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Sierra snow causes plane wheelie
Sierra snow, locally referred to as cement, added so much weight to the tail of this Citation X that it raised the aircraft nose over a period of hours. (www.rgj.com) עוד...
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The owner left the plane unprotected during a blizzard due to a need for "service". Bet the owner wished they'd landed at Reno then drove to Truckee/Tahoe. That plane really needs service now.
I was thinking along the same lines. If the plane was handed off to maintenance then they failed to secure it either by tie down or control locks/ engine covers in anticipation of a huge storm! Especially since this model is inherently heavy when empty!
Tail Heavy that is.
Not much one can do with any nose wheel AC as there are usually no way to tie the nose down. Jude Judys AC did the same last year. If you are around an airport much in the winter it happens all the time.
No, it doesn't. Living in Omaha and in close proximity to both KOMA, 3NO, and KMLE, I have never seen this happen, from a standing B757 down to a Skylane, and we've had snowstorms that felled power lines let alone knocked out power to more than half the city.
Just to satisfy a point of curiosity, what kind of damage can be expected/predicted from an event like this/
