PlankBlender,
You would be well served to spend a day or so reading some of the enlightening posts by Chimbu Chuckles who has probably forgotten more about aviation than you or I or anyone else on these boards combined will ever know. He has given some fascinating details of one or two of his emergency situations, one of which from memory of a similar incident although with some power lines thrown into the mix as well.
Then, come back and tell us what you would have done in exactly the same situation.
Not what you think he would have done, or could have done differently, what YOU would have done, sparing us the armchair analysis.