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Cessna Citation emergency

Postby SaVas » Sat Dec 06, 2003 2:52 pm

So 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

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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...

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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.

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Now the insurance adjuster is on his way.
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Re: Cessna Citation emergency

Postby Omag 2.0 » Sat Dec 06, 2003 2:58 pm

D*mn, must have been nasty. Wife and kiddies ok?

You were luckier than the guy that crashed a single prop in the UK at Woodstock today.
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Re: Cessna Citation emergency

Postby Viktor_Z » Sat Dec 06, 2003 3:32 pm

:o :-[ Aww, poor family. Sorry to hear that, SaVas ! Good thing you came back alive and all of your family is kickin. ;)
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Re: Cessna Citation emergency

Postby BFMF » Sat Dec 06, 2003 4:50 pm

Nice shots ;)
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Re: Cessna Citation emergency

Postby AnGeL_MaKeR » Sat Dec 06, 2003 5:49 pm

Nice shots and story line  ;D

I hope your new Citation was still under warranty!
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Re: Cessna Citation emergency

Postby RollerBall » Sat Dec 06, 2003 7:14 pm

:)

Better, hope you were RENTING the Citation too...
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Re: Cessna Citation emergency

Postby Viktor_Z » Sat Dec 06, 2003 7:47 pm

:)

Better, hope you were RENTING the Citation too...



Or otherwise we would have to collect charity for this poor guy who has almost killed him, his whole family and the baggage . . .  :-[

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Re: Cessna Citation emergency

Postby Splash » Sat Dec 06, 2003 8:21 pm

;D  Hey SaVas

Thats my Silver 2001 RAV 4, you have there in the first pic.  Where did you get it?  I have to have it so I can use it in sim as well as real life.  Pleaseeeeeeeee

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Re: Cessna Citation emergency

Postby SaVas » Sat Dec 06, 2003 9:05 pm

Splash,

Its part of the Everglades download I found at Avsim.

Thanks for the comments folks :)
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Re: Cessna Citation emergency

Postby Splash » Sat Dec 06, 2003 10:28 pm

;D SaVas
Thanks for the info, I am off to get it.  Nice pics and story, meant to tell you that before, but got so excited when I saw the RAV 4  lol

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Re: Cessna Citation emergency

Postby awash2002 » Sat Dec 06, 2003 10:35 pm

where did you get the citation 2
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Re: Cessna Citation emergency

Postby BFMF » Sat Dec 06, 2003 11:43 pm

You can download it from Avsim ;)
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