2016 T-28 gear up landing in New Zealand
Sat Oct 07, 2017 10:14 pm
Re: 2016 T-28 gear up landing in New Zealand
Sat Oct 07, 2017 11:13 pm
Reverse angle in this news report
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/8474634 ... re-airport
Note if it had gone badly at touchdown, the fire engines seen would have been much closer to the likely stop point in those circumstances.
History of this special T-28 (with P&W R2000)
http://mrcaviation.blogspot.co.nz/2016/ ... k-tgn.html
And click through for some photos of mine of an engine run a few months before the incident
Mighty P&W R-2000 by Errol Cavit, on Flickr
From memory, the gear lever was jammed, and couldn't be moved in flight. However once lifted up, the gear was lowered and it was towed off for (still ongoing) repair.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/8474634 ... re-airport
Note if it had gone badly at touchdown, the fire engines seen would have been much closer to the likely stop point in those circumstances.
History of this special T-28 (with P&W R2000)
http://mrcaviation.blogspot.co.nz/2016/ ... k-tgn.html
And click through for some photos of mine of an engine run a few months before the incident
Mighty P&W R-2000 by Errol Cavit, on FlickrFrom memory, the gear lever was jammed, and couldn't be moved in flight. However once lifted up, the gear was lowered and it was towed off for (still ongoing) repair.