Who forgot to lower the landing gear at LGW
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hula-flyguy
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ooops!
jimntx
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Don'tcha just hate it when that happens?
barbeetantrums
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The crew would have figured it out eventually.
Let's blame management.
Let's blame management.
hula-flyguy
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barbeetantrums
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Don't be too hasty here. I have flown jump seat many times over the years and observed a wide variation in crew procedures during approach.
Perhaps the Captain was waiting for the last moment for gear extention? Ever watch the space shuttle land??? If the crew was indeed surprised by the go around command from the tower, they would have punched the TOGA button. But they didn't. They simply lowered the gear and proceeded to land.
Whatever the case might be, the crew darn well knew about the gear being up with the "Landing Configuration" warning going off in their ears...not to mention the pretty red lights on the glareshield and the red LDG GEAR message on the EICAS DU.
Perhaps a bit of sensationalizing by the media with the help of a jumpy air traffic controller????
Perhaps the Captain was waiting for the last moment for gear extention? Ever watch the space shuttle land??? If the crew was indeed surprised by the go around command from the tower, they would have punched the TOGA button. But they didn't. They simply lowered the gear and proceeded to land.
Whatever the case might be, the crew darn well knew about the gear being up with the "Landing Configuration" warning going off in their ears...not to mention the pretty red lights on the glareshield and the red LDG GEAR message on the EICAS DU.
Perhaps a bit of sensationalizing by the media with the help of a jumpy air traffic controller????
N924PS
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All good points made here.
The bottom line will be wheteher or not the Flight Data Recorder was checked as a result of the investigation or as a normal Flight Operations Quality Assurance (FOQA) audit.
The parameters of the approach would be known and remedial action pursued if data indicated a non-standard approach profile. At USAirways the stabilized approach criteria requires the landing gear to be down by 1000'AGL.
Stabilized approaches are a very hot topic at USAirways, especially with the number of Caribbean/Latin American airports now being served.
corl737
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Sounds like the aircraft wasn't too low to the ground and thus in no immediate danger if there was time for:
1) the controller to notice the landing gear retracted and issue "go around" instructions.
2) the crew to identify the cause of the tower's instructions and subsequently extend the landing gear. (Any idea what the full extension cycle time is on a B767? 10-15 seconds perhaps?)
3) the tower controller to subsequently rescind the "go around" instruction and issue a "cleared to land."
With the plethora of landing gear warning systems and a multi-pilot crew it is virtually and statistically unlikely that an inadvertent gear-up landing will occur. Now, if they had intended to put it on its belly ...
Appears to be more press hype. :down:
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What press hype? I linked directly to the NTSB database. Haven't seen any mention of this in the press. Have you? B)
libertybell
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Was the gear still on Eastern time?
A checkout of this aircraft's indication and warning systems revealed everything worked fine that day (in addition to an FDR read that was performed).
This was all accompliahed and documented in the aircraft records. As far as what happened that day with the actual landing procedures, that will be up to the crew and the safety department to figure out, if it has not been done already.
This was all accompliahed and documented in the aircraft records. As far as what happened that day with the actual landing procedures, that will be up to the crew and the safety department to figure out, if it has not been done already.
nycbusdriver
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It's also possible that the controller flat out made a mistake and didn't see the landing gear that might have actually been down already. Are controllers' visual observations 100% accurate 100% of the time?
The controller's direction to go around likely kicked off the NTSB investigation and that's why it's in the NTSB file.
The controller's direction to go around likely kicked off the NTSB investigation and that's why it's in the NTSB file.
EyeInTheSky
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It's a procedural thing. Some guys put the landing gear down at 2,000 ft, 1,500 ft, or a 1,000 ft. I am guessing the latter had the UK controller in a hissy. I wouldn't worry about it. On every transatlantic hop you have on average combined between Capt, F/O and IRO 75 years flying experience in the cockpit.
