Crash Landing in North Carolina

A Piedmont Airlines (USAir) is forced to make an emergency landing with one if its main landing gear retracted. The aircraft slides to a stop on the North Carolina runway amid firetrucks and foam.

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[Revolver7500]

737-300? or-400?



[mrlamborghini642]

Great pilots... They made it

[iAirsoft69]

what airport?

[joerisoldier]

ladies and gentleman, we have a tiny problem, we miss a gear -.-

[ephidapoon]

@Davefromqueens Its the pilots choice whether to retract the available gear or not. belly is not procedure i think for most airlines though because they see it better for whatever landing gear is available to be used to take the hard force of the initial touchdown, and to give the pilot as much control as possible. I thought the same thing as you at first, but my flight instructor explained it. But According to the faa, its the pilots choice.

[Davefromqueens]

Why wouldn't they do a belly landing, you know put the AC on the ground square instead of risking a roll

[macpics1974]

good job ...

[qwerty12373]

IT IS DANGEROUS

[eddy33100]

all i can say is God bless that pilot, amazing job!

[class37trash]

thats one more boeing 737 on the list of air disasters :L