"Jim" wrote in message
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A&P heroics in landing gear save:

http://www.mccookgazette.com/story/1109870.html

-Jim

Happy to see that these guys succeeded, but this kind of thing shows poor
judgement.

You're taking a real chance of a plane vs pickup truck accident, and that's
likely to result in fatalities. Belly the aircraft in with the prop turning
and let the insurance company deal with it. Better for them to buy you a
new engine, prop, or airplane than for them to buy someone all that stuff,
plus a pickup truck and a few coffins.

Why not deadstick the airplane to a belly landing, and "save" the
powertrain? Because you have not practiced that maneuver, and doing it dead
stick prevents you from a go-around if you don't like the setup. Again,
sacrifice the airplane, it can be repaired or replaced.

KB