EI-RJK

https://thewest.com.au/news/wa/light-plane-crash-lands-at-jandakot-air-strip-ng-b88599941z

Anyone got any details? One of Air Australia's aircraft down, looks like a nose wheel collapse on 24L at Jandakot today.

smiling monkey

Looks like the nose gear didn't lower. Did the pilot get a gear unsafe warning light?

YPJT

Answered your own question I'd say

Ixixly

Does he get signed off for Short Field Technique?

megan

No. Proper technique here.

Old Fella

I trust you were jesting about the gear not lowering and gear light SM, at least I hope so if you really do hold an ATPL.

gerry111

Whenever I lined up for short finals in a C150/2, a long while back, I always called: Pitch-Full fine, Undercarriage-Down and locked, Wing flaps-Set, Cowl flaps-Open...

Ixixly

gerry111, I usually call for "Down and Welded", it seems more accurate!

Checklist Charlie

Then again if you are lazy when challenged "Check Wheels" you respond with "Beep"

CC

Capn Bloggs

Worked well on the GCA at 350KIAS!

Clare Prop

Lucky they just missed the school and the hospital. The airport should be closed!

mgahan

Bloggs,

As several of my students well remember!!

MJG

holdingagain

There was a training Chieftain doing a glide approach last week at Archerfield.
First time I've seen that.

DeRated

The Barwon Heads approach!

Old Fella

Gerry. C150-152 !!! You wasted a lot of breath there mate. Pitch? Fixed, Undercarriage? Fixed, Flaps, agree with that, Cowl Flaps? Not on any C150-152 I've flown. For me in either C150/152 it was: Rwy Clear, Carby Heat Cold & Flaps set. Grounded now so I don't get to fly the aircraft.

Lead Balloon

OF: The way it was explained to me was that it is sensible to have a 'standard' checklist so that it works whether you're flying a fixed gear aircraft or a retractable gear aircraft. If your checklist includes a 'gear' item and you happen to be flying a fixed gear aircraft, there's no downside and all upside in confirming "fixed and welded". You might be flying a retractable the next day...

Ixixly

I'm with Lead Balloon, I have this situation regularly at work, can fly a fixed gear for a week or two then swap out to a retract for the next week or two, some are carby some aren't as well believe it or not! So I find it works for me.

Old Fella

Gerry stated late finals. Presumably he would have conducted his pre-landing checks downwind. My comments were simply referring to C150-C152 I had flown. Besides, I know Gerry and I was being "tongue-in-cheek" as the aircraft mentioned does not have a constant speed prop or cowl flaps and has fixed undercarriage. Runway clear - Carby Heat Off and correct flap Set are all meaningful checks I think.

smiling monkey

I guess this is what you call a 'jesting' emoticon -->

gerry111

Bloggs, I remember doing 'Ground Controlled Approaches', as a passenger in the back seat of a RAAF Macchi during 1978 at ESL. Far below Mirage speeds there! (Fortunately, the QFI took me for serious aerobatics at the half time break..)