Most gear-up landings are caused by pilots forgetting to extend the landing gear, frequently due to factors like task saturation, distractions, non-standard procedures, or fatigue. Prevention relies ...
Youve heard the old joke before: There are two kinds of pilots-those who have landed gear up and those who will. Its based on the distinct possibility that youll forget to put down the landing gear at ...
Pilots of a Transair Shorts 360 became distracted and did not lower the undercarriage before the aircraft landed gear-up at Honolulu earlier this year. The aircraft – operated by Trans Executive ...
US investigators have determined that a gear-up landing involving a Cessna Citation V business jet at Dallas occurred because its pilot simply forgot to extend the undercarriage during approach. The ...