Jim_Kabrajee
So I would be most interested in the views of other pilots. When faced with only a partial gear failure, would you elect to land with the gear partially out, or fully retracted?
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So I would be most interested in the views of other pilots. When faced with only a partial gear failure, would you elect to land with the gear partially out, or fully retracted?
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If I could get the gear to come back up, I would bring them up and let the smooth belly keep me straight.
I would slow the aircraft, put the gear up if possible, remove all power electrical/hydraulic from the system, put the switch down, and lower the gear via the manual system. If a main didn’t come down, land with what you got all the way to the side of the runway with the good gear.
I’ve flown many different types of retractable gear aircraft from Cutlass/Arrow to Apache/C-421 to Phantom/Aardvark. The AFM direction varies widely about what to do, so there is no “rule of thumb” answer – you need to read the flight manual for what you’re flying and then do what it says.