Student Pilot lands short of runway

I'm sure the FAA will be very interested in every detail of the
instruction
up until that point, looking at the student's logbook, school/CFI/CAP
records, aircraft records, and anything else they can find. The whole
situation will likely be scrutinized very carefully. But, sometimes,
despite the best of intentions and what seems like good judgement,
accidents
occur. Even to experienced pilots.

And *that* is why I wouldn't want to be his CFI tonight.

I'm sure the poor sap is laying awake right now, wondering what the heck he
could have done differently...and the answer might very well be "nothing..."
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Now you've got me nervous.
What's "top-posting"?

"Peter Duniho" wrote in message
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"Richard Hertz" wrote in message
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"Hankal" wrote in message
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He may have been ready to solo, but got the jitters at the last
moment.

then he wasn't ready...

By that logic, any pilot who has an accident wasn't ready to be a pilot.
Or
any Usenet poster who top-posts isn't ready to be a Usenet poster.

Pete

"The Weiss Family" wrote in message
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What's "top-posting"?

It's what you just did.

Top posting, bottom posting... like high wing vs. low wing.


"The Weiss Family" wrote in message
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Now you've got me nervous.
What's "top-posting"?

"Peter Duniho" wrote in message
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"Richard Hertz" wrote in message
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"Hankal" wrote in message
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He may have been ready to solo, but got the jitters at the last
moment.

then he wasn't ready...

By that logic, any pilot who has an accident wasn't ready to be a pilot.
Or
any Usenet poster who top-posts isn't ready to be a Usenet poster.

Pete

(Hankal) wrote in news:20040527203333.13190.00000017@mb-
m20.aol.com:

I'd not want to be his CFI tonight...
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He may have been ready to solo, but got the jitters at the last moment.

OK, as I've said before, I've not had a formal lesson yet, but I bet all
the money in my wallet he would have powered to the runway had he not been
"warned".

He was probably coming in low, started to reconize it and perhaps even
started to ad power a little power, or at least was mentally thinking in
that direction. Being nervious to begin with, he REALLY freaked out when
all the guy's on the ground started yelling at him on the radio and was
conviced by the warnings that he was even lower than he was.... panicked,
pulled up instictivly, and stalled.


Now, there's less then $20 in my wallet :-) so that's about how conviced
I am of my theory. But that's how I visualize it.

--
ET


"A common mistake people make when trying to design something
completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete
fools."---- Douglas Adams

"ET" wrote in message
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OK, as I've said before, I've not had a formal lesson yet, but I bet all
the money in my wallet he would have powered to the runway had he not been
"warned".



Or, had he not been warned, he would have hit something on the way in.

I don't know the airport and what the obstructions are like so I can't
really say. What might have happened if he wasn't warned will never be
known.

"Peter Gottlieb" wrote in message
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Top posting, bottom posting... like high wing vs. low wing.

You wish. No one that cares about Usenet etiquette agrees with you.

"Peter Duniho" wrote in message
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"Peter Gottlieb" wrote in message
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Top posting, bottom posting... like high wing vs. low wing.

You wish. No one that cares about Usenet etiquette agrees with you.

Different newsgroups have different preferences.

On Fri, 28 May 2004 12:41:30 -0600, "Newps"
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"Peter Duniho" wrote in message
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"Peter Gottlieb" wrote in message
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Top posting, bottom posting... like high wing vs. low wing.

You wish. No one that cares about Usenet etiquette agrees with you.

Different newsgroups have different preferences.

None that I've ever been to. Top posting is a generally frowned upon
technique.

z

No one that cares about Usenet etiquette agrees with you.

I hate bottom posting, at least when the person includes the entire
previous post. That makes me have to scroll down.