Cargolux B747-400 Landing Gear Failure 14 May 2023

[@iowa_don]

9:20 - "Remember, a down gear is a happy gear, words to live by Juan!

[@davidpawson7393]

Yeah, it's in my hot tub after installing a skylight.

[@major__kong]

I couldn't get my gear up once flying a Piper Arrow. Cycled the handle, checked the breaker but no bueno. As I'm contemplating a very slow trip back home, I'm running through the system in my head and concluded the safety extension mechanism was keeping me from retracting the gear. I think it uses a combination of manifold pressure and it's own pitot static system to decide if you're on approach without the gear down and drops it for you. So I reached by my right leg to engage the override switch and the gear retracted. The best I could figure is that it had ice somewhere in the system since it was the middle of winter.

[@joemeyer6876]

I have overhauled a couple of these, and it could be quite a number of things. . . The question will be, why did the thing let go on landing? Did the body steering mechanism fail to center the bogie after takeoff, did one of the steering actuators fail, thus allowing the bogie to turn (not center out). If the bogie was aligned with the centerline, it would not have sheered off at touchdown. . . then again, the strut was extended visibly longer than its left hand counterpart. The gear’s strut could have cracked allowing the inner strut to extend to the full drag link extension. . . that purple fluid flash at touchdown is the strut fluid as the inner strut literally sheered off the outer sleeve of the strut. I’m sure other camera footage will surface, from tower cams and such, which will be even more awesome. . . damn, I just remembered that I helped deliver a 747 from Boeing to Cargolux back in 2013. It’s good to be retired. . . Watching Juan, Mentor and Kelsey while chilling horizontal on my couch.

[@truckerhershey7042]

Yes I posted same before reading other comments. Strut extended too far after takeoff and was not going back up on landing leading to instant failure and detachment.

[@jimpalmer1969]

Joe, Boeing retiree here, yep good to be done with Boeing. Back on the late 80s and 90s I delivered 19 747s to Cathay Pacific. Those were some good times.

[@johnyoung1128]

The body gear steering actuators have hydraulic operated locks that activate when the actuators are centred, they should be locked centred before takeoff indeed it is a requirement that the aircraft be taxied forward a short distance to ensure they have locked before takeoff and after the aircraft has entered the runway. If they are not locked centred it will trigger a config warning when takeoff power is selected. I personally doubt they were a factor but I won’t sulk if I’m proven wrong.

[@CaptainKevin]

There's another video out there closer to the runway threshold that shows that the right body gear was tilted forwards rather than backwards prior to touchdown.

[@joemeyer6876]

#Captain Kevin: I’ll be looking for that video, very plausible. . . the still pictures show the steering actuators in neutral (centered) but the drag link broke off just below them. . .

[@johnyoung1128]

As a former maintenance guy who did work on this aircraft type and going from the photos it would appear that the oleo piston itself has failed either during landing or previously during takeoff. From what I could see the right body gear truck was not in its normal tilted position and I speculate that the gear truck was at least partially hanging from the body gear actuators and that might be the reason for the tilt sensors preventing a gear up selection. The lower scissor link below the body gear actuators has clearly broken away from the gear truck and one of the other photos appears to show part of the oleo fractured above the separated gear truck. I think this failure occurred before landing during takeoff rather than during the landing. I would be interested to know if the landing gears had been changed since the incident with the ground vehicle as of course the gears do have a overhaul life. I wouldn’t personally think that much damage could be caused by the collision with the van but I suppose it is possible.

[@goover78]

I agree. It would have had atleast 1 or 2 D-checks between those two incidencts.

[@apolloreinard7737]

yeah it was definitely hanging lower than the left side. Something had come undone or was broken taking off. Wow it really ripped off and whipped around when that gear touched down! That's not going to buff out or be fixed with speed tape. hindsight says that that side needed a bit more work after the last two events. Thanks for your insight!

[@HuckThis1971]

Landing gears have hrs and cycles on them. When overhauled they go from x-ray to different classes of NDT. I believe this is a result from a hard landing way before 2010 and landing gear replacement.

[@nohaboy100]

If the bogie fails it will result in a forward tilt many times. When it hits the ground it will be ripped away. Cannot tell from this video the exact position of the truck?

[@4life409]

Agree. Cargolux does frequently land at or close to MLW, unlike the pax config 747. Our full freighters were maintained by the same maintenance group that also maintained the pax 747, they found that the cargo version does show earlier wear issues like on the flaps, gear etc due to generally higher weights and higher trust settings.

[@alanholck7995]

You picked a fine time to leave me loose wheel…..

[@jorgeB767-3ER]

Amazing! the separated bogie found its way to the cargo hanger before the airplane did. Thank you Juan for your excellent and informative aviation videos.

[@kiwidiesel]

It knew it had been a bad dog😅

[@rilmar2137]

It knew where to go!

[@wesmcgee1648]

Bwaaaaaaaaaaaaa!

[@jukkatakamaa7274]

In Finland a faulty part on experimental aeroplane of the AF landed in the shelve of the hangar where it was assembled...through the roof.

[@rainiernqc]

Well for those who watch NASCAR, that's 8 lap penalty (2 per wheel) and 8 race suspension (2 per wheel) for 8 crew members (You guess it, 2 per wheel) Jokes aside, let's appreciate Juan's job that basically shows everything we need to know for the people that works on the area and just people that doesn't know anything (like myself) and make everything easy to understand. So good. So well put together. Thank you.

[@raitchison]

If Kelsey doesn't weigh in on this you know he was on the plane.

[@cruisinguy6024]

He works for Atlas I thought. Captain Joe works for Cargolux

[@jamesherty4839]

Hahaha

[@deantait8326]

74 Gear 🤔

[@eaglekeeper7737]

The driver was not injured except for his underwear.😅

[@thomasmennella5501]

Best KZbin aviation comment of the week! 😂

[@hangmann747tinmann8]

There is a 10 year life on 747 gear, the odds of that being the same gear all these years later is extreamly low

[@stumackenzie8492]

Um… that’s not quite right …. At that point the legs are removed and extensively examined , reconditioned, then put back in service … boeing deliberately built them like a “ brick shithouse “ , and effectively they could live on with no lifespan limitations, if undamaged , and no cracking was found …. Cracking from the inside out though has been a problem in the past .. and is bloody difficult to detect

[@hangmann747tinmann8]

@@stumackenzie8492 I'm an A&P mechanic that works for a competitor cargo airline, and just changed a gear one week ago due to 10 year life. While yes, the gear post their 10 year life get reconditioned, they do not go back on the same airplane as the time it takes to recondition them would put the plane "down" for much longer then a normal "C-Check" time of 28 days. Everyone always has servicable gear waiting for a quick 2 day swap.

[@JimMork]

@@hangmann747tinmann8 I assume that's a ton of cycles in 10 years. I've seen car parts last decades with the right owner. But every one of these landings seems to involve a concussion. What other part on a heavy plane takes this much punishment?

[@hangmann747tinmann8]

@@JimMork you are correct, no other part takes the abuse that the gear do. Especially if they do a few HARD landings!

[@JimMork]

@@hangmann747tinmann8 I'm sure lots of structures flex on landings, but the landing gear are "frontline".

[@davewitter6565]

The design, engineering, reliability, redundancy and durability of gear retraction and extension is an aviation marvel. Thanks for the abbreviated landing gear ground school.

[@JimMork]

Cars are too complex for me, making me miss my 1959 Ford Fairlane. These airplanes are something totally different.

[@femanvate]

Great recap of this incident. There were two people using the van to replace runway lights. In CATIII conditions you can only imagine how eerily quiet the runway was, so when they hear a 747 approaching you can also imagine their transition to terror. They both ran off the runway and after the plane passed and landed, returned to the van, drove it off and reported the strike. The Pilots saw the van but never knew they hit it until Tower informed them.

[@JimMork]

What do those landing gear weight? Yeh, it flew to the convenient place. And I know the ground crew in airports have some risk in their jobs. But that bogie flying is a bit like some TRUCK going airborne.

[@sarahmacintosh6449]

Not many people could say they've had a Boeing 747 literally land on their head and live to tell the tale! 😳 Glad everyone was ok in both incidents 😊 Thanks for another excellent video, Juan 💜

[@sanfranciscobay]

1-2-3 feet lower, and that Yellow Van would have been demolished.

[@raynus1160]

"Hi Honey...I'm going to be late for supper. I had a 747 land on me".

[@sarahmacintosh6449]

@@raynus1160 🤣🤣🤣

[@MinneapolisRaven]

I really want to know what the rest of the day was like for the van driver. Did he just sit and stare for a few hours? Imagine almost being crushed by a 747 going 150 knots.

[@PTANV-x2g]

How much you want to bet the van driver had no idea it was coming because he was on his phone?

[@Joe_Not_A_Fed]

There may not have been any injuries in that van...but I bet there was a hell of a cleaning bill for the seats.

[@stumackenzie8492]

Hee Hee ha ha !

[@guyforlogos]

😅😂

[@JimMork]

No Depends?

[@ReflectedMiles]

As far as I can see, the important illustration from this story is the company loyalty of the bogie even after giving management trouble and being detached from its aircraft. 😊

[@geofiggy]

Love your usual in cheek humour re: where the bogey ended after "departure" (not bale out - LOL) separation from the 747. Thanks again for the detailed update. You'll make a pilot out this old "wannbe" yet. Take care, stay well and fly safe. 🤟🏼🖖🏼

[@DillonPrecisionFan]

2010 for the van incident seems like a long time ago, especially for the gear to not have been overhauled since then. These landing gear are made from ultra-high strength steel (250+ksi or close to 300ksi), 4330M or 4340M (modified with silicone to help improve toughness since they can be brittle at those strength levels). New make and reman processes for these types of steels are very specific, these steels are susceptible to hydrogen embrittlement from plating, the formation of over tempered martensite/untempered martensite from abusive grinding, etc...landing gear are highly engineered items on large commercial and military aircraft. Double vacuum melted to be ultra pure too...don't want inclusions or stringers!

[@hoghogwild]

D6AC?

[@DillonPrecisionFan]

@@hoghogwild Boeing used a lot of 4330M and 4340M, Douglas used some 300M. Boeing did go to some Ti on the 777 for some drag link or side struts...don't recall exactly. Brake anti-rotation pins were using Aermet 100 at one point in time. I want to think D6AC was Douglas, but not sure anymore.

[@hoghogwild]

@@DillonPrecisionFan I remember that D6AC was/is used on the Space Shuttle now SLS booster cases. Each SLS launch uses 10 steel segments, 5 per booster, 2 boosters per SLS stack. Shuttle used 4 fueled segments per booster, SLS now uses 5 segments per booster. Something like 1200psi peak pressure over a 177feet long, 12 ft diameter average 1/2" thick wall. Peak thrust is 15 seconds post liftoff and 4 million pounds force thrust is achieved per booster. There was 80 segments left over from Shuttle, enough for 8 SLS launches then NASA is switching to a wound filament case. Metalworks is fascinating. Those landing gear take some immense forces, yet must remain light and durable. Amazing stuff.

[@rael5469]

DPF I used to do sheetmetal repair and we were always warned about getting alodine on high strength steel....which I assume would include the landing gear. We used Alodine as a corrosion protection after grinding the alclad off of aluminum when cleaning corrosion. Back in the day when we did overhaul in-house, there were dozens of us doing all sorts of repairs.....around the clock. I always wondered about whether any alodine accidentally washed down under the fairing panels we worked on and dripped down on the gear. The sfaety data sheet says it like this, "Alodine will cause .....instantaneous hydrogen embrittlement....on contact with high strength steel." Is that true?

[@DillonPrecisionFan]

@@rael5469 anything acidic is a no-no on high strength steel (160ksi UTS and above). Anything with free hydrogen present. Approved aircraft cleaning agents must pass HE testing...that is why the cleaning agents are all alkaline in nature. Some airlines like D-Limonene (citrus) based degreasers, but have to mask up the LG and other high strength steel components to prevent contact with the acid.

[@the007cat]

I can agree with you regarding the robustness of the 747 some years ago I witnessed an overweight landing of a 747-400 at Kai Tak airport in HKG The A/C had departed for Frankfurt and experienced a serious engine fire immediately after take off the captain immediately returned without dumping fuel. Most of the tyres burst due to heavy braking but everything else was OK except for the No2 engine thrust reverse that had disappeared and the hole on the top of the engine combustion section that had caused the fire warning.

[@Kathikas1]

They did in fact manage to dump some fuel in the short airborne time available, principally due to the presence of the heavy crew. The limitations of flap selection and fuel dumping made this even more remarkable The crew flew the approach with no landing aids (at night) as it transpired that the flaps had, at that stage, to be cycled through ‘up’ before the FMC would accept any nav/rad inputs - Boeing sorted that within the week! Subsequently a number of C&T crews tried to replicate this ultra quick return in the simulator with an initially un-contained engine fire - but with a singular lack of success … mind you, it is difficult to simulate adrenaline!

[@jeffbangkok]

Coffee with Juan. Love the no injury reports

[@ElinT13]

Wow! I am glad that the pilots were able to bring the bird down without any loss of life. Thanks for your report, Juan!

[@JimMork]

@@timrobinson6573 Birds don't separate from their feet midair.

[@caribbeanaviator1964]

I'm in the process of getting certified on the B747. The queen is a strong lady for sure. I am particularly interested in this investigation.

[@rael5469]

Happy landings !

[@guidospaini7339]

There's no way around, if you want to have the most objective and professional observations on any incident, look for Juan's. Again, thanks Juan. Keep the good reporting on. Not only in aviation.

[@JimMork]

Completely agree. His narrative on the snowstorms around Grass Valley where my older brother lives were fascinating, too.

[@deans178]

I love Juan quotes: "There it goes back to the hanger."

[@oveidasinclair982]

Dumping fuel was the most prudent thing to do, the lighter the better and the there was no imminent catastrophic emergency forcing you to land at full gross fuel weight.

[@kc135rpilot]

Adjusting gross weight is the proper term, especially in Europe. Prudent, I'm not sure you're using the correct word, possibly "necessary".

[@kevinsellsit5584]

I would expect and want the pilot to dump fuel with main gear issues and international fuel volumes. (Prudent works for me)

[@jayreiter268]

The other way is to burn off fuel for an hour or so. That gets the adrenalin down and gives time to make a smooth plan.

[@Relkond]

For a gear problem, reducing stresses to the component in a failure mode seems prudent (at minimum). If it were an engine or hydraulic issue, dumping the weight would likely be of less benefit.

[@oldschoolman1444]

Sounds like the prudent thing to do! 😊

[@RDAmidwest]

Fabulous video out there. That 747 is one tough bird.

[@avgeek-and-fashion]

Would love to hear from Captain Joe who flies for Cargolux! Or, maybe he is the one sitting in the office, explaining this whole incident to his boss. ;-) Thanks again for this excellent run-through of events!

[@JimMork]

How could something like this be a pilot's fault? Seems more like the maintenance division.

[@JimMork]

so Joe and Kelsey are BOTH Cargolux? Interesting coincidence. How many KZbin channels include two aviators flying the same planes?

[@avgeek-and-fashion]

@@JimMork I don't think Kelsey flies for Cargolux. He used to fly the Dreamlifter though!

[@hewhohasnoidentity4377]

​@@avgeek-and-fashion Kelsey works for Atlas.

[@shyPandemonium]

When I see videos like these I am just in awe of what these huge jets are capable of withstanding while still being able to perform a safe landing. That’s some insane damage. Glad the pilots and crew are safe and will be interesting indeed if the damage in 2010 caused this catastrophic failure.

[@paulsherman51]

Multiple redundant and fail-safe systems. We must continue to require and demand nothing less, especially in the present age of "simplifiying" designs under guise of cost saving or "environmental preservation". Redundancy is necessary! And, by the way, we still need Reed-Hillview regardless of noise or akr quality talk!

[@MisterPlanePilot]

This video has been running through my head for a couple days now since I first saw it. Thanks for an outstanding in depth review, as always Juan

[@Paul-kw1og]

Well explained. Never seen a 747 gear have this issue before. Will be interesting to find out the reasons.

[@peterbustin2683]

Great stuff as always. Thanks rom UK.

[@richb313]

Thanks for the detailed explanation of this incident.

[@spdaltid]

Nice overview Juan. Conjecture only surrounding the untilt etc: but I'd have dumped fuel as well given the multiple threats. As an aside, in normal ops - while both forgiving - I found the B747 easier to grease on than B777 😎

[@vernonslone8627]

Boeing learned a lot about steerable gear with the B-52...In fact it was once classified...

[@gasdive]

I didn't know the 747 has steerable mains like the B52. I wonder why it was never implemented for crosswind takeoff and landing?

[@MinneapolisRaven]

@@gasdive Good question, it's just the back pair that are steerable, the wing bogies don't turn.

[@dermick]

@@gasdive Same here - not sure what happens with the wing gear when the fuselage gear is turning - I guess they just scrub along. Can you imagine being the guy in the van when you get hit by a 747? And he lived to tell the tale!

[@gasdive]

@@dermick it's a tale indeed!

[@georgefranklin3222]

Thank you for the way that you explain these events so we can stay on the same page with you. Very interesting. Can't imagine what it was like to have a 747 hit a vehicle. Would certainly scare the stuffing out of me.

[@stephenj4937]

The pilots didn't even know they had hit the van; the two maintenance workers, however, apparently heard the plane coming and ran off the side of the runway before the van got hit.

[@peterpowell4821]

The gears are overhauled every 10 years as per the CPCP (Corrosion) program. Usually swapped out with a fresh overhauled unit, so probably not the same gear.

[@elizabethannferrario7113]

Thank you for your news report , thankfully no one was hurt. sad we were unable to see the video. my regards liz.

[@daveroche6522]

Thank you again Juan. I reckon this shows just how much time & effort the legendary Joe Sutter (R.I.P.) & the others put into DESIGNING FOR SAFETY. The B747 remains epic!

[@seldoon_nemar]

The bogies got to the shop before the rest of the plane 😅

[@BigDukeX]

Joe designed and built the 74s like no other. Nice job getting it on the field and parked fellas!

[@foghornleghorn8536]

Another great video Juan. Thanks once again for going to all the trouble.

[@Breenild]

Thank you very much for your opinion on this incident!

[@woodstock1159]

hi juan----been watching your coverage since I retired---spot on--- Got 22,000 hours and nine types---luv to help if you ever need some

[@6StringPassion.]

I can't imagine the shock when the pilots saw that van in the runway (or when the driver of the van saw the 74). Even though nobody was injured, the collision would have resulted in multiple code brown events.

[@JimMork]

They can't watch out for everything. Especially with this drumbeat about trusting your instruments. Instruments won't say much about ground crews repairing airport features. I can imagine where they could, but I bet they don't. I've heard some airports even have features to scare birds off. Not all, just some.

[@rickkearn7100]

As usual, Juan rocks it, with news and analysis in this genre. Great channel, and expert explanation here. Cheers.

[@PavlosPapageorgiou]

That maintenance driver had a lucky escape!

[@kristensorensen2219]

#1.8k👍👏👏Wow! Did not know the 747 has movable gear like the B-52. A down gear is a happy gear!😂

[@hotttt28]

Nice landing ,under less than ideal conditions .

[@rederstreet]

Small correction about the Van Incident: The driver was NOT in the Van, he was outside.

[@07blackdog]

Man, I wouldn't want to be in the way of that!

[@kymw7833]

Wow Juan I bet that van driver needed a change of undies after that he'll how lucky was he that van could have been dragged down the runway like FOD ,as always Mate great content ,were still waiting for a meet and greet here when your in Sydney ,I would fly over from Adelaide any excuse to jump on a Boeing to meet you . Cheers Kym Adelaide

[@n.v.1258]

Thank you for covering this.

[@JeffLevine-ob3no]

I'm so glad my little citabria isn't so complicated. That cargo company needs to repair that aircraft and use it for marketing. Not always on time but always in one piece.

[@russlehman2070]

Rumor has it that the flight crew was heard singing, "You picked a fine time to leave me loose wheel." shortly after the incident.

[@kenhedrick3366]

Thank you Professor Brown. A great lesson and nobody died.

[@lardyify]

I’ve seen this happen on a B737 aircraft. In that case it was a failure of the gland nut that secures the inner member. In fact, the outer member had been reworked to a larger thread and required an over-sized gland nut to fit properly but the original gland nut was installed despite the outer member being identified as reworked by having a yellow ring painted around its lower diameter. On take off, the gland nut failed and the inner member pulled away from the outer member. The pins securing the torque links sheared on landing leaving the wheels, brakes and inner member to bounce along the ground.

[@psoon04286]

I’d put my money on this as the most likely cause👍

[@keiter751]

Juan, Always great, clear and understandable explanations of these unusual aviation incidents. Thanks and look forward to more.

[@EricFielding]

Juan did a video about a Cargolux 747-400 "smash and go" in April 2023. I wonder if that was the same plane. That is a lot more recent than the 2010 incident.

[@jimw1615]

Not the same aircraft.

[@icare7151]

Thank you for your assessments and details!

[@LatitudeSky]

Very nice. I got the emergency alert on FR24 but it of course doesn't detail the nature of the emergency or outcome. Was interesting to note this 747 was in trail of an A380 on the way back to the airport. Must have been a sight to see. We don't get 380s where I am.

[@n1msu]

The amount of energy contained in the severed bogey and wheels must have been immense! I really wonder what damage was caused, it hits the airframe but still contains enough kinetic to bounce it's way all the way down the runway and to the hangar. And these things contain a crap load of mass!

[@googleuser-rr9wr]

Nice job on the video and explanation on this incident. Cheers

[@skyepilotte11]

Thx for the coverage, Juan.

[@stargazer2504]

So amazing to see the video of the bogey (basically the size of a large SUV) bouncing down the runway like a basketball. And then come to rest upright as if nothing happened! Could you imagine having that thing bounce right next to you?

[@kevinsellsit5584]

Having been in the grandstands when a dragster engine, clutch, and differential flew into people near me...why yes, I can. (Anaheim Stadium)

[@justinhaase8825]

Saw a semi lose a tire on the interstate…they weigh close to 100 lbs…at 70mph…big nope

[@jw0stephens]

Ive seen two vehicle accidents where a cargo van tire alone killed occupants in another vehicle it hit. This would be far worse.

[@crabby7668]

I saw cctv footage of a BP petrol/gas station on the A1 in UK, where a wheel had come loose on the road and had bounced high enough to go right through the sunflower on the overhead BP sign. You couldn't have made a better shot if you had tried.

[@allensheldon6610]

More the size of a subcompact car. But certainly more than the mass of a large SUV

[@CKOD]

Man that van at the end there. Didnt even bust the windshield. In juuust the right spot to get the roof slapped in as a, gentle, but extremely stern warning that someone goofed on procedure in a big way.

[@samburns2339]

Video of the landing is available on YT as "Jumbo jet’s emergency landing goes wrong in Luxembourg | New York Post"

[@shyPandemonium]

Thanks 🙏

[@obsoleteprofessor2034]

Imagine fleet vehicle maintenance scratching their heads wondering how the van got skid marks on the roof.

[@phillee2814]

To lose one wheel might be regarded as unfortunate - to lose four sounds like carelessness! With apologies to Oscar Wilde

[@stuntmanmike37]

I did not know that the center mains on the 74 could steer. Interesting fact, especially considering this design is over 50 years old.

[@SteamCrane]

Regarding the lengthy code brown discussion, from the report: "The two maintenance crew, who had been working on the runway center line lights and had become aware of the arriving aircraft by the noise of the engines, ran off the side of the runway upon the increasing sound." So apparently nobody was inside the van. Not to say that it wasn't a code brown event.

[@eaglesview1946]

An interesting story told to me by one of the engineers on the patent for the steerable boogies on the 747. As initially designed the 747 did not have steerable boogies, a subject of disagreement within the design group. During initial ground run and flight testing the test pilots commented it took what seemed to them excessive power or thrust to ground maneuver the bird. Then in preparation for an aft C of G flight test the pilots were unable to turn the aircraft and the nose wheel just scrubbed sideways. Steerable boogies were back on the table and then the challenge was to find real estate in the hull to accommodate the frantic redesign.

[@marcmcreynolds2827]

Airbus also decided to skip steerable struts on the body gear of the A380. In at least one flight test incident, a tire(s?) twisted off its wheel. Now that's some serious scrub!

[@747woody]

IIRC from Joe Suter's book, he initially designed it with body gear steering. However as the weight ballooned it got removed. Rather than bin it, it was parked on the shelf so that when they had trouble manoeuvering the aircraft on the ground Joe said "I have a solution for that", and it was put back on!

[@timmotel5804]

Thank You Juan for another informative update.

[@MTHDCS]

Thanks Juan as you are educating us non flyboys! When this story first broke I wondered why they dumped fuel as I remember you and the pilot sitting in the cabin of that firefighting 747 from a year or so back. Pilot told how that ex-cargo plane didn't care if it was loaded or empty when landing. See we are learning from you!

[@gscott5778]

WOW ! Found the video (You Tube has removed the one at your link Juan) and you can see the bogie bouncing off the fuselage as it tears away. Good thing this was a cargo flight because otherwise the maintenance crews would have had A LOT to clean up in a passenger cabin. That noise must have been REALLY loud inside the cabin.

[@stumackenzie8492]

Juan , we call it “ body Gear “ ….. Fantastic outcome … The last time this happened That I’m aware of was in Rome around 1990 I think

[@NicolaW72]

Thank you very much for picking this incident up!🙂👍 I´m must say I waited for your video about it. Fortunately nobody was hurt - but it is indeed a really serious incident. The departed Bogie coming to a rest just in front of the Cargolux Hangar is a little bit of irony in this case.

[@ianstewartaviation2634]

You learn something new everyday I had no idea that the body gear helped steer the aircraft, but as Juan explained it makes sense👍

[@jamesbruce1183]

No injuries in the van but he did need new underwear. Thanks for the video.

[@rmactvc]

Got a tour of the Boeing 777 assembly plant last week. They were producing the freighter version. What an amazing aircraft!

[@charlescrawford7039]

It is interesting that in aviation this wheel assembly is called a bogie. For trains in the UK, it would be called a bogie, but in the US, it would be called a truck.

[@alanholck7995]

On a tank it would be called a bogie (in US anyway)

[@charlescrawford7039]

If it's me playing the golf course, it would be called a bogey.

[@Southwest_923WR]

That -is- WILD! I saw unedited video the day it happened, and still wonder who will get fired for an INTIRE bogey separating! Glad no aircraft were near on "bogey bounce" , and safe stop for aircraft and crew.. unbelievable. 👍🏿

[@todddembsky8321]

While the 2010 incident did not cause any physical injuries, the driver of the truck had a "Code Brown" all over the inside of the van.

[@athgt6630]

Code brown is an understatement

[@stefanschneider3681]

Perfect explanations as always! Thx!

[@stevenflattum156]

Great job as usual! Steve AA

[@thurin84]

"the driver was in the van at the time of impact. there were no injuries." however new attire was required.

[@vbscript2]

I can't imagine how terrified that van driver must have been when he saw the 747 appear above him and then the roof of his van start caving in. Dude is lucky to be alive.

[@Name-ot3xw]

I'm honestly a little impressed that an aviation enthusiast of your vintage managed to get away without riding on a 747. They were ubiquitous up until just a few years ago.

[@iain3411]

That bogie could do some serious damage if it hit something.

[@CaptainKevin]

There's another video out there of the same incident from a different position along the runway, closer to the runway threshold. As soon as the 747 passes that aircraft, you can see that the right body gear is tilted forwards rather than backwards, kind of like on the 767.

[@YoutubebyMic]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/f3LJiIt5p95gnc0 Here we see both videos shown so far. Regards from Germany Michael

[@marcmcreynolds2827]

Total number of comments at this moment in time: 274 Number which don't talk about van driver's underware: 5

[@skydive1424]

Looks like that piston/bogie assembly just fell out which tells me that there was fatigue cracking in the strut, possibly exacerbated by corrosion. Gland nuts and threads are notorious for that. Which begs the question when was the last overhaul and had the gland nut been properly sealed or has there been any work done after overhaul like a seal replacement. Technical records will tell

[@dominicdahlheimer6861]

The van driver involved in the "previous" incident sure had something to talk about when he/she got home that night back in 2010!

[@sanfranciscobay]

10:40 The damage to the yellow Van looks minor, like if he hit a tree branch at 5mph. When you compare the size and weight of a 747, I don't think that Van hit could do much damage to the landing gear of a 747.

[@blackdog542]

"Maintenance man was still in the van during collision" His wife and kids wondering why they got such big tearful hugs when he got home.

[@RealRickCox]

I'm sure 74Gear (Kelsey) could give you some input as to the procedures for this type of situation. I'm just glad nobody was hurt. That airplane will be down for maintenance for a bit...

[@paulroling1781]

Or Captain Joe, who actually flies 747s for Cargolux.

[@daftvader4218]

Kelsey is a scruffy freighter co-pilot with no training or accident investigation qualification. .... He just happens to fly the B747 for a small freighter outfit. . Armchair love him....

[@daftvader4218]

@@paulroling1781" Captain " Jo is a co-pilot with no qualification to investigate accident.

[@RealRickCox]

@@daftvader4218 I'm not sure I'd describe Atlas Air as a "small freighter outfit". My brother is a 747 pilot there also. Kelsey did put out a video the other day about this... I think he made some good points. Obviously, none of us know exactly what went down in the cockpit, so anything anyone says is pure speculation.

[@charlescanton4740]

Body gear and Wing Gear and Nose Gear are the common terms.

[@craigsowers8456]

Reminds me of a true life story involving "Pizza" and "University Days". Funny how life experiences can lead you things later in life with a positive result. For decades, the C-130 Fuselages were made "overseas" in multiple locations ... and shipped in Ocean going Containers "Sea/Land". But if you get way behind schedule, you have to resort to extreme measures, up to an including multiple ship sets aboard a AN-224 Cargo Plane to Marietta, GA (only $500k ... one way). But the fun part is that a certain Company in another Country fell behind slightly (not requiring the AN-224 and expense) but still would cause a major assembly disruption in Marietta. Previous experience in "Air Freight" work arounds made me begin to question the viability of a short term fix using a 747-400 that would allow the large wooden Crates into a normal Aircraft. But sadly, the only one available did not service this particular Country. Walking around the empty Crate, got to thinking about how when in College, when one had to move Apartments one would enlist the help of fellow Student friends to accomplish this task on the cheap ... Pizza and Beer. And it was at that moment that I remembered that the hardest piece of furniture to both remove and re-insert in the new Apartment was always the "Sofa". Then I remembered how we always managed to get it done ... by rotating the "L" of the Sofa to an orientation that minimized the geometric shape to fit thru the door. So I went to this Company's Shipping Department and proposed a change to their Crate design ... one that instead of a rectangle was more of a rotated Sofa ... by cutting an "Angle" in the Crate that would allow side load of it into a standard 747 Cargo Aircraft; by cutting the angle, it allowed the Crate to make a 90 degree pivot and be loaded/unloaded. And as it turned out, when you have regularly scheduled flights of the same Cargo, you get a price break ... that ended up being cheaper than the decades old "Land/Sea" method. Just to say never keep questioning/thinking young folks ... and remember ... Sir Isaac Newton's observation wouldn't have happened if he'd never observed that "Apple". Can't do much if the Supply Chain is hampered by the folks in Maintenance ... LOL

[@PhantomMark]

I bet that van driver played the lottery numbers that day after work !!!

[@TheGhungFu]

Video got zapped off of KZbin.

[@bobbyirvin2712]

It's still on Maximus Aviation "for now"

[@fungalcoffee]

New York post has the video too, might stay up for a while longer

[@henrys.6864]

The Locheed C-5 has steerable rear main gear for tight turns.

[@trooper1822]

Looking at the paused video in the beginning, you can clearly see the bogie is hanging down and not in the tilted up position. Looks like it failed failed after take-off and separated completely on main gear contact with the runway. Guess you can call this a "Rapid unscheduled disassembly" of the bogie wheel assembly 😂

[@stewartsmith1947]

Things break ! Boeing had a 767 retract cylinder break in two when the gear was about 90% up . Gear came down hard and locked in position. Another 767 was being towed out of the hangar and th rear axle on the right gear snapped in two . I looked at the ID numbers and that is the same 47 that did the smash and go a couple weeks ago !

[@johnbriggs3916]

Not the same aircraft (registration LX-OCV vs LX-ECV). But it could have had a heavy landing around the same time.

[@marcmcreynolds2827]

"Gear came down hard and locked in position." Freefall-operative is an FAA certification requirement and test BTW. The only certification examples I know of involved test rigs with deadweight for tires/wheels/brakes, rather than an operational gear installed on an aircraft. Not the sort of shock loads you want to put into an actual airliner's structure if you don't have to.

[@marcmcreynolds2827]

"Things break ! (Part Deux)" In the early 80's a couple of DC-10-30s had their center main landing gear shock strut pistons snap off at low speed. That turned out, after much study, to be an interaction between the antiskid's pressure modulation and the extremely nonlinear friction-vs-speed characteristic for rubber on pavement at very low speed (below say 1 m/s). The solution was to cut off brake pressure to the CLG below 5 kt.

[@antcraft3590]

Not sure if you've seen or not, but there was another video taken of the landing from further up the runway about where it touched down, and in this video, you can see that the right body gear is tiled downwards with about the same degree of tilt that it should have upwards. Definitely looking forward to see what the investigator's initial findings of this one were, and I agree that they'll probably be looking very closely at the maintenance on this one, especially where it concerns that previous incident over a decade ago.