X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Sender: To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Wed, 05 Mar 2008 09:23:19 -0500 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from misav03.sasknet.sk.ca ([142.165.20.164] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.2.0) with ESMTP id 2778106 for lml@lancaironline.net; Wed, 05 Mar 2008 08:48:31 -0500 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=142.165.20.164; envelope-from=hjjohnson@sasktel.net Received: from bgmpomr2.sasknet.sk.ca ([142.165.72.23]) by misav03 with InterScan Messaging Security Suite; Wed, 05 Mar 2008 07:47:50 -0600 Received: from sasktel.net ([192.168.234.97]) by bgmpomr2.sasknet.sk.ca (SaskTel eMessaging Service) with ESMTP id <0JX900166FNQB350@bgmpomr2.sasknet.sk.ca> for lml@lancaironline.net; Wed, 05 Mar 2008 07:47:50 -0600 (CST) Received: from [192.168.234.25] (Forwarded-For: [24.72.101.251]) by cgmail1.sasknet.sk.ca (mshttpd); Wed, 05 Mar 2008 07:47:50 -0600 X-Original-Date: Wed, 05 Mar 2008 07:47:50 -0600 From: H & J Johnson Subject: Re: [LML] Re: Florida experimental accident X-Original-To: Lancair Mailing List X-Original-Message-id: <15d01d3630f4.47ce5026@sasktel.net> MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Sun Java(tm) System Messenger Express 6.1 HotFix 0.20 (built Feb 27 2006) Content-type: text/html; charset=us-ascii Content-language: en Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-disposition: inline X-Accept-Language: en Priority: normal

I wonder if airframe configuration wouldn't play a role in this.

A pusher w/ a tire in the grass adding power would produce a

pretty good yaw. A conventional a/c w/ a wheel in the grass,

adding power would help to keep things aligned?

Just thinking out loud.

Jarrett Johnson

235/320 55%

> Doug,
>
> The only "take home" safety message that I'm processing is the
> report that
> the Velocity got one wheel off the runway in the
> grass/dirt/mud/sand. One
> report stated that the Velocity pilot added power to go around.
> I'm not sure
> which occurred first, adding power, or getting a wheel off the
> runway. But if
> he had a wheel off the runway and added power, it sounds very
> similar to the
> Grant Bailey IVP fatal accident. I'm curious to hear from the
> Lancair gurus
> on what they recommend when a landing goes bad and a wheel leaves
> the
> pavement. I'm not so sure adding power is a good thing.
>
> Mike Easley
> Colorado Springs
>
>
>
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