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To: lowbridge

Kind of looks like right side landing gear collapsed.


5 posted on 02/18/2025 6:18:33 AM PST by okkev68
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To: okkev68

Wonder if the right main gear even landed on the runway? Hit the dirt and ripped off/collapsed?


22 posted on 02/18/2025 6:32:44 AM PST by RedElement
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To: okkev68

> Kind of looks like right side landing gear collapsed.<

It’s way too early to jump to any conclusions, just observations.

There was Avery low broken layer of clouds probably 100 feet.

The aircraft appeared to be on a stabilized approach. The wings were banked slightly right which would be a good landing technique for a dry runway. It was not an excessive bank.

The pitch remained constant, though it was only about 1-2 degrees of pitch. The main wheels touched first with the nosewheel off the ground.

There was a puff of something immediately from the right gear. Snow? Smoke? Hydraulic fluid? Tire?

We have no idea what the runway conditions were or if the right main gear was even on the runway.

This is way too early to reach a conclusion, but your collapsed right gear fits the bill by looking at 10 seconds of a landing.

EC


39 posted on 02/18/2025 6:58:42 AM PST by Ex-Con777
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To: okkev68

The landing didn’t look that unusual.

I thought it looked a landing gear failure was probably the cause because the weather didn’t seem to be a problem.


68 posted on 02/18/2025 8:12:31 AM PST by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon." Amen. Come, Lord Jesus)
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To: okkev68

That is exactly what I observed and my initial reaction when I first saw it this morning.


79 posted on 02/18/2025 10:57:07 AM PST by joe fonebone (And the people said NO! The End)
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