An Aerostar landed in the approx 8 ft tall corn near KDLL. The plane is pretty much junk. He appeared to have made a good approach and then the corn took over. I didn't measure, but the area of downed corn is pretty small. Pilot is still in hospital .
Mike ________________________________ From: Caliendo Dan <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Wed, August 25, 2010 2:54:50 PM Subject: Re: [ercoupe-tech] Re: Corny Landings 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 >> > >> > >> > >
