what is the danger of landing an airplane with broken front wheels?

Question

I just saw a video (apparently from 2005) where a JetBlue airplane had its frontwheels pretty much twisted 90°. So they were still out, just not spinning. In the video the plane landed safely, although there was quite a bit of smoke coming of the front wheel, I assume due to friction.

But what else could have happened? What would be a worst case scenario?

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Answer 1

Worst case the nose gear fails and it collapses onto the nose and slides off the side of the runway. Digs in and flips the whole thing over.