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Old 26th Mar 2015, 15:02
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Rod1
 
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"Sorry, have to be pedantic here. If said pilot survived and managed it was hardly "beyond his control" "

OK lets take an example;

Pilot takes off with what appeared to be a fully serviceable aircraft. At 400ft the crank fails and the engine stops. The pilot had no control over the failure which is an incident at that point. He then makes a perfect forced landing and has avoided the incident becoming an accident. He is now a better pilot than he was because he has handled the emergency well.

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