Renegade Air Dash 8 belly landing

[dapaterson]

Now, I am not a pilot or a mechanic, but I thought landing gear is supposed to keep the tires and wheels on after takeoff...

This is the view passengers had when pilots extended landing gear of the DHC8-300

A DHC8-300 aircraft operated by Renegade Air for the UN World Food Programme made an emergency landing without main landing gear at Malakal airport.

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[SeaKingTacco]

They are pretty much optional, in my view.

 

[OldSolduer]

Now, I am not a pilot or a mechanic, but I thought landing gear is supposed to keep the tires and wheels on after takeoff...

This is the view passengers had when pilots extended landing gear of the DHC8-300

A DHC8-300 aircraft operated by Renegade Air for the UN World Food Programme made an emergency landing without main landing gear at Malakal airport.

airlive.net

Aren't they supposed to maintain those things like the various gadgets that hold them together?

 

[medicineman]

Now, I am not a pilot or a mechanic, but I thought landing gear is supposed to keep the tires and wheels on after takeoff...

This is the view passengers had when pilots extended landing gear of the DHC8-300

A DHC8-300 aircraft operated by Renegade Air for the UN World Food Programme made an emergency landing without main landing gear at Malakal airport.

airlive.net

 

[Good2Golf]

At least the front didn’t fall off…

 

[KJK]

Any landing you can walk away from is a good landing, Any landing where you can reuse the plane is a great landing. I would say this falls between those 2 metrics.