X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Sender: To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Fri, 07 Mar 2008 01:54:23 -0500 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from wind.imbris.com ([216.18.130.7] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.2.0) with ESMTPS id 2779988 for lml@lancaironline.net; Thu, 06 Mar 2008 10:44:43 -0500 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=216.18.130.7; envelope-from=brent@regandesigns.com Received: from [192.168.1.100] (cbl-238-80.conceptcable.com [207.170.238.80] (may be forged)) (authenticated bits=0) by wind.imbris.com (8.12.11/8.12.11.S) with ESMTP id m26FhqEW033291 for ; Thu, 6 Mar 2008 07:44:02 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from brent@regandesigns.com) X-Original-Message-ID: <47D01138.4020603@regandesigns.com> X-Original-Date: Thu, 06 Mar 2008 07:43:52 -0800 From: Brent Regan User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.2) Gecko/20040804 Netscape/7.2 (ax) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Original-To: Lancair Mailing List Subject: Re: Recovery from wheel off runway Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mike writes: << "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. >> It is not. That accident occurred when the aircraft landed off of the right side of the runway after a left 270 degree turn, which ended too high, was followed by a high deck angle short final. The left main tire briefly touched the right edge of the pavement but by the time the right main touched the ground the left had already been in contact for several tens of feet. The aircraft followed a straight trajectory until it impacted the trees. It was the right wing hitting a tree that caused the airframe to yaw but it did not cause the trajectory of the aircraft to change significantly. One theory discussed was that the co-pilot was flying the airplane during the approach and that his position on the right side of the cockpit combined with the high deck angle (limited over the nose visibility) to produced a parallax illusion of the left side peripheral vision resulting in a right of center approach. The sole survivor / co-pilot told the FAA the pilot was at the controls at the time of the accident. Only the co-pilot knows what transpired. Regards Brent Regan