No but then again I might have been higher at 10k so could make the airport.
And having done hundreds of pfl' s as an instructor I wouldn't think twice about not pulling it.
Hell that paddock is in a better state for landing than most grass fields in the UK.
But this pretty academic because I would have checked the oil before departure and would have been on the ground ASAP after the oil light coming on. Maybe still an OFF airfield landing but a powered forced landing allowing me to do a flyby to check the paddock before committing to landing.
So the prat in question is 100% responsible for pranging a serviceable airframe. And if after nearly 2000 hours he is showing such poor PIC skills to continue with an oil light on he needs his license permanently revoked.
There were at least 3 stages where the error chain could have been broken. We're these basic airmanship actions omitted because the Prat had a chute in the back? If so the accident happened due to the chute.
Last edited by mad_jock; 5th May 2014 at 07:37.