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Old July 2nd, 2009, 15:07   #1
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Default Belly landing of a Cessna 177 in Anchorage, Alaska

So yesterday at the school where I finished my private license here in Alaska the cessna 177 the school owns had landing gear issues and had to make a belly landing. The link to the story is below:

http://www.adn.com/news/alaska/aviat...ry/850552.html
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Old July 2nd, 2009, 15:09   #2
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Default Re: Belly landing of a Cessna 177 in Anchorage, Alaska

Is that another one, on top of this one??!:

http://forums.jetcareers.com/general...p-landing.html
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Old July 2nd, 2009, 15:18   #3
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Default Re: Belly landing of a Cessna 177 in Anchorage, Alaska

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The pilot reportedly had no way to dump the fuel before attempting the emergency landing.


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Old July 2nd, 2009, 19:56   #4
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Is that another one, on top of this one??!:

http://forums.jetcareers.com/general...p-landing.html
oh my bad I didn't know some one else posted it.
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Old July 3rd, 2009, 05:16   #5
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Default Re: Belly landing of a Cessna 177 in Anchorage, Alaska

There's an old saying in Australia that you wont get into QANTAS if you haven't done a wheels up
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