Conquest Gear Trouble at YOOM
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Conquest Gear Trouble at YOOM
Heard on ML CEN and CTAF out in the desert of SA of a conquest inbound for YOOM with gear trouble, heard it landed ok... any other news/rumours/facts?
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As long as he did his preflight properly, the blow down bottle was full and he did his emergency gear down checklist properly and pulled the gear CB before he pulled the handle its almost impossible for it not to go down, short of a serious mechanical failure.
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heard a rumour of a guy pulling the emergency gear extension handle in something like a PC-9.. he was left holding a handle.. 
apparently the gear still came down though.. they just recommended people didn't pull it so hard
apparently the gear still came down though.. they just recommended people didn't pull it so hard
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Awww.... I dunno Gaunty I have heard they have trouble if the blow down bottle is not full and the emergency gear down checklist not done properly and the gear CB not pulled before he pulled the handle .
Sods law is that......
Sods law is that......
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Wot I said.
The number of pilots who can't RTFC simply amazes me. Maybe its a comprehension problem readin ritin 'n rithmetic aint the same as when we was tackers, you know.
Or mebbe some smartarse CP has writ his own version for posterity
Even had a CAA FOI try to fail me IR for not putting flap out on TO in a C402C at Mangalore, "all aircraft need flap for take off"
Wot I said.
The number of pilots who can't RTFC simply amazes me. Maybe its a comprehension problem readin ritin 'n rithmetic aint the same as when we was tackers, you know.
Or mebbe some smartarse CP has writ his own version for posterity
Even had a CAA FOI try to fail me IR for not putting flap out on TO in a C402C at Mangalore, "all aircraft need flap for take off"
Disco, perhaps you'd like to fill us in on your own adventures when you eventually get back to Portagutta! 
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Originally Posted by OpsNormal
With lots of people watching....
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Wot? Did the wheels fall off again?? 
Originally Posted by disco_air
All my lights were green though!
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Originally Posted by OpsNormal
Shouldn't that be "nose" gear Flower?
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Green lights
i reckon i jinxed myself starting this thread! All my lights were green though!
Reminds me of an incident in another place at another time where a C310R landed with 3 greens after a manual extension, and the mains weren't locked. So, obviously, it was really only staying standing up by the weight of the aircraft on them...or the grace of God, was another way it was put at the time.
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Originally Posted by disco_air
Yes yes ha ha very funny all very ironic now.... i reckon i jinxed myself starting this thread!
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