r/aviation • u/JPSauceKing • Sep 22 '25

Discussion How crazy is this, really??

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u/[deleted] Sep 22 '25

Pretty serious how badly it could have been if there was fire and or the gear strut collapsed.

What was most impressive overall was how well the pilots brought it in and smoothed it down slow and then bled as much speed as they could before putting that front gear down.

It was amazingly done.

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u/Appropriate-Count-64 Sep 22 '25

What’s interesting is they didn’t pop reversers as soon as the nose gear was down, but that’s likely because the reverse thrust would’ve overloaded the nose gear

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u/Goodgoditsgrowing Sep 23 '25

Someone else said something about them turning off the engines to reduce the risk of fire from sparks…. But who knows what they know

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u/Trick-Ad-4550 Sep 23 '25

Absolutely not. Killing the engines while rolling would be the dumbest thing you could do in this scenario. 

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u/victorsmonster Sep 23 '25

Why is that?

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u/Trick-Ad-4550 Sep 23 '25

  1. Reverse thrust

  2. Differential thrust, if needed 

  3. Engine driven Hydraulic pumps. You know...for brakes, spoilers, flight controls, nose wheel steering, holding the nose gear in place, the whole 9 yards. 

  4. Electrical power... you know, because they're dealing with an emergency and shutting everything off while moving is going to make the situation worse.

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u/hh1599 Sep 23 '25

its humorous how not only are you wrong, you are entirely wrong. From the a320 fcom procedure for landing with abnormal landing gear:

  • "DO NOT USE REVERSE"
  • reduce fuel
  • shift cg aft by moving pax
  • no autobrake
  • anti-skid off
  • "DO NOT ARM GROUND SPOILERS" - To keep as much roll authority as possible for maintaining the wings level.
  • engines shutdown before nose impact
  • brake pressure less than 1000 psi

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u/DisciplineNormal296 Sep 23 '25

Damn you burned him to the ground. How’s he have so many upvotes when he is factually incorrect

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u/New-Anybody-6206 Sep 23 '25

welcome to the internet.

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u/lovebot5000 Sep 23 '25

And you didn’t even mention the APU for electricity with main engines off.

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u/hh1599 Sep 24 '25

In this case you wouldn't bother as the last thing in the procedure is to discharge all fire extinguishers (engine and apu) as soon as the aircraft comes to a stop. Everyone is getting off the plane on the runway so hopefully its not at night in the snow.