Apologies for the thread drift in advance...
Wasn't there a situation (maybe read 'urban myth in aviation') involving an aircraft on an air taxi detail where they ended up having to put down in a field, so the pilot asked his passengers (all 4...6... 8... of them...?) to move as far rearward as possible, with some ending up in the luggage area, to ensure he had as much 'rearward authority' during the flare as possible?
Then the story went on to mention how he was stripped of his licence, the deciding factor being that some of his passengers were obviously not wearing seatbelts/harnesses during an emergency landing?
I know you hear so much crap in aviation, but shockingly it's one of those funny industries where a lot of the wild stories either are, or have the potential to be true, so just curious!