31. The nose gear retracts forward of the hull and acts as a bumper for water operations. 32. Low-speed handling was considered poor, and the arrester hook and nose gear leg were insufficiently strong. 33. The plane's nose gear also broke off. 34. But the scientists in the Washington lab could not confirm that the nose gear had explosive residue. 35. Nose gear extension problems were traced to an inadequate cylinder size and was quickly redesigned and installed.36. One missed the arresting gear and hit the crash barrier while the other aircraft's nose gear collapsed. 37. It has a retractable tricycle landing gear with the main gear retracting inwards and nose gear rearwards. 38. Post landing inspection revealed that there were wrinkles in the fuselage skin and the nose gear was bent. 39. The nose gear collapsed, and the fuel tank on the right wing was ruptured, starting the fatal fire. 40. McEachern, the last man out after manually cranking down the plane's nose gear , broke a vertebra upon landing.
