Boeing 767-300ER Falls On Its Nose

[kea001]

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The six-year-old airplane is tail number N350AN, owned by American. It got its airworthiness certificate Aug. 28, 2003, and appears to be the last of the Boeing 767-300ERs taken by American. Another message on the pilot board says that the airplane was on a test flight after its heavy maintenance work, and the "hydraulic driven generator" failed: "So maintenance jumps on the aircraft to fix it after the flight. For whatever reason they need to raise the gear handle. They do. Pins aren't installed and the nose gear retracts. "Actually if you look closely in the pictures apparently the main gear tried to retract also. That would have really hurt." http://aviationblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2009/07/american-jet-takes-an-ungracef.html

[captray]

How much power does it take to taxi with the gear up?

[Robert Larson]

Wonder why they don't just lower the gear handle to stand the plane back up. Maybe no one'd notice. Few scratches. They'll buff right out.

[evilcuban]

lol guys