Back in the day I had an instructor who advised: In the event of engine failure (in a single engine light aircraft) the safest thing to do is to crash straight ahead. In a light twin with engine failure the safest thing to do is shut down the other engine and crash straight ahead.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Mitch Haley via Mercedes > Sent: Monday, January 06, 2020 2:07 PM > > > In a lot of the experimental incident reports I saw, it was 'mechanic error > (owner/pilot/mechanic being the same person) > power loss > pilot error > (often pulling the stick back in a panicky attempt to increase glide > distance) > > fatality. _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
