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Iran Air F-100 Lands, Wheel Missing From Nose Gear

cedarjet From United Kingdom, joined May 1999, 7713 posts, RR: 55
Posted (7 months 3 weeks 3 days 18 hours ago) and read 1737 times:

An Iran Air Fokker F-100 (reg EP-CFE) lost one of the two nose gear wheels during takeoff at Tehran Mehrabad at the start of flight IR 208 to Ahwaz in Khuzestan. After circling to burn off fuel, they returned to Mehrabad for a safe landing. The brown substance seen spraying up from the main gear is not dirt (I was wondering at first why a nose gear fault would necessitate an off field landing!), it is actually brown-coloured foam and the landing was on the runway. In the video, even the touchdown on the mains is very carefully done. Nose is held off the runway as long as possible.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGeUgAuRvhk

Another example of good airmanship from Iran Air pilots. I wonder to what extent the Fokkers are affected by sanctions. Of course the devaluing of the Iranian Rial due to actiosn to freeze the Islamic Republic out of the banking system has caused imports to double in price, but are Fokker (or their corporate successor/s who handle after-sales service) allowed to trade with Iran? I am pretty sure they can.

Anyway well done to Iran Air for a successful outcome to a challenging malfunction.

fly Saha Air 707s daily from Tehran's downtown Mehrabad to Mashhad, Kish Island and Ahwaz

4 replies: All unread, jump to last

bhill From United States of America, joined Sep 2001, 848 posts, RR: 0
Reply 1, posted (7 months 3 weeks 3 days 17 hours ago) and read 1596 times:

Reminds me of a Ron White story......

Carpe Pices

HAWK21M From India, joined Jan 2001, 31201 posts, RR: 58
Reply 2, posted (7 months 3 weeks 3 days 17 hours ago) and read 1559 times:

I guess the axle is still present.....Looks like a typical axle nut not properly torqued/old nut on a reworked axle type of problem.

Think of the brighter side!

Viscount724 From Switzerland, joined Oct 2006, 21498 posts, RR: 24
Reply 3, posted (7 months 3 weeks 3 days 14 hours ago) and read 1257 times:

Quoting cedarjet (Thread starter):
An Iran Air Fokker F-100

Fokker 100, not F-100. Don't think Fokker used that terminology (technically the Fokker 100 is an F-28-0100).

When I saw F-100 in the subject the following type immediately came to mind (first U.S. fighter that could exceed Mach 1 in level flight), not that Iran Air ever operated any of those.