deadstick landing


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deadstick landing

A landing performed without any power; normally consequent to engine failure.
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It performed with great power and reliability right up until it seized in flight and left my co-owner and his wife gliding to a successful deadstick landing on a nearby runway, frantically hand-pumping the gear down.
Cessna 210 Centurion: a Cessna 210 won't be cheap to maintain, but it pays back in load hauling, speed and cabin comfort
Hoenmann brought his little airplane to a deadstick landing in a pasture.
A matter of laundry, a Schaetzchen, tandem east wind that blew no good
The best outcome is that you break out of the clouds somewhere in that spiral down and you can complete the deadstick landing with the last couple turns in visual conditions.
Emergency descent in IMC: that stabilized descent stuff is fine, so long as you've got time and at least one working engine. Too bad catastrophic failures don't always wait for clear skies
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