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6-year old kid wrecks airplane...

Discussion in 'Jet Aviation Discussion' started by JetForums, Aug 3, 2012.

  1. JetForums

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  2. KCook

    KCook New Member

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    Now you would think Dad would start a 6 yr old out with fixed gear . . .

    taildragger
  3. travler

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    that's a bummer. wonder how he is going to explain that to the faa & the insurance co

    travler
  4. wdrzal

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    This could be a manufacturer design oversight or a fault malfunction. Depending on actuator design a small mico-switch or pressure sensor could lock the gear from retracting once the weight of the aircraft is on the wheels.

    If your gear is down and locked wouldn't it be a reasonable design that the gear stay locked until the weight is off the gear/tires.Even if the retract lever is moved inadvertently?

    After re-reading the link,I wonder if the boy did retract the gear or was made a escape goat for the pilots lack of oversight & thewheels up landing?
  5. travler

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    good point's after thinking about it

    travler
  6. Norseman

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    No idea what a Cochise is so I had to Google it:

    Turns out to be what the rest of the world knows as a Beech Baron..:rolleyes:

    http://www.armyav.org/board_t42a.html

    Got my Mulit Engine Instructor's licence in one of those, good flying airplanes with a good reputation. The father is guilty, he should have put junior in the back seat, but that is Monday Morning Quarterbacking..:p
  7. Kevin

    Kevin JF Moderator

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    I definitely get the feeling the poor kid is indeed the scapegoat...

    This story smells like a new twist on the old maxim "the first thing every pilot does after making a gear up landing is to put the gearhandle DOWN".
  8. J-Talon

    J-Talon New Member

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    Just lucky it wasn't the ejector seats!
  9. Bikerrew

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    Can't wait till the kid grows up and reads the press release of how dad sold him down the river to cover his own a##.
    Ray
  10. PropBet

    PropBet New Member

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    Kind of my thought on it as well.