337 Gear Up Landing

[Paul462]

I like Lynn Justice's approach (he attended the OK City SOAPA Fly-In from Guatemala a few years ago).

His 337 had a cargo pod, so when his gear wouldn't come down to land at La Aurora (Guatemala City) he feathered the front prop and nudged it horizontal with the starter, landed flat (on the cargo pod) so as not to strike the still-running rear prop, and slid to a stop on the cargo pod on the concrete runway.

The bottom of the cargo pod was scraped up some (it was still useable, though), so he jacked up the plane, got the gear extended, and taxiid off with no damage. :-)