747 sitting on its tail

[jet_fumes_junkie]

There’s a good thread on the topic -

http://www.pprune.org/forums/showthread.php?threadid=22921&highlight=korean

But all pix and pic links are expired. Any pictures out there?

thanks y’all

[avioniker]

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[Flight Level Zero]

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[avioniker]

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[siddique2]

This is old news....again. In fact this is the 'second' accident....the original accident was due to a ground staff error where the nose leg wqas retracted on the stand (along with the body gear!! during a test/check following a 'gear monitor' message. Whilst 'recovering' the aircraft with the body ger not lowered fully it tipped on its @r$e putting the tail support jack through the horizontal stab!!! Whoops...

[Crash & Burn]

A few more here (http://www.cosmic.com.au/oops.htm) !

[jet_fumes_junkie]

cool pix, gents, thanx a bundle.

too bad it's never been caught on video...or has it?

didn't know you could retract lg w/ a/g safety switch in gnd mode.... was that a classic 47?

[Dan Winterland]

Not too uncommon in an MD11. I seem to remeber Korean doing the same in ANC as well a few years earlier. With the freight door at the front, it can be easy to tip it on it's bum if you've forgotten the tail stand.

My company flys 747Fs - we don't do any loading without a stand or a noseleg strop.

It's not too difficult in a Pax 747 either - as the air Canada picture shows. I was on the gate at a US airport when the load handlers loaded the rear bay before the front - against SOPs. We were in the cockpit preparing for the flight when the aircraft went into flight mode. We quickly realised the nose leg microswitch had opened. A very quick call to the groundcrew stopped the situation, but it was close.