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The aircraft was doing touch and go's, it was planning to land and immediately take off again, something you typically do to practise procedures. Speculation i
by vk6flab 9mo ago
The aircraft was doing touch and go's, it was planning to land and immediately take off again, something you typically do to practise procedures.
Speculation is that the pilot forgot to lower the landing gear, but I suspect the NTSB will likely determine the specific circumstances.
The radio traffic is here on the VASAviation YouTube channel:
https://youtu.be/zCTicb6of2w https://youtu.be/zCTicb6of2w
- ubermonkey 9mo agoMy uncle did a gear-up landing that way a number of years ago. He was fine, but the plane was a total loss from a financial perspective. It was a Moonie, and the prop hit the ground, which forced an engine rebuild as I understand it. Scary, but as they say any landing you walk away from...
- fsckboy 9mo agoMooney https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mooney_International_Corporation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mooney_International_Corporati... (Moonie https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unification_Church_of_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unification_Church_of_the_Unit... )
- ubermonkey 9mo agoI assure you it was an airplane and not a cultist.
- applied_heat 9mo agoThe article says it was a mechanical issue that forced the gear up landing?
- thesh4d0w 9mo agoDoubtful, if so they would have warned ATC.