Catalina accident at Lelystad, 15-8-17
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Catalina PH-PBY has suffered a nose wheel up landing at Lelystad. Apparently no injuries amongst the 4 crew and 14 passengers. Aircraft doesn't appear to have suffered too much damage. Sources in Dutch.
Vliegtuig met neus op baan geland op Lelystad|Binnenland| Telegraaf.nl
Historisch vliegtuig Catalina maakt noodlanding op Lelystad Airport - Nieuws
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Vliegtuig met neus op baan geland op Lelystad|Binnenland| Telegraaf.nl
Historisch vliegtuig Catalina maakt noodlanding op Lelystad Airport - Nieuws
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I was wondering that too. Wheels up, land on water, recover aircraft with a dolly.
That said, it was an excellent landing though, and the above is in no way to be taken as criticism of the pilot. I wasn't there, so won't condemn them for their actions.
That said, it was an excellent landing though, and the above is in no way to be taken as criticism of the pilot. I wasn't there, so won't condemn them for their actions.
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Apparently the nose wheel doors may have been partly opened - as you may recall, a passenger died when the old Plane Sailing Catalina sank in The Solent while landing in 2000 - the doors failed and the inrush of water ruptured a bulkhead.
An excellent landing indeed and hopefully minimal damage.
An excellent landing indeed and hopefully minimal damage.
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Treadigraph,
2 people died in the Catalina crash in the Solent, the Mayor of Southampton and an airline worker from Eastleigh airport.
The Catalina has 2 pins that lock the front of the nose gear doors in place through a bulkhead. Those used as regular water bombers were often modified to have a 'flag' window that would be visible to the crew as a final check that the door pins were in place before operating on water. The original Plane Sailing one was never a water bomber so did not have this mod.
A water landing with possibly unsecure nose gears doors would not be a good idea.
2 people died in the Catalina crash in the Solent, the Mayor of Southampton and an airline worker from Eastleigh airport.
The Catalina has 2 pins that lock the front of the nose gear doors in place through a bulkhead. Those used as regular water bombers were often modified to have a 'flag' window that would be visible to the crew as a final check that the door pins were in place before operating on water. The original Plane Sailing one was never a water bomber so did not have this mod.
A water landing with possibly unsecure nose gears doors would not be a good idea.
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In the Southampton accident, IIRC the root cause was the corrosion failure of one of the two torque tubes that rotate to open/close the nose wheel doors. Corrosion was caused by an unauthorised mod made back in the mists of time, viz a cork placed in the end of the tube, ostensibly to prevent the ingress of water, but additionally preventing its egress.
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