Was on an AA MD 80 out of Dallas about 15 years ago that had the landing gear get stuck half way during retraction. Flew in a pattern around the airport for about 3 hours while they troubleshooted. They finally got it to go all the way down so we could make a full emergency landing. Never wanted to fly in one after that, although they do have one of the very best safety records overall.
MD80's are awesome. Although loud, i love that takeoffs and landings. The noise is sort of cool and gives me goosebumps everytime i see one takeoff. I know they are pretty old, but American takes very good care of their aircraft maintenance. I have seen what they do when they go through HM Heavy Maintenance and it is very thorough and gives me a great feeling for what Safety means to them. I believe they also call the MD 80 Series Super 80 and Maddog lol
Few years ago we took of from John Wayne airport on a MD90, right after take off over the ocean pilot came on announced we have unsafe front landing gear warning and we are going to do emergency landing in LAX. The landing at LAX was very normal and inspection showed the front landing gear hydraulic has blown the seal, it is something very similar to a car shock absorber . It took three hours to change the seal and we were on our way. I think something very similar happened here
had the same thing happen to me in the 90's in Philly. front landing gear indicator said that it did not engage. We were in a NWA DC-9 and had to circle the airport for hours to burn off the extra fuel. ended up landing exactly like this video
Great video. More than likely the bulb burned out for the gear indication lights. 2 green and nothing for the other gear meaning that they are not sure if it is down and locked. The flyby is for visual inspection from the tower in which normally they respond ," it appears to be down."
Only yesterday after a decade of regular flights for work (several a month) I had my first emergency landing due to a pressurisation problem in the cabin which was slightly alarming but as the captain Informed the entire aircraft before we'd made the landing I don't think it was too serious.
If it was the front wheel gear that was faulty is there not a case for incorporating some kind of last option crash skid block into the fuselage structure to deal with a total nose wheel failure ?
I do not know the year this incident occurred but I did find this for N466AA, which you see on the rear right fuselage, dated 2008 July The crew of an American Airlines McDonnell Douglas MD-82, registration N466AA performing flight AA1767 from Dallas Ft. Worth,TX to Palm Springs,CA (USA) with 123 passengers, declared emergency and safely returned to Dallas after experiencing problems with the airplane's stabilisation. flightaware.com/live/flight/AAL1767/history/20080709/1812Z/KDFW/KPSP
what is that stuck in the nose gear? is that a wheel chalk? from touchdown to a full stop took exactly 50 seconds I would've applied full reverse and come to a stop because if there is damage to the tire and thankfully there wasn't the faster you stop the better
Must of been somthing wrong with the front, He kept the nose gear up for so long, and applied reverse thrust before all wheels making contact meaning something must of been wrong
Facundo Perez it looked like he was very careful on touching the nose gear down so I guess he did not want it to snap in as he expected it to not be locked... but there is no information in the description... would like to have that added
Thank God !!! But for holding the nosewheel long the aircrtaft might have had a nose crash. I think there must be suspension problem in the nose wheel. Great job Captain of the aircraft you landed the aircraft beautifully
Unfortunately it costs more to keep these planes in the sky working than profits nowadays. American owns the largest fleet of MD80's worldwide so its hard just to take a big loss on that investment. They replace them over several years most of which is scheduled for late this year and in 2017. They have the largest fleet worldwide with almost 1000 aircraft due to the merger with US Airways. Its obvious in the video its a nosewheel problem even you can see a discrepancy if you look close and due to the landing and holding the nose off with reverse. No major issue occurred which is good
+jtk49 pffffffffffft, McDonnell Douglas? no way man, they have thousands of fatalities in their record. actually.... they really are safer now. but McDonnell Douglas had a bloody past
+habyss They are going to be retired in 2017. First set will retire by the end of this year. They are being replaced by the Boeing 737-800 and Boeing 737 Max 8.
Following Any landing gear malfunction the standard is to stay straight ahead on runway and request an inspection and gear pins. If their was a problem with a gear lock, a side load during taxi off could cause a collapse.
