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David Megginson wrote:
Confirm this with someone who knows better, but from what I've heard, you need only about 20 ft of deceleration to have a chance of surviving a landing in a Cherokee/172/Musketeer-class aircraft. That suggests that setting down in a developed area (an unoccupied part, preferably) might be survivable. Tom Pappano wrote: I would think, in a "172" or similar class airplane, if you have your seatbelts and shoulder harnesses on, flaps down, minimum controllable airspeed, and *maintain control*, you should be able to land on (or into) almost anything and survive with minor injury. I know of two landings on top of houses that were both "walk aways". I've heard this too. And it makes sense to me. And I would shoot for trees if that were the best option and I had time and altitude to pick the spot. The problem with the area surrounding PDK is that it is so densely developed one would be hard pressed, especially in a low altitude emergency situation, to pick an appropriate and unoccupied place. I personally would not deliberatly shoot for a house; can't tell who's inside. The biggest issue for me around PDK is powerlines. There are multiple multilane roads on three sides of PDK, but even if they weren't *always* occupied by heavy traffic, they are criss-crossed with power lines every few hundred feet. Snag a powerline, and you've lost control, at the very least. Take a look at www.terraserver.com; search for Lat: 33.873596938 and Lon: -84.30184815. All the trees you see surrounding the airport are in someone's (tiny) yard, except for a stretch just off the end of 27 (the least used runway). There's a golf course off west, but if you can glide to that, you're high enough to get back to the airport; plus it's at 90 degrees to the main runways anyway. Like I said, I figure in this particular place, the best way to increase my chances of survival is get as much altitude within the shortest distance as possible. -- David Hill david at hillREMOVETHISfamily.org Sautee-Nacoochee, GA, USA filters, they're not just for coffee anymore The following needn't bother to reply, you are filtered: Juan E Jimenez, Barnyard BOb, Larry Smith, John Nada |
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