Varig MD-11 lost body gear?
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Varig MD-11 lost body gear?
Just seen this on airliners.net
http://www.airliners.net/open.file?i...v_id=&next_id=
Has this been reported already? What happend?
http://www.airliners.net/open.file?i...v_id=&next_id=
Has this been reported already? What happend?
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"Cleanup on Runway 4!"
The comment under the image " Wounded" giant landing few minutes after incident in that the central wheels were lost", seems to indicate the the wheels may have come off prior to touchdown???
The comment under the image " Wounded" giant landing few minutes after incident in that the central wheels were lost", seems to indicate the the wheels may have come off prior to touchdown???
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Wow. Lucky that center gear was all they lost.It's not a "real" gear by the way, just a load bearing, weight distributing extra gear.Hardly compresses at all during a (hard) landing.In case of landing with one main not down, you're supposed to leave the center gear up, otherwise it will break
Sad thing about Varig going belly-up.
Sad thing about Varig going belly-up.
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Originally Posted by Mercenary Pilot
Just seen this on airliners.net
http://www.airliners.net/open.file?i...v_id=&next_id=
Has this been reported already? What happend?
http://www.airliners.net/open.file?i...v_id=&next_id=
Has this been reported already? What happend?
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Originally Posted by EatMyShorts!
As far as I know it broke off as a consequence of a hard landing.
... It wasn't due to a hard landing.... by the way ctr gear broke during landing roll. Material fatigue is highly considered so far.
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Actually it looks more like the gland nut failed liberating the piston-axle during recoil after liftoff. A similar type of event happened on an ACA A340-300 in FRA in about 1998.
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On the DC-10-30 I always thought it was real dumb of Douglas to make it where the brakes had to be released while the aircraft is being refueled. I thought an easy fix would be to tie the fuel panel power to the parking brakes. Brakes set no power to the fuel panel. I assume the MD-11 is the same way.
I wonder if the fueling issue and loosing the center gear are related?
I wonder if the fueling issue and loosing the center gear are related?
