In Kansas it isn't easy to find a cornfield; but I was always told that was a good option if you land parallel to the rows. Seldom find rocks, ditches, or fences in a cornfield and the corn will slow the plane gently. Now, if he had been flying a low wing aircraft like any sensible pilot would do, I doubt it would have flipped. Dan C
On Aug 25, 2010, at 2:11 PM, [email protected] wrote: > > Growing up in Iowa, I had always heard that if you had engine failure in the > summertime, don't make a power off landing in a cornfield because the corn is > like hitting a brick wall. Seemed to make sense because I do recall a lot of > fatal aircraft accidents that occurred in cornfields. > Then I read this in a recent AOPA release: > > Pilot performs emergency landing in Mich. cornfield > Pilot Dan Kovaric, 28, performed an emergency landing in a Michigan > cornfield. The Cessna 150 single-engine plane lost power at 3,000 feet and > then restarted at 500 feet before Kovaric landed in Livingston Township, > Mich. "I touched it down in the corn and tried to keep the nose up as long as > I could," said Kovaric, who was unhurt in the landing. Gaylord Herald Times > (Mich.) (8/24) > > Anybody have any ideas of this? Maybe people used to stall about 100ft above > the cornfield and auger in. > Bart > >
