Expert piloting, landing with the furrows, low wing plane and some luck.
On Aug 25, 2010, at 2:52 PM, Donald wrote: > > > Heck, I am still trying to find out how Linda done it in a plowed field - and > didn't hurt a thing! > > --- In [email protected], Caliendo Dan <djcalie...@...> wrote: > > > > 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, bbart...@... 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 > > > > > > > > > >
