407 Driver Posted February 20, 2004 Report Share Posted February 20, 2004 Landing a 350 without a T/R is difficult enough, now add darkness and several news crews.... Good job, all passengers are safe, and the aircraft was saved. News Report with Video Link Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest graunch1 Posted February 20, 2004 Report Share Posted February 20, 2004 Looked like a nice smooth result and the pax got a couple extra circuits of the Strip and a story totake home Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
204B Driver Posted February 20, 2004 Report Share Posted February 20, 2004 It looked like he made a perfect landing good on the pilot. Training does work. :up: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torqued Posted February 20, 2004 Report Share Posted February 20, 2004 Well done FOR SURE!!!! Looks like he was moving pretty good on touchdown maybe 60-80 kts!!!!!! Kudos Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T-rex Posted February 20, 2004 Report Share Posted February 20, 2004 Good Pilot, Good Training, Excellent machine!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bush Bunny Posted February 20, 2004 Report Share Posted February 20, 2004 Guess all those pedal jams in training are worth it. Nice job. RP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
407 Driver Posted February 20, 2004 Author Report Share Posted February 20, 2004 T-Rex, Yes, a truly remarkable aircraft, a B model ????? I searched several N registry sites, and they all say B !! Must be tough to fly 5 fat-A$$ passengers on a LV +40C day with a B hey ? He did a nice job on the landing. :up: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skullcap Posted February 21, 2004 Report Share Posted February 21, 2004 Oddly enough the B model has the best power to weight ratio of all astars except B3. So if dude was under gross it probably performed well. It will take a small load a lot of places. Give me a B2 any day though(or lend me the 407, promise to not scratch it). I bet he sure wished for the throttle on the collective option which according to manufacturer is not safer(but the B3 comes standard with a relocated throttle on collective, which according to propaganda is safer,,,,,,me confused). But hats off, pilot did a fine job, looked as though wind wasn't helping either. Anyword on whether it was a stuck pedal or loss of drive. Saw video many moons ago of twinstar with loss of drive do an extremely long run on as well with similar ending. Thank God for our fixed wing brethren needing those long uninterupted hunks of pavement. Wouldn't be fun avoiding cerrs on the 401, eh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
407 Driver Posted February 21, 2004 Author Report Share Posted February 21, 2004 Actually, most of my 350 time IS on a B model, as CHW never had many BA's back then. Most of the BA's in that fleet were all coverted D to B to BA's. My favorite old base B (SLB) is now a B2, imagine that. You're correct on the wind, I noticed that it was not in favor. I recall the main runways are E/W at McCarron, but he was assigned to the N/S runway? I bet ATC didn't want a potentially tipped over heli closing their 2 main runways? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skullcap Posted February 26, 2004 Report Share Posted February 26, 2004 Here is TSB's preliminary; http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief.asp?ev_id=2...224X00233&key=1 sc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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