Lancair crash at SnF

Jay Maynard wrote:


Afterward, I set my personal decision height at 600 AGL. Below that, in that
aircraft and under those conditions, I don't attempt it. Above that, it's
possible.

I think personal decision height also depends on several other factors.

- Departing from a 5500 (or longer) ft. runway vs. a 2500-3000. You'll
be closer to the threshold as you glide back to a longer runway, because
you were sill over it as you climbed.

- What's at the end of the runway? A flat and open approach area beats
big trees, power lines, factories, a river dike... Coming up short at
one of my local fields puts you in a sewage pond, _if_ you clear the
river dike, at another, a steel mill with large overhead cranes.

In all probability, I'm going straight ahead, but there are individual
circumstances that could sway that. The factors that might have me
attempt the turn would have to be clear, obvious, and pre-planned.