I'd declare an emergency, ask for vectors for the lowest ground around
hoping the clouds wouldn't be on the deck there. I'd also want to have
the engine running when I got close to the ground, I may need some gas
to avoid something ugly and gliding at a few knots above stall might
not let me get above or around that tree.

For sure be sure the door is open before impact. If you have your wits
about you, idle cut off and master off would be a good idea but
probably both are minor protections.

Promise yourself you'll fly the airplane into the ground, don't stall
out at 50 feet. I think the statistics are on your side, a lot people
survive general avaition crashes.

Makes me wonder, will I be clever enough to do all of that? Coming down
in the clouds is more likely to happen to someone like me, I do lots of
SEL IMC flying.

Here's an interesting exercise. Next time you're flying around VFR,
look at what you're flying over. If it's Nebraska, you'll probably come
down on a field. If you're over the Rockies, you're probably not going
to make it. In PA, if you know the characteristic direction of the
mountains, flying parallel to them would be a good idea. Those worn
down mountains were seriously feared and ate a lot of airplanes in the
40s and 50s. I seem to remember airplanes flying on airways defined by
rotating beacons in that era.





On Nov 12, 5:41 pm, "Morgans" wrote:
hypothetical situation: you're a blue sky vfr flyer and somehow you
wind up in the soup - after having gone 2 hours and 200 miles from your
take-off point , you wake up from a nice little nap and discover you're
inside the milk bottle.Head in the direction of the airport, lean as much as possible, start a best
climb speed to gain as much time in the air after the fan stops, then
communicate.

Hope that your altitude is enough to glide to the airport, glide at best glide
speed until close to the ground, then set up for stall plus 5 and wait to come
out of the clouds, or to hit the ground, which ever comes first.
--
Jim in NC