Dornier 228 aircraft operated by WFP crash landed yesterday at Wilson Airport in Kenya after right rear landing gear malfunctioned.
Posted by SnooPies6131@reddit | aviation | View on Reddit | 69 comments
Video credit @skypulseaviation on Tiktok
ffffh@reddit
Nice rudder control by the pilots keeping it on the runway.
JohannesMP@reddit
Very Nice!
SquirrelMoney8389@reddit
When you said "crash landed" I mean that could have been way worse. It was actually a decent landing still.
agha0013@reddit
I wouldn't calll that a crash, they did a great job holding it steady the whole time, almost lost it for a second but got back.
How the gear folded out like that is interesting. Those turn inward when retracting, the way they are built it should be impossible to push outward unless one of the retraction struts disconnected completely.
noncongruent@reddit
2 prop definitely contacted the ground, it's pretty destroyed there at the end.
WabbitTamer@reddit
Any landing you walk away from......
sampathsris@reddit
This is far better. The wing didn't even clip by the looks of it.
GyroBoing@reddit
But I think the prop went away on the right side
ikillpcparts@reddit
It's still there, but feathered so it's hard to see with how it's angled.
noncongruent@reddit
Prop hit the ground as the gear finally fully collapsed.
DismalIngenuity4604@reddit
Dude, this is almost a landing you could fly away from if you really needed to.
120SR@reddit
Actually a stellar job. I wonder if they knew that would happen because if they stepped on the brakes they would’ve went tumbling right but they let it keep sliding forward given they had runway and let it stop by itself.
Celemourn@reddit
The side fell off.
WangDoodleTrifecta@reddit
The right gear look like it just got tired and said fuck it.
IAmAtWork_AMA@reddit
That's the problem, the landing gear is almost always tired.
6inarowmakesitgo@reddit
Are you currently at work?
AbhishMuk@reddit
Most experts would say it wasn't even t(w)oo tired!
5redie8@reddit
nobody wants to work nowadays smh
Altruistic_Brick1730@reddit
I hope they were all tired
Mole-NLD@reddit
I’ve seen some with floats and ski’s but even those are generally tired.
rkba260@reddit
Our definition of crash is getting pretty loose here... and by 'our', I mean your.
-AV8R01@reddit
Mechanical malfunction upon landing. Not a crash.
blackjack1977@reddit
Props to the pilot
austinredditaustin@reddit
And the cameraman
MonsieurLartiste@reddit
Everyone walked away.
Good landing.
Sorry.
This isn’t r/shittyaskflying
dilemmaprisoner@reddit
At some point when you're slow enough in the roll out, can't we not call it a crash? Just a taxi mishap?
Antique-Dragonfly615@reddit
Kept it upright
81dank@reddit
Crash landed? Looks like a safe landing and then they had a partial landing gear retraction, resulting in no other issues. Far from a crash.
Just_Another_Scott@reddit
Yeah the plane landed fine. The gear collapsed after it was already safely landed.
seth928@reddit
Well, the wheel fell off. That's not typical I'd like make that point.
NoDoze-@reddit
Right side gear metal fatigue? Give it a vacation!
PowerBrix@reddit
Would the pilot be at fault? Or is this just wear and tear on the plane? If the pilot is at fault, what type of fines/violations would be involved? I’m curious
JJohnston015@reddit
I can't imagine it could be the pilot's fault. He's got a landing gear control with "up" and "down" positions, and maybe a manual extension backup system, but other than that, he has very little control over whether or not the gear works properly. Maybe if he missed something obvious he should have caught during the preflight inspection, but otherwise, it's probably a maintenance issue.
Measure76@reddit
I didn't know it was protocol to fly to Kenya when your landing gear fails on this type. Hope you brought some extra snacks and movies.
DismalIngenuity4604@reddit
Coulda been worse.
turpentinedreamer@reddit
Couldn’t have been much better either. Great handling of the situation.
DismalIngenuity4604@reddit
Yeah, if I ever crash, I'd take that for sure.
danit0ba94@reddit
Could have been so much worse.
Additional_Fan9553@reddit
this is a normal landing for me in MSFS
FrustratedPCBuild@reddit
My thoughts exactly, I’d be happy enough with that!
FrustratedPCBuild@reddit
That’s just me in MSFS2024.
puffy_tail@reddit
More like a landing then a crash.
lucioghosty@reddit
Kenya believe it?
Accidentallygolden@reddit
Dornier? There are still Dornier?
ImaginaryAnimator416@reddit
Arent the Dorniers widely used by special forces?
Slyflyer@reddit
Denver Air is flying Dornier 328's in its fleet. Got a chance a couple months back to ride on one. Not going to lie, I prefer it over the CRJ.
SillyLayer2526@reddit
this particular aircraft 5Y-CES was manufactured in 1986 while they still existed, but the do-228 is still being manufactured by HAL and General Atomics
wrongturn6969@reddit
Still widely operated in India by Coast Guards and Navy.
SillyLayer2526@reddit
yup, I see them flying over Bengaluru very often and one is even flying near delhi now
SnooPies6131@reddit (OP)
The aircraft in the video is part of a fleet of 13 Dornier 228s operated by Kasas limited on charter basis
danit0ba94@reddit
Anyone else breathe out an enormous sigh of relief when it came to a stop?
😮💨That was tense.
747ER@reddit
Sudden F50
Groveldog@reddit
Miss those little fellas. I used to work on the first one ever made. The last I saw it was somewhere in Mexico, I think.
DoubleM-1985@reddit
Even the bird was looking for the crash landing
Ri8ley@reddit
Serious question. When is it considered a crash and when is it an incident? This seems more of an i cident than crash perhaps.
Tony_Three_Pies@reddit
With the disclaimer that I have no idea how things are done in Kenya; the word "crash" doesn't really mean anything in a technical sense.
Generally we talk about "accident" versus "incident". An accident is anything that involves death, serious injury or substantial damage. An incident is anything that's not an accident.
I'm not NTSB investigator but I'd guess that there was enough damage for this to be an "accident".
Ri8ley@reddit
Makes sense. Thanks
d_repz@reddit
Props, no pun intended, to the pilot.
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Tenzipper@reddit
All things considered, that was a pretty gentle crash.
Shaken, not stirred, I think would apply to the occupants.
HappyGnumff@reddit
Good job. Well done
Suspicious_Fail_2337@reddit
Where's the crash?
SnooPies6131@reddit (OP)
Title overstates it tbf. The landing was pretty routine until the right landing gear gave in.
callsignmario@reddit
Now here's a crash worthy of celebrating afterwards...
https://www.reddit.com/r/Military/s/tkyLdXL4DI
JaggedMetalOs@reddit
At 0:11 when the paint gets scratched up
euanmorse@reddit
"Oh lawdy!"
Mordytah@reddit
The softest crash
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