when something's wrong with your airplane, you want to land, now....
Buncha chickens...
As long as the landing didn't look like this one.
(no crash, but I think the nose gear strut is probably about a foot or so shorter now...)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5TCP2CF21NA
when something's wrong with your airplane, you want to land, now...
Preferably rubber side down and with all the major parts still attached to the aircraft, yes.
Reminds me of that Serenity exchange. "Just get us on the ground!" "That part'll happen pretty definitely!"