180 flip

[Missionbound]

Heard today on the news about a 180 flipping over in Duluth Minn. I guess there were some fearce crosswinds gusting to like 25 or something directly over the runway. Also some susspicion about geese on the runway as two were dead at the scene. I would be interested in your thoughts. I must admit, I have to wonder about the out come of the same conditions in a tricycle gear aircraft. It just really makes me sad to see this. At least everyone is ok.

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[jrenwick]

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John

[GAHorn]

... I must admit, I have to wonder about the out come of the same conditions in a tricycle gear aircraft. It just really makes me sad to see this. ...

The most common cause of "flipping" over in a tricycle geared airplane is collapse of the nosegear. (It happened in front of all us at the Reklaw fly-in last year when a tricycle RV landed and flipped upside down, trapping the pilot and his son inside the cabin with fuel spilling everywhere. By-standers rushed over and picked it up off them and got it turned back over.)
The point is....tricycle aircraft also go upside down when mis-handled or involved in mishaps too....don't think a trike will save you from that sort of accident.

On the other hand, a good friend bought a Stinson to learn to fly in and got his Private ticket in that docile taildragger. But after a year or so he sold it and bought a 172 because he'd had a couple scary events in grounloops. (Just because you learn in a taildragger doesn't mean you'll automatically be a good taildragger pilot.)