In article , "Montblack"
writes:

From what I gather, one of the main reasons for some of these smoking hole
crashes is a malfunctioning switch, in the pilot's head, that says "Must
save this
airplane."

That switch needs to be set to, "Where should I put this (insurance
company's) plane down to safely dissipate the most energy, before those
forces get to us people?"

Runways, fields, roads, golf courses, high school soccer field, etc.


At a lecture on "How to crash your plane" that very point was made. He
suggested one of the best choices was a field of fully grown corn. Puts a lot
of "stopping" on the wings even before the wheels touch. Makes you less likely
to pitch over. He even suggested small trees ( and try to go between them and
let the fwings hit.

Chuck