Netters: I should point out that the Cardinal I had my engine failure in was rented but they required a 2 hr check-out covering emergency landings in the craft before I could take it solo. This was was done because the laminar flow wing provided very little time to react between a stall and its break and the earlier versions that at yet to meet an issued AD compounded the problem with an elevator stall under certain conditions.
I hnow when I went through my experience it was as though my flight instructor was sitting beside me reading the chk. List, Don ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Beverly Rainey wrote: > Netters > The discussion of the 601 emergency landing brings a couple of thoughts to > mind, without second guessing the PIC. > First; did the PIC have an Emergency Checklist? > Second; was the Emergency Checklist followed or even out where the pilot > could use it. > The main reason that I made checklists available through Dan Heaths website > was to help pilots to have a checklist that they could tailor make to their > own use and keep them in their plane, and USE THEM. Even high hour > students, not away from training tend to stop using checklists once they > pass their instrument rating, and are proceeding to their commercial. Those > that go on to the airlines find the checklist an absolute must due to the > volume of material, and the need to follow a certain sequence. > It is no difference in our situations, just fewer items. CFIs have been > training pilots this way for years to aid the pilot in the moment of crisis, > to have the equivalent of full brain power to solve the problem, or land > safely, by supplementing with the checklist, so he can fly the plane. > > We all (me included) are guilty of not using checklists, and failing to > rehearse enough times to become automatic what we will do when faced with an > emergency. We should all spend time chair flying those emergencies in our > planes, rehearsing what we will do, so that we can also JUST FLY THE PLANE. > The very candid account is great for all of us to learn by, not put down the > PIC, which is not my intention here. I would also recommend all KR owners > to find an uncontrolled field, and practice some engine out landings, where > you can cut your own power, and then make the field. Even if you do just a > low approach power off, and then go around you have practiced judging the > field and getting down safely. > > Just some thoughts, > Colin > N96TA > _______________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp > to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html
