David Megginson writes: > > My impression was that it looked like a "routine" forced landing in > > a corn field due to engine failure. Thus I was surprised by the > > amount of damage to the aircraft and the severity of the injuries. > > In my head I thought, if things were that bad, why didn't they just > > pull the chute? My "guess" at the time was that it was a "routine" > > forced landing in the corn which is why they chose not to pull the > > chute, but perhaps they tried to stretch the glide out too far, or > > misjudged something, and ended up hitting *much* harder than they > > should have. > > What was the date of the accident? We might be able to find a > preliminary NTSB report.
Here's another one involving the BRS where it failed to deploy in IMC: http://www.ntsb.gov/NTSB/brief.asp?ev_id=20020326X00393&key=1 All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel