There is a video on Youtube of a Marine F/A-18 with a nose gear problem using the emergency barricade on the carrier. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sD_mUwzpUs

There is a video on Youtube of a Marine F/A-18 with a nose gear problem using the emergency barricade on the carrier. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sD_mUwzpUs4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sD_mUwzpUs4 The jet was reportedly flown off the carrier a few months later after being repaired. Some F/A-18 pilots with nosegear problems have used field arresting cable to stop and the empty center fuel tank to take the landing impact. With pilot skill and some luck, This results in almost no damage to the actual airframe.