Sub King
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OUCH!!!! 
I hope to never make that mistake, but something tells me it's easier said than done. Any of you fleet guys have any experiences similar to this? Atleast that you'd want to admit to.
Task-saturated U.S. Air Force
Aviation Week & Space Technology
09/25/2006, page 22
Task-saturated U.S. Air Force pilots forgot to put down the landing gear
at a forward operating base and crashed their B-1 with a resulting $7.9
million in damages to the aircraft, $14,000 to the runway and a minor
back injury to the co-pilot, says an USAF investigation report. The B-1s
are now in Qatar, but have operated from Oman and Diego Garcia.
Investigators say the failure to lower the landing gear was both pilots'
fault. Contributing factors were the co-pilot's task oversaturation and
urgency to complete a long mission (i.e. land), both pilots' inattention
to instrument readings and the checklist, and the co-pilot's belief that
the pilot had lowered the gear. Also, the pilot unexpectedly turned over
aircraft control to the co-pilot on final approach and reported to the
tower that the landing gear was down, despite the fact that the
checklist was never completed. The red warning light in the gear handle
was illuminated for more than 4 min. during the approach.
I hope to never make that mistake, but something tells me it's easier said than done. Any of you fleet guys have any experiences similar to this? Atleast that you'd want to admit to.Task-saturated U.S. Air Force
Aviation Week & Space Technology
09/25/2006, page 22
Task-saturated U.S. Air Force pilots forgot to put down the landing gear
at a forward operating base and crashed their B-1 with a resulting $7.9
million in damages to the aircraft, $14,000 to the runway and a minor
back injury to the co-pilot, says an USAF investigation report. The B-1s
are now in Qatar, but have operated from Oman and Diego Garcia.
Investigators say the failure to lower the landing gear was both pilots'
fault. Contributing factors were the co-pilot's task oversaturation and
urgency to complete a long mission (i.e. land), both pilots' inattention
to instrument readings and the checklist, and the co-pilot's belief that
the pilot had lowered the gear. Also, the pilot unexpectedly turned over
aircraft control to the co-pilot on final approach and reported to the
tower that the landing gear was down, despite the fact that the
checklist was never completed. The red warning light in the gear handle
was illuminated for more than 4 min. during the approach.
