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Old 16th October 2004 | 12:56
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Gerard123
 
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From: South Africa
Depends how bad your landings are

Ooh heres another! My dad decided to try weightshift microlights, he had an engine failure after TO and was faced with a hill and powerlines or attempting to turn back. HE TURNED BACK !! Luckilly he just made it. But we never flew trikes there after.

Not quite a crash, but we had just taken off in our Baron and the door blew open the low pressure over the wing sucked out the GPS ,maps and everything else not secured near the door. Had to land before we could close it again.

A CRJ couldn't retract the gear and we had to circle until light enough to land nothing else happenend, was just a hydraulic fault.

I had an electrics failure and had to do a flapless landing, was ok and luckilly I had a handheld radio to keep comms.

Had the right main brake lock up but I got it loose again without too much damage to the tyre and kept the plane straight.

Otherwise nothing serious at all. Hope thats what you were looking for.
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