Originally Posted by
Roj approved
Not sure if this was relevant to the QF787, but the with the 787, Boeing departed from some tried and true setup with the gear pins.
It has 5 gear pins instead of the usual 3, there have been a few instances of the 2 upper ones on the main gear still in place on a walk around, or later.
They are stored in the Avionics bay, not the cockpit, so you can’t confirm by any visual means.
The 2 holes next to each other on the nose gear that seems to be the cause of the BA 787 nose gear collapse.
It is always the PIC’s responsibility that the gear pins are removed, unfortunately there is the odd case were the system fails.
The 767 also has five pins in a similar arrangement to the 787, and yes it has caused issues from the inexperienced who were used to the good old three pin system.
The storage box for gear pins is a customer fit. Some in the flt deck, some in the fwd elec bay.
The practice of a log entry, mandated by some airlines, has alleviated the problem to some extent.
I too like the Japanese shiso kanko method.