Aircrash -- Piedmont Airlines Boeing 737

The Boeing 737 from Piedmont airlines, with 106 people aboard, was flying from Washington to Charlotte, N.C., when the crew could not get the main left landing gear down. It was diverted to Greensboro for an emergency landing. The crew brought the aircraft onto the runway as slow as possible, and managed to land. No one was injured.
Investigators have found that rubber wheel blocks were left in the gear well, jamming the left gear in up position.

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[supremecourtney]

I was also on this flight. 14 years old and flying alone to go visit my grandparents. This was where I learned about g-force. Not something I ever want to experience again. Remember the maneuver they tried to get the landing gear out? Very dramatic and scary day...luckily one with a great outcome. What a walk down memory lane finding this video.

[mryccc1]

I was on this flight....... great ending but a terrifying experience..... I was 20 at the time..... we knew early in the flight that there was a problem with the landing gear... we flew for 2 hours to burn fuel..... no one spoke, some were crying, some throwing up... all of us thinking that we may die and the plane could ignite upon landing....... God had other plans.....

[natedawg80rider]

@Magnolia7647 soo i was at work and i was talking to one of my co-workers and i mentioned that one day i want to own a plane. then she told me that her brother flew planes and then she told me that he was the pilot of this particular crash lol, Larry Fuda. It's a small world isn't it?

[Magnolia7647]

Think this is the landing in GSO; Larry Fuda was the captain and as you can see did a great job!

[LeeDowneyNC]

I sure do miss seeing those planes. My father flew for Piedmont Airlines for 36 years. Retired 1 year before Mr. Davis sold the airline to US Air. Many childhood memories aboard those planes. Thanks for the video.

[ROYNEPTUNE]

Goodness, I worked for Piedmont as a station agent . I remember the reservation agents in Winston-Salem. They were the best and most professional people and it was a pleasure to speak with those people over the phone. They were just smooth and courteous and unflappable under pressure. Now, you just talk to somebody in India. Oh well .....times change sadly.

[yakkominniegoofy]

@ROYNEPTUNE Oh, I see. Back then, my mom used to work for Piedmont Airlines back in the 1980s. She worked at a reservation office in Winston-Salem, NC. She retired from the reservation office (which was then USAir) back in 1999.

[ROYNEPTUNE]

@yakkominniegoofy This happened in Aug.,1989. It was actually a day or so before the official merger with USAir. Not to worry.....that plane flew again.

[sgttppepper]

@Crifstar eh ????

[yakkominniegoofy]

That sad about what happened to the Boeing 737 Piedmont plane. When did this happen?