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In a message dated 07/16/2002 12:30:28 PM Eastern Daylight Time, lorn@dynacomm.ws writes:
It was pilot error this time. I came in to high. Descended at 2,000
fpm. Didn't arrest the sink rate and didn't go around after the first
bounce. The second landing was the hard one and did the damage.
Oh Lorn, Lorn, Lorn.... So sorry to hear about your plane. Hope you are okay and that there were no further damage to the plane.
This is just me, but I try to approach the runway and approximately 500 fpm, most of the time. 2,000 fpm is a bit scary. The most I've seen was 1,500 fpm decent during engine out practice with my instructor.
As an aside, I landed at Andover Airport yesterday and set MY shortest runway landing, 1,950 feet. I dragged the plane in using power and THUMPED it on the numbers (or close to it). It wasn't pretty but I only used 1,500 feet of runway space...
-grease
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