A very bad day - unless?
Following on from the thread about personal minimum here is the scenario:
You are in IMC at 4,000 feet, you expect the base to be around 1,000 feet, and you believe the surface wind to be 340/15 from the ATIS when you took off about 40 minutes earlier. The chart MDA is 1,900 feet and you expect the countryside to be typical of south east England although you are conscious you are close to the north downs rising to 600 feet. You haven’t been keeping an “eye” on any high obstacles in your vicinity.
The engine unexpectedly quits.
What do you do?
Of course the AI is winding down, unfortunately its not an electric one, but the turn and slip is. You are running on the standby battery. You deal with the usual attempts to restart but it is not your day. You are also doing well and get out a Mayday, and the GPS moving map is still working fine. You are around 2,000 feet now and still in solid IMC. You have checked you cant make the nearest landing field and will be around 10 miles short.
What’s your view on creating the best chance of a successful forced landing?
I don’t know the answer - it s not one of those sort of questions!
Last edited by Fuji Abound; 28th January 2005 at 14:22.