'Splain that again Lucy..
Mon Jun 19, 2006 3:23 pm
snj-5 wrote:I help recover wrecked / crashed aircraft (mostly GA), and
I always get a kick out of what pilots say on those prelim
interviews....
"I heard a noise so I decided to make a precautionary landing"
(A/C ran off the end of a closed mountain service strip and flipped over)
"The right main tire failed, so the aircraft groundlooped"
(might the tire have failed 'cause the tailwheel airplane was
going 40mph sideways down the runway....?).
"The engine wouldn't make sufficient power to clear the trees at
the end of the runway" (Cessna 150 loaded to the gills with camping
gear trying to get out of a 1900 foot long strip on a 98 degree day)
I suppose at least these folks were around to tell *some* kind
of story....
Bela P. Havasreti
Or the tricycle-geared warbird pilot who explained why he ran off the runway damaging the
aircraft, " I found myself landing at too great of speed to lower the flaps without
damaging them, so I proceeded with landing"....or words to that effect.
(Why didn't he just go around?)