Cessna Citation emergency
Posted: Sat Dec 06, 2003 2:52 pmSo I decided to load up the family from a vacation in the Everglades. Needless to say I didnt realize it would be an eventful flight headed back to St Louis
Unloaded our rental Toyota Rav 4 (My fiance insisted we get a cute ute') with our plastic alligators, sea shells, and a message in a bottle trinkets
Everything was fine and dandy until we were on our approach for landing. The Left landing gear waring light was on. After a fly by the tower and my inquiring as to my gear being down, they came back that it was, so being low on fuel we had to declare an emergency landing and hoped that it was just a faulty landing gear light...
Sadly my new Citation did in fact have an unlocked gear. Luckily because we were very low on fuel, the weight was down so I came in as slow as I could.
Once I felt the left give way, I knew we could be in trouble, but thankfully our luck held out. The stress to the front gear with the left side collapsing from the weight of the jet caused it to fail as well. We skidded down the runway sparks ablaze with only the rightside gear functioning, but came to a complete stop. Fiance is a little shaken up, but we are alive and kicking ready to fly another day.
Now the insurance adjuster is on his way.
Unloaded our rental Toyota Rav 4 (My fiance insisted we get a cute ute') with our plastic alligators, sea shells, and a message in a bottle trinkets
Everything was fine and dandy until we were on our approach for landing. The Left landing gear waring light was on. After a fly by the tower and my inquiring as to my gear being down, they came back that it was, so being low on fuel we had to declare an emergency landing and hoped that it was just a faulty landing gear light...
Sadly my new Citation did in fact have an unlocked gear. Luckily because we were very low on fuel, the weight was down so I came in as slow as I could.
Once I felt the left give way, I knew we could be in trouble, but thankfully our luck held out. The stress to the front gear with the left side collapsing from the weight of the jet caused it to fail as well. We skidded down the runway sparks ablaze with only the rightside gear functioning, but came to a complete stop. Fiance is a little shaken up, but we are alive and kicking ready to fly another day.
Now the insurance adjuster is on his way.
Aww, poor family. Sorry to hear that, SaVas ! Good thing you came back alive and all of your family is kickin. 
