"Capt.Doug" wrote in message
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More options equals better risk management. In this specific incident, the
occupants would likely have been severly injured or killed if the plane
had
forward motion when it encountered the pine trees.

There may well be advantages from a BRS, including a softer landing on pine
trees

I do not, however, believe that the occupants would likely have been
severely injured or killed if the plane had forward motion when it
encountered pine trees. It is quite common for airplanes to land on trees
and then the occupants walk away unharmed; the pilot needs to keep flying
the airplane all the way until touchdown and he also needs to land into the
wind.


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Richard Kaplan, CFII

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