On May 2, 5:19 am, "Peter R." wrote:
On 5/1/2007 11:12:37 PM, "Mortimer Schnerd, RN" wrote:

I'm not arguing with the general point of your posting but I will take a
poke at your assertion about being outside of gliding range of the field.

Isn't this guideline based on the theory that there is a higher chance of
engine failure during changes in power settings? A reduction of power while
entering the pattern, I recall reading, presents a statistically higher
chance of engine failure than while at cruise.

--
Peter

Interesting...
Sounds to me like: "There is a higher chance that the engine will quit
while the pilot is manipulating the throttles, mixture, and carb
heat." And in the pattern, the statistics might count because there
is less time to recover than from, say, 10,000 feet