Originally Posted by
DaveReidUK
There are two 0' AAL points on the altitude plot, 8 seconds apart.
Yep and looking at the data for the March 21 landing at KHI you can see the Mode-S altitude go to zero, not airport elevation when there is weight on the wheels:
On takeoff out of LHE on the day of the accident Mode-S altitude reads zero with weight on the wheels and then went to uncorrected baro altitude after liftoff:
On the first approach and go around at KHI PIA8303 never sent zero Mode-S altitude:
That and the other evidence discussed above makes me believe that the gear was never down on the first approach.
Pan Am did a gear up touch and go at TXL in the 1980's on a B-737 checkride with the FAA onboard. They got lucky:
TXL to be closed "temporarily" on June 15th – is that good-bye EDDT?