I've got a REALLY stupid question ...

By the time you are flying something in the Navaho category you've got a few
dozen hours behind the windshield...

and the Navaho has at least marginal single engine climb...

and the ******* wasn't on fire, just smoking...

and, in general, an engine smoking will stop smoking when you pull the fuel
flow to the engine...

why didn't he go around, single engine, drop the gear, and put it on the
runway?


Jim