NZFF

Posted: **Tue Apr 03, 2007 4:48 pm**

Watch the telly news tonight. A Kingair had to make an emergency landing at Ohakea today, after the nose gear failed to extend

Deane

Posted: **Tue Apr 03, 2007 4:48 pm**

Student given close-up lesson in emergency landing
4:15PM Tuesday April 03, 2007

An air force pilot trainee was given a dramatic lesson in emergency landing today after a fault occurred in a training plane's landing gear.

The trainee, with an air force flying instructor, had been carrying out routine take-off and landing training at Ohakea Air Force Base as part of the student's RNZAF wings course when the fault was identified.

Ambulance and fire units were put on standby about 1pm as the air force King Air trainer circled the Manawatu base trying to use up about an hour's supply of fuel while attempting to fix the wheels.

If the problem continued, the plane would have to make a belly landing.

An air force spokesman said the instructor made a "textbook" emergency landing about 1.35pm.

The instructor had to land on the main wheels without a fully deployed nose-wheel landing gear.

- NZPA

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/1/sto ... d=10432362

Posted: **Tue Apr 03, 2007 4:49 pm**

spooky - I posted same new just seconds before you !!

Deane

Posted: **Tue Apr 03, 2007 4:50 pm**

Lol, both posted at 4:48, yes you beat me to it by seconds!

Posted: **Tue Apr 03, 2007 5:06 pm**

Not another one

Quickly goes and finds the CAA incident reports that have actually been filed B)

Posted: **Tue Apr 03, 2007 5:19 pm**

but this one has a site that shows you the article :thumbup:

Posted: **Tue Apr 03, 2007 5:27 pm**

Good on the pilot!

And that would have made for an excellent photo- with the belly sparking on the runway and all

Posted: **Tue Apr 03, 2007 5:29 pm**

watched it on the news

His front wheel gave up and down she goes.

Posted: **Tue Apr 03, 2007 10:01 pm**

bah, tried to watch it on the TVNZ on demand, but they've somehow spliced yesterdays news into it, so it doesn't get shown :angry:

Posted: **Wed Apr 04, 2007 6:49 pm**

Missed the vids on TV yesterday- are they on the net anyware?

I cant find anything on youtube, TVNZ or TV3's websites

Posted: **Wed Apr 04, 2007 6:57 pm**

I saw it on TV3 on the news, but trying to find it (let alone anything else) on the TV3 website was a serious test of patience... :rolleyes:

Alex