Re: T-28 off field landing @ Hollister- pilot OK (6/20/2019)
Sun Jun 30, 2019 12:33 pm
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.
Re: T-28 off field landing @ Hollister- pilot OK (6/20/2019)
Sun Jun 30, 2019 2:05 pm
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!
Re: T-28 off field landing @ Hollister- pilot OK (6/20/2019)
Sun Jun 30, 2019 4:28 pm
I want to clarify that it does look like the pilot made a good decision in the situation. My point on sod vs concrete is because I've seen both results and IF one has a choice, there are good reasons to prefer concrete. On another forum it was mentioned recently that a pilot elected to fly an extra 40 miles to belly land on dirt... in the same kind of airplane that I once belly landed on concrete after complete hydraulic failure and I would take the runway any day over dirt.
That said, whatever is best for the occupants survival is in the end all that matters.
That said, whatever is best for the occupants survival is in the end all that matters.
Re: T-28 off field landing @ Hollister- pilot OK (6/20/2019)
Sun Jun 30, 2019 5:49 pm
I know where that field is... 