Originally Posted by crockett

A friend of mine was a pilot in the Sudan and had a contract to fly UN officials around. He had to belly land once and said it was actually a very smooth landing.

He had a guy from the UN with him whom said "that wasn't bad for a crash landing".

He said other than the prop being damaged from the ground strike, the under belly of the plane wasn't badly damaged. (was dirt run way)

Anyway they say and he confirmed it, that belly landings aren't that rough.. Granted with a large passenger jet might be a bit more interesting.