One wheeled landing. My first iirc
Sep 30, 2016, 8:50 pm
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One wheeled landing. My first iirc
Flew from Ord to BWI on UA 597 today. There were crosswinds on approach and then we landed on one wheel. It was a rough landing but perfectly routine judging by lack of reaction around us. My dad grumbled that the pilot messed up the landing. I didn't think so and googled one wheeled landings and saw a diagram of a plane approaching the runway skewed and then landing and going straight down the runway. Of course I vouched for the pilots skill.
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I'm more of a railfan but flyertalk is teaching more about aviation which makes flying more interesting.
Oct 1, 2016, 3:58 pm
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Well, you landed with the upwind main gear touching down first, followed by the downwind main gear and then the nose gear. Put simply, this is the result of a sideslip, one of the techniques used in crosswind landings. Unless you've just begun commercial air travel, you've likely been on many flights where this happened, to one degree or another, but probably just weren't aware of it.
From your title - "one wheeled landing" - I thought this would be about the failure of all but one gear to deploy which would be a much more "interesting" experience at best.
From your title - "one wheeled landing" - I thought this would be about the failure of all but one gear to deploy which would be a much more "interesting" experience at best.
Oct 1, 2016, 6:53 pm
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Most likely first time I noticed it
It's interesting to notice that there are different ways to land. Having never really thought of it before I just assumed that it was always the two back wheels and then the Nose.
Oct 1, 2016, 7:40 pm
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Here's a 10-minute training video for general aviation pilots on crosswind landings which discusses the techniques.