Thread: Gross Weight
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Old July 9th 05, 01:38 AM
Mike Granby
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The same issue comes up with regard to landings. Long
smooth runway in daylight and light winds, in a plane I've
flown before many times? No problem. Unfamiliar airplane
and short strip with gusty crosswinds? I think I want all
the protection I can have.


Agreed 100%. As I said before, it's about JUDGEMENT.

See the NTSB references in my reply to cwk.


I looked at these, both of which were for Cessna 402Cs, which I think
immediately says something about whether we're dealing with a general
or model-specific issue. The first, for N819BW, happened when the spar
broke where it had been subject to mechanical damage AND deep machining
marks. Hardly sounds like being over-weight was the cause here. The
second, N405MN, can't really be put down to anything, since very little
of the airplane was recovered. Again, hardly a clear case of
over-weight operation causing structural failure.