Have you landed successfully without landing gear?

Tosin_Salisu · July 24, 2015, 7:33pm

Today I miraculously landed an A380-800 at KSAN. I forgot to engage the landing gear. :open_mouth:

SkyHawk · July 24, 2015, 7:48pm

Now that’s quite something. Yes, I’ve landed without gear in an A380- no special feat, but not done it without knowledge! Clearly you didn’t do your checklists properly! Always check at least flaps,gear,spoilers,trim before landing. Basically look down your control panel and think through everything logically. Ask yourself; should this be set this way? Of course, we all have ‘Off days’ when we just forget the gear- but you can actually feel happy with yourself by the end- it wasn’t intended, but a pretty good party trick!

GatwickGuy · July 24, 2015, 8:29pm

I heard EGPWS(GPWS) coming to I.F so you won’t have the problem next time😀. List of warnings from EGPWS.

Excessive descent rate (“SINK RATE” “PULL UP”)
Excessive terrain closure rate (“TERRAIN” “PULL UP”)
Altitude loss after take off or with a high power setting (“DON’T SINK”)
Unsafe terrain clearance (“TOO LOW – TERRAIN” “TOO LOW – GEAR” “TOO LOW – FLAPS”)
Excessive deviation below glideslope (“GLIDESLOPE”)
Excessively steep bank angle (“BANK ANGLE”)
Windshear protection (“WINDSHEAR”)

anon95564379 · July 24, 2015, 8:31pm

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GatwickGuy · July 24, 2015, 8:32pm

Anyways if you set proper flaps you would see gear warning in HUD now, it says “gear-up”

SkyHawk · July 24, 2015, 8:36pm

Yeah but not super large- I can see how you would overlook it on your screen, it sort of blends in with spoiler status. Anyway, are EGPWS(GPWS) really coming to I.F. ? That sounds super exciting!

GatwickGuy · July 24, 2015, 8:40pm

I’m not in Dev’s circle😀, I’m sure I heard it somewhere. Fingers crossed.👍

Louis_Cochran · July 24, 2015, 8:43pm

Well well well well well this topic reminded me of the time I landed a F-14 without landing gear upside down. … at 800knts… must admit it took awhile to work out what the hell happened. Btw it was then that I found out that you can’t accelerate without landing gear. Oh and did I mention that it was on water? Such fun.
AN94

Boeing707 · July 24, 2015, 9:59pm

Yes in a 742, 744, and 748.

I can only land w/o gear on a 747 for some reason not matter how hard I try to land with another a/c.

Nick_Catalano · July 25, 2015, 3:39am

I’ve done a few belly landings with the A333 before. Some of them were pretty sick.

anon93380253 · July 25, 2015, 11:17am

Sometimes, when I perform touch and goes with the F22, all goes pretty fast (a landing every 3 minutes), so it can happen that I forget to lower the landing gear.
I always land without crashing, but it’s much harder to takeoff!

divebuddha · July 25, 2015, 11:31am

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ChiefPilotLachy · July 25, 2015, 2:44pm

Lots of times!
ez pz

Tosin_Salisu · July 25, 2015, 9:05pm

Thank you all for your replies. :smile:

SkyHawk · July 25, 2015, 9:06pm

Thanks for posting, I’ve really enjoyed this thread!

C_Baccarialt · July 25, 2015, 11:14pm

Seriously. I seem that it’s impossible to land and that taking off is like butter on a military plane.

anon93380253 · July 26, 2015, 11:00am

Sounds like you need more practice ;)

omee · May 17, 2016, 7:20pm

This topic reminded me of once when i ditched a 777-300er of ETIHAD airways near sydney when th3 plane suddenly dropped 17000 ft from 38000 ft because of stalling and autopilot i remember i pulled on and kept dropping untill the sea was spotted from the cockpit view …it took me a whilr but it was nearly crashed …but luckily i saved the plane from cerrail disaster…☺☺

The_Greatest_Basket · May 17, 2016, 7:27pm

I did it with VS of 41 000 feet/min. 😂 Extremely realistic isn’t it?

Sturmovik · May 17, 2016, 7:32pm

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