Originally Posted by
Big Pistons Forever
I have flown the PA 38 including instructing in it. Flying wise it is a pretty decent handling airplane and the killer spin rep is a total myth as there is nothing wrong with the spin characteristics.
The souls that lost their life in one beg to differ.
Semantics but was it the spin characteristics or how it spun?
The yoke rod would get stuck in the panel in the full aft position thus not allowing for recovery.
Fatalities included flight instructors, examiners as spins are required in the USA for flight instructor training/examining.