Landing Gear
Can a large plane land without landing gear?
Can a large plane land without landing gear? Let's say you have a big passenger plane like a 747 and the runway is covered with several feet of snow. Could the crew just leave the landing gear up and land on the snow? It sounds "crazy" enough to work.
i would dare say that ALL modern planes are designed for the possibility of some kind of 'belly landing'. This is the most common way of landing an airplane that has landing gear problems.
I've seen videos of airplanes from small Cessna's to king air corporate turbo props and even an airbus 320 landing safely on its belly on HARD CONCRETE, which is probably more dangerous than landing snow. For one, snow would reduce some fire risk, which is the main risk in this type of emergency landing.
Would it work? then answer plane and simple is YES. Albeit with a huge repair bill later on.
EDIT:
Accidentally landing without landing gear is a COMMON ERROR among young pilots flying small aircraft. It doesnt generally result in death or injury once the landing was set up correctly in all other respects. Planes are designed that way.
Capzach & Urmama:
They design the planes to be able to do this type of landing without the enines ripping off. In a big airliner, the aircraft will skid on the lower face of the engine 'nacelles'. In a prop aircraft, the tips of the prop bend easy on contact with the ground. In both cases, the engine may need to be overhaulled afterwards.
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