Re: Light-Sport Aircraft Yahoo group St. Augustine forced landing

Fellow test pilots,

We often perform major surgery on an engine.
The first several flights thereafter are always well within gliding distance of
the runway.

Even my brother now stays within gliding distance of the runway on early flights
after engine surgery.
He learned by launching a ATF trike, with a just re-built engine.
He turned away from the runway, at a low altitude.
A sparkplug blew out.
He 'landed', nose first, in 8' high grass about 200' from the runway.
The seatbelt saved him from serious injury.

R. Williams

---------- Original Message -----------
From: James Ferris <mijniljj@yahoo.com>
To: Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wed, 29 Dec 2010 07:38:58 -0800 (PST)
Subject: Re: Light-Sport Aircraft Yahoo group St. Augustine forced landing

> Read Ed's analysis, thats what he did not do correct.
>
> ________________________________
> Subject: Re: Light-Sport Aircraft Yahoo group St. Augustine forced landing
>
>  
> OK I give let's hear what YOU think he did wrong!
> John
>
> On 12/28/2010 7:55 PM, mikehuckle wrote:
>  
> >
> >
> >I'd say this is a good learning opportunity.
> >Get all those ATPs and Instructors together in one room.
> >Get them to agree on the plan.
> >The situation:
> >That particular airport....
> >That particular plane....
> >With it's engine known to have just been replaced....
> >The challenge:
> >To test fly it in such a way, that if the engine fails
> >within the first 20 minutes, we can glide to a safe landing.
> >
> >By the time they are finished they will have a -good- plan.
> >And I'm sure if the ATP guy who crashed in St Augustine
> >could have been in on this plan, he would have done okay.
> >
> >Mike
> >
> >
>
> ead Ed's analysis
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