JetBlue Landing at Los Angeles

[mrMikee]

Well, I have to admit I'm impressed. My work is in much heavier structures and that front wheel assembly just didn't look strong enough to me. It will be interesting to see more info about the engineering aspects of this incident.

Regards,
-Mike

 

[mrMikee]

For those who didn't hear about this...

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2005/09/21/state/n170731D97.DTL&feed=rss.news

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,170076,00.html

-Mike

 

[wes616]

People spend entire careers designing landing gear. They may look "weak", but you'd be suprised just how much goes into designing them, making them, and qualifying them.

Wes C.

 

[37ed]

How about that pilot,If you look at the video you will see even with the gear sideways he had it right dead on the center line.Now that is skill and years of practice at its finest.

 

[Lutfi]

I must say that the pilot was one cool one. I tip my hat for his skills and abilities under given circumstances.

If (we) facilities structural engineers design aircrafts, they will never fly due the SF we build in! Aircraft and car designers optimize their design because it drives fuel and economy.

I had a friend of mine who was an engineer for Ford Motor Company. They optimized one of the car frames using NASTRAN and saved 5 pounds. I laughed but he quickly reminded me that the five pounds were great for fuel economy.


Regards,
Lutfi

 

[minorchord2000]

I used to fly F-4s for the USAF during the Vietnam war era and this happened to me. The landed far nose up and took the approach end barrier. The nose gear came down hard, blew the tires, but the strut did not fail. The nose gear struts are exceedingly strong and are acutally designed for these hellacious stresses. Most folks thought that the nose gear strut would just shear off. They are usually braced with super large members.

 

[rmw]

Yeah, but your F4 front gear was designed to take the reaction due to forces caused by that hook on the other end jerking you to a stop. It would seem to me that an airliner gear would never see that type of reaction in a typical landing.

rmw

 

[37ed]

Once again,we need to go back to the Pilot.
If you recall,before he attempted landing he had his crew move baggage & people to the rear of the aircraft.From an engineering point of veiw that was smart as heck.shifting the load off the nose,and off the front gear.I do not know if they teach that at pilot school.If not that was some well thought out moves.

Reguards ED