Dangers of Road Landings

As a pilot who operated off county roads, has made many landings on
freeways and interstate highways, I don't feel uncomfortable doing it.
But, the average pilot doesn't give much thought to the possible
consequences or the hidden dangers. Much more to it than meets the eye.
This was an intentional post to make pilots think and to stir the pot a
little. This includes airplanes and helicopters.
Selway Kid

wrote in message oups.com...
As a pilot who operated off county roads, has made many landings on
freeways and interstate highways, I don't feel uncomfortable doing it.
But, the average pilot doesn't give much thought to the possible
consequences or the hidden dangers. Much more to it than meets the eye.
This was an intentional post to make pilots think and to stir the pot a
little. This includes airplanes and helicopters.
Selway Kid


Potholes, sharp turns, powerlines, ground traffic...

..Blueskies. wrote:

Potholes, sharp turns, powerlines, ground traffic...

curbs, signs, fire hydrants.....

lack of turn signals or brake lights on plane . . .

Seriously . . . I shudder each time i contemplate landing on a road.
Drivers are so unpredictable around other cars . . . I get the cold
clanks thinking of their reaction to see a plane settling into a flare
in front of them. Or perhaps worst yet, behind them. First instinct
for most would be to stomp on the brakes.

John

kontiki wrote:

.Blueskies. wrote:

Potholes, sharp turns, powerlines, ground traffic...

curbs, signs, fire hydrants.....

One way streets ;^)

G

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John wrote:
lack of turn signals or brake lights on plane . . .

Seriously . . . I shudder each time i contemplate landing on a road.
Drivers are so unpredictable around other cars . . . I get the cold
clanks thinking of their reaction to see a plane settling into a flare
in front of them. Or perhaps worst yet, behind them. First instinct
for most would be to stomp on the brakes.

Around Boston you would have to accelerate to 80 mph during your roll out.

On Sat, 29 Oct 2005 09:30:43 -0400, Stubby
wrote in
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Around Boston you would have to accelerate to 80 mph during your roll out.

Given that it was engine failure that probably precipitated the
emergency landing, that may be problematic.

I would guess that virtually invisible overhead wires are the most
important hazard to highway landings.

Stubby

Around Atlanta, you might have to go beyond the Vne for some planes to
merge into traffic.

John

John wrote:

First instinct
for most would be to stomp on the brakes.

First instinct for most in New Jersey would be to hit the gas to cut you off.

George Patterson
Drink is the curse of the land. It makes you quarrel with your neighbor.
It makes you shoot at your landlord. And it makes you miss him.

George Patterson wrote:
John wrote:

First instinct
for most would be to stomp on the brakes.


First instinct for most in New Jersey would be to hit the gas to cut you
off.

It seems incredible but when I was working on my ASES on the Merrimack,
north of Boston, there were idiots on "ski-doos" that would race the
plane during high speed taxi and while landin. The real fools would
play "chicken" with the plane, trying to become propellor-bait. I
suspect a part of this crowd was actually drunk.