5/1/2002: 14th hole landing

MaggieL · 05-01-2002, 12:54 PM

Looks like she didn't manage to keep the nosewheel off the ground long enough (an important part of soft-field technique) or the ground was soft enough that the nosegear still collapsed even though she'd shed enough speed that the elevator stalled out and she couldn't hold the nose up anymore.

The nosewheel *is* collapsed, which is what flipped the plane and made that huge divot. Funny we don't see any tracks for the main gear; either the turf wasn't that soft or the tracks just didn't make it into frame. The fact that there's a fleet number on the nose suggests that it's a rental aircraft...and apparently she retrieved her kneeboard and flight bag. Something here is saying "student pilot" to me..

Ouch..

05-01-2002, 12:54 PM	#2
MaggieL in the Hour of Scampering Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Jeffersonville PA (15 mi NW of Philadelphia) Posts: 4,060	Looks like she didn't manage to keep the nosewheel off the ground long enough (an important part of soft-field technique) or the ground was soft enough that the nosegear still collapsed even though she'd shed enough speed that the elevator stalled out and she couldn't hold the nose up anymore. The nosewheel is collapsed, which is what flipped the plane and made that huge divot. Funny we don't see any tracks for the main gear; either the turf wasn't that soft or the tracks just didn't make it into frame. The fact that there's a fleet number on the nose suggests that it's a rental aircraft...and apparently she retrieved her kneeboard and flight bag. Something here is saying "student pilot" to me.. Ouch.. __________________ "Neither can his Mind be thought to be in Tune,whose words do jarre; nor his reason In frame, whose sentence is preposterous..."

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