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737-800 overruns in Georgetown,GY

Postby Hazmat » Sat Jul 30, 2011 2:07 pm

Read on PPRUNE,

Runway overrun (apparently no slats/flaps :?: ) of a Caribbean B737-800 on runway 06/24, (7500ft)

http://avherald.com/h?article=4407f71a&opt=1
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Re: 737-800 overruns in Georgetown,GY

Postby reubee » Sun Jul 31, 2011 11:37 am

is it just me, or do 738's have a habit in breaking in two around row 8?
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Re: 737-800 overruns in Georgetown,GY

Postby Sir Gallivant » Sun Jul 31, 2011 9:31 pm

is it just me, or do 738's have a habit in breaking in two around row 8?
Very little known fact: The 738 was intended as a Navy plane, the folding of the fuselage at row 8 would make it easier to park a number of aircraft tightly on a carrier deck.
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Re: 737-800 overruns in Georgetown,GY

Postby PurduePilot » Mon Aug 01, 2011 8:06 am

is it just me, or do 738's have a habit in breaking in two around row 8?
Very little known fact: The 738 was intended as a Navy plane, the folding of the fuselage at row 8 would make it easier to park a number of aircraft tightly on a carrier deck.
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Re: 737-800 overruns in Georgetown,GY

Postby OldSowBreath » Mon Aug 01, 2011 9:41 pm

My bad, I thought that was a picture of a Concorde.

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Re: 737-800 overruns in Georgetown,GY

Postby Verbal » Thu Aug 04, 2011 5:14 pm

The flaps up landing is a practice that is generally frowned upon, for obvious reasons.
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Re: 737-800 overruns in Georgetown,GY

Postby flyboy2548m » Sat Aug 06, 2011 5:15 pm

The flaps up landing is a practice that is generally frowned upon, for obvious reasons.
Then why is such a maneuver part of most type rating checkrides?
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Re: 737-800 overruns in Georgetown,GY

Postby 3WE » Sun Aug 07, 2011 11:18 pm

The flaps up landing is a practice that is generally frowned upon, for obvious reasons.
Then why is such a maneuver part of most type rating checkrides?
C'mon flyboy. Flaps up landing = more wear and tear on the brakes, faster touchdown speed, longer roll out, thus it is generally frowned upon.
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Re: 737-800 overruns in Georgetown,GY

Postby flyboy2548m » Sun Aug 07, 2011 11:43 pm

The flaps up landing is a practice that is generally frowned upon, for obvious reasons.
Then why is such a maneuver part of most type rating checkrides?
C'mon flyboy. Flaps up landing = more wear and tear on the brakes, faster touchdown speed, longer roll out, thus it is generally frowned upon.
The point you (not surprisingly) missed is that landing flaps up is no excuse to end up with the airplane in two pieces.
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Re: 737-800 overruns in Georgetown,GY

Postby VectorForFood » Wed Aug 10, 2011 7:57 am

Would it not generally as Verbal said be frowned upon to do so on a medium-short sized runway for a 737-800 landing on a wet runway?

Something else is probably on the go here.

Possible the PNF was following his landing flow and selected flaps up not realizing they were going off?

Would it be a possible idea to go flaps up to get weight on the wheels? Never heard of that but just a thought.

TR's deployed, and I see some pictures show spoilers up on left wing not on right?


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