reply #4 - Nov 19th, 2008 at 10:51am

MrJake2002   Offline
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Not another Dash 8 incident! (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_Dash_8_landing_gear_incidents)

Glad everyone is ok...  Smiley
 
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Reply #5 - Nov 20th, 2008 at 5:44pm

DaveSims   Offline
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I would be a little hesitant to board a Dash-8, they haven't had good experiences with their gear.
 
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