Beechcraft Baron belly landing at Darwin airport after landing gear failure.
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Beechcraft Baron belly landing at Darwin airport after landing gear failure.
Beechcraft Baron with four on board performs belly landing at Darwin airport after landing gear failure
Beechcraft Baron with four on board performs belly landing at Darwin airport after landing gear failure | NT News NT NEWS
Beechcraft Baron with four on board performs belly landing at Darwin airport after landing gear failure | NT News NT NEWS
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Just caught the last 30secs of the news clip on Ch 24. It would appear that full flap was used for the landing. One would have thought with the length of the runways at Darwin, a flap less approach would have been better, certainly ensuring less damage to the airframe.
Is the grass strip alongside RW29 still maintained?
Is the grass strip alongside RW29 still maintained?
'doggy' I think you'll find that it's all about touch down speed, flapp-less just creates more of a hazard due higher speeds. The flaps/wing under surface will still need to be attended to anyway & what's that saying?............the insurance Co now own the A/C once the gear won't come down
Couldn't think of a better machine to do a wheels up in, typical Beech, tank mentality!:-):-)
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Couldn't think of a better machine to do a wheels up in, typical Beech, tank mentality!:-):-)
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Just caught the last 30secs of the news clip on Ch 24. It would appear that full flap was used for the landing.
I assume you are suggesting that there would have been less airframe damage from a flapless landing - but - exactly how much trouble do you want to go to in order to save the insurance coy. money??
The pilots only responsibility was to get the thing on the ground in the safest manner - which means touching down with the lowest speed.
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Grass dose more damage to the aircraft than a hard surface. It balls up and pushes the skin up into the airframe damaging ribs and frames. Hard surface just wears away the skin normally.
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