787 Nose Gear Collapses - That'll buff out, right?

[PWMDMD]

That person was really lucky he wasn't under this thing. Interested to hear from the pilots here about this incident.

 

[Mainia]

If I am grounds crew, I am not going near those planes without a custom "large steel I-beam trailer" rolled under the plane, 3 ft behind the nose landing gear. And I am not taking the opinion of the manufacture............ "OK guys, we fixed it".

 

[opus1]

Did the Boeing aircraft make a "boinnng" sound when it collapsed?

I'll see myself out now.

 

[Timmastertech]

proof that bad things happen when you stick pins in the wrong holes

 

[Astro14]

It was pinned - but apparently, it is easy to mistake where the pin goes - so, the pin didn't stop the gear retraction.

 

[PWMDMD]

It was pinned - but apparently, it is easy to mistake where the pin goes - so, the pin didn't stop the gear retraction.

I understand the purpose of the pin but in this case does that mean someone accidentally retracted the gear or did it collapse for other reasons? Sorry, I don't know much about plane landing gear.

 

[Astro14]

I understand the purpose of the pin but in this case does that mean someone accidentally retracted the gear or did it collapse for other reasons? Sorry, I don't know much about plane landing gear.

There are technical/troubleshooting reasons to put the gear handle up with the airplane on the ground.

During those operations, the landing gear is "pinned" so that the landing gear actuators cannot move, even with hydraulic pressure applied.

But if the gear is not pinned correctly, then, well, it can move under hydraulic pressure - and this is the result.

 

[PWMDMD]

There are technical/troubleshooting reasons to put the gear handle up with the airplane on the ground.

During those operations, the landing gear is "pinned" so that the landing gear actuators cannot move, even with hydraulic pressure applied.

But if the gear is not pinned correctly, then, well, it can move under hydraulic pressure - and this is the result.

Thank you, makes sense.

I don't know much about flying or planes but I've always loved watching them and I'm really into watching TikToks about flying and communications with ATC.

 

[ripcord]

One would think that it would be reasonably simple to make it very idiot proof. Square peg, square hole, uniquely sized, color coded, "safety pin goes here" engravings, etc. Maybe even a sensor. Heck, even my lawn mower shuts itself off if I remove my backside from the seat.