tjc333 wrote:
bdk wrote:
He also landed with the flaps up. Not sure what the manual says but with that flat nose you can see how it dug into the dirt and bent the cowling and engine down. Full flaps on a T-28 would probably pitch the nose down quite a bit more in a belly landing.
It could be the pilot intentionally left the flaps up. The additional drag may have resulted in him not being able to make the landing spot he wanted. I was taught in an engine failure you don't bring on flaps until you are certain you can make the field/spot you want to land on.
Great job by that pilot.
Very true. None of us were there, so that's why we can't criticize him too much without putting it in context and knowing exactly what he was facing. He appeared to make good decisions and made his emergency landing spot with apparently no injuries. Good outcome!
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