Comments on: MD-10 Made Famous By Super Late Landing Gear Deployment Video Retires https://avgeekery.com/md-10-made-famous-by-super-late-landing-gear-deployment-video-retires/ Aviation News and History From An Informed Perspective Mon, 29 Aug 2022 18:04:35 +0000 hourly 1 By: Leon https://avgeekery.com/md-10-made-famous-by-super-late-landing-gear-deployment-video-retires/#comment-1054 Fri, 27 Dec 2019 15:37:34 +0000 https://www.avgeekery.com/?p=20056#comment-1054 As long as he had 3 green before touch down, he was ok.

]]> By: Busdriver11 https://avgeekery.com/md-10-made-famous-by-super-late-landing-gear-deployment-video-retires/#comment-1046 Tue, 24 Dec 2019 00:16:17 +0000 https://www.avgeekery.com/?p=20056#comment-1046 In reply to Chas. S..

Chas is correct, at least that is what I heard during one of my FedEx training sessions. Good on the company for suspecting something medical going on, and requiring the captain to get this checked out. It likely saved his life. Just a little more to the story, here.

]]> By: Chas. S. https://avgeekery.com/md-10-made-famous-by-super-late-landing-gear-deployment-video-retires/#comment-1042 Mon, 23 Dec 2019 10:03:18 +0000 https://www.avgeekery.com/?p=20056#comment-1042 Unbeknownst to all, the pilot had what would later be diagnosed as a brain tumor which affected his cognitive abilities. This was the wake up call that would be the means to discovery of this illness.

]]> By: Jeff Johnson https://avgeekery.com/md-10-made-famous-by-super-late-landing-gear-deployment-video-retires/#comment-1041 Mon, 23 Dec 2019 02:38:58 +0000 https://www.avgeekery.com/?p=20056#comment-1041 What’s the orange blob in the right seat window, that seems to disappear as the plan passes?

]]> By: Tye https://avgeekery.com/md-10-made-famous-by-super-late-landing-gear-deployment-video-retires/#comment-1040 Mon, 23 Dec 2019 02:03:30 +0000 https://www.avgeekery.com/?p=20056#comment-1040 They had enough time to verify “Three in the Tree”. No big deal.

]]> By: Doug https://avgeekery.com/md-10-made-famous-by-super-late-landing-gear-deployment-video-retires/#comment-1038 Sun, 22 Dec 2019 22:23:35 +0000 https://www.avgeekery.com/?p=20056#comment-1038 Company procedures? How about FARs? FAR stable approach requirements are configure at 1,000 AFL!

]]> By: Fedex Pilot https://avgeekery.com/md-10-made-famous-by-super-late-landing-gear-deployment-video-retires/#comment-1036 Sun, 22 Dec 2019 18:52:04 +0000 https://www.avgeekery.com/?p=20056#comment-1036 Yes, it did violate Fedex procedures, which are aligned with FAA guidance to be stable (to include gear down) by 1000′ IMC or 500′ VMC. Fedex has been very strict on this since the FAA guidance on this was established in 2003. I don’t remember what happened to the crew on this flight, but I’m sure it wasn’t swept under the rug.

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