December 31, 201411 yr just seen the video of this landing,well worth watching in my humble opinion,must be a very good pilot peter
December 31, 201411 yr I don't know Peter. IMOP I think that was one of the worst 747 landings I have seen in a while (mine being the exception of course). Take a look again. I bet he was still coming down at 100fpm when he hit. Thanks, Ron Fields
December 31, 201411 yr I watched it pass over my office about 1 mile from landing with the RH wing gear still clearly stuck. I don't think you can really judge the landing until you've been there and done that (for real). Yes there was a bounce, but from what I've been reading (on pprune) it was most likely a failure of HYD 4 system which, among other things, affects the right outboard elevator resulting in 25% reduction in pitch authority for starters.
December 31, 201411 yr I don't know Peter. IMOP I think that was one of the worst 747 landings I have seen in a while (mine being the exception of course). Take a look again. I bet he was still coming down at 100fpm when he hit. The R/H main gear failed to deploy fully because the aircraft had lost one of the 4 hydraulic systems. That same hydraulic failure caused a limitation in the amount of elevator authority - one of the four elevators was not functioning at all - which probably accounted at least in part for the rather "firm" touchdown. Jim BarrettLicensed Airframe & Powerplant Mechanic, Avionics, Electrical & Air Data Systems Specialist. Qualified on: Falcon 900, CRJ-200, Dornier 328-100, Hawker 850XP and 1000, Lear 35, 45, 55 and 60, Gulfstream IV and 550, Embraer 135, Beech Premiere and 400A, MD-80.
January 1, 201511 yr Also, I had read that the pilot deliberately used a firmer than normal touchdown with the bounce in an attempt to dislodge the stuck R/H landing gear. A.J. Domingo
January 1, 201511 yr I don't know Peter. IMOP I think that was one of the worst 747 landings I have seen in a while (mine being the exception of course). Take a look again. I bet he was still coming down at 100fpm when he hit. 100fpm where did you get this from, as the above posters have suggested you don't know anything what was happening in the cockpit to make your comment. In fact any landing that results in no injury or damage to the aircraft is a good landing I7-8700k,Corsair h1101 cooler ,Asus Strix Gaming Intel Z370 S11 motherboard, Corsair 32gb ramDD4,, gtx 1080ti Card, RM850 power supply Peter kelberg
January 1, 201511 yr I did not investigate and have been corrected. I should have known better. At Nellis we would have a couple of IFE's a day. If you did not know what was going on (as has been said) you could not judge the outcome. Sorry, Ron Thanks, Ron Fields
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