A380 Hard Landing At Oshkosh Yesterday Options

[Becky_KSTS]

Ouch!
http://marcbrecy.neuf.fr/hardldgA380.html

[Kilrah]

Woohooo, some nice action there :D
Gotta test that gear...

[ChillSpiller]

Nice find there Becky.
I guess that landing wasn't intended to be the way it was, but then again it wasn't as dramatic as it was made to be. They'll write it off as some extra facts and figures for their engineering team. I'd just love to know the maintenance measures taken afterwards. I know for sure, that a 747 (A320 or whatever else) would have had some fuel leaks along the wing. Curious to find out more...

[galaxy]

Camp A: It was a hard landing that nearly tore off the wings and ended in a fire ball. The pilot dropped it out of the sky like a rock; I felt the earth shake from my house.

Camp B: It was a hard landing, but a safe one; no harm, no foul. The pilot did his best in the conditions he was challenged with.

Camp C: It was a normal short-field landing with a firm touchdown as part of the technique. The wings are meant to flex and the pilot did exactly what any pilot would have done in the conditions.

Camp D: AirBus signs my checks and, therefore, the landing was perfect. The pilot is worthy of an honor and the plane proved to be the perfect airliner we hoped it would be.


http://www.examiner.com/x-14099-Atlanta-Pr...nding-or-was-it

[ChillSpiller]

Haha, yes indeed there is a dramatic debate going on in some forums about it. And as the author of your link has put it: It propably all comes down to A vs. B in the end. I say it was nothing dramatic or at least nothign that overstressed the airframe. Nothing but regular maintenance (including fuel leaks) eventually needed to be done. I guess I'd put mysel into camp B.

[Ranger]

Maintenance does what is actually called a hard landing inspection. Luckily, I've never had to write a hard landing up.

[dash8q300]

Wow! I love to see those huge wings flexing! I think that was actually a very exciting landing

Dash,

[ChillSpiller]

Maintenance does what is actually called a hard landing inspection. Luckily, I've never had to write a hard landing up.

I also know the title of the inspection but I'd love to have a glimpse behind the scenes of that bird's inspection. Regular aluminum birds would eventually need some new sealants inside the tanks. Usually it's a visual inspection including retorquing of some bolts and so on. I'd just love to know if and what had to be repaired but I guess one will never know.
Dash, you are so right. Those wings are marvelous.

[Fast Jet]

I also know the title of the inspection but I'd love to have a glimpse behind the scenes of that bird's inspection. Regular aluminum birds would eventually need some new sealants inside the tanks. Usually it's a visual inspection including retorquing of some bolts and so on. I'd just love to know if and what had to be repaired but I guess one will never know.
Dash, you are so right. Those wings are marvelous.

S/he was not aligned with the runway, before the wheels touched, hence the straightening up. . . drama.

The wings are designed to flex (when you take off with full tanks and a heavy load, you will notice the wings flex from full down (heavy on the line up) and then flex up will balance out the flex down (as lift takes over) - to assist the flexing of the wings a reserve of x,000 kg is calculated to be in the wings on landing - typically 7,000 kg, beyond the reserve minimum.