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Sea Fury gear collapsed at Denver

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Old 31st Dec 2016, 13:51
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Sea Fury gear collapsed at Denver
Vintage plane damaged after emergency landing at Centennial Airport - 7NEWS Denver TheDenverChannel.com
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Looks like it's this one:

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Old 1st Jan 2017, 12:13
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The way one of the prop blades is bent suggests it ws not going round at impact so possibly a force lob event
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Old 1st Jan 2017, 12:35
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Force lob event???
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Old 1st Jan 2017, 19:06
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Sorry - engine out forced landing
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I'm struggling to call that a Sea Fury, seeing as it doesn't have a Centaurus in it...😕
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Old 3rd Jan 2017, 18:45
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N254SF, s/n 37514, is registered as a 1956 Hawker FB60.
Accident Report says, "Left main gear collapsed during landing."
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Not engaging the tailwheel castoring lock has caused Sea Furys to end up like that in the past. e.g. Yeovilton 1974.
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