backpacker
Without looking at the aircraft I would guess the outboard edge of the leg is about four inches inboard of the tank, as I said it is only a small chance that the tank would rupture but this chance would me minimized by keeping the aircraft in the runway, digging in to soft ground at high speed would increase the chances of structural damage and make a fuel tank rupture more likely.
One of the guys I worked with in BA engineering had this type of leg failure happen to him at White Waltham back in the late 70's back then it didn't result in much fuss and he was a solo student with about 15 hours in the book.
Last edited by A and C; 8th Jan 2013 at 13:46.