"Gig 601XL Builder" wrDOTgiaconaATcox.net wrote in message
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While that has happened there have also been cases where non-pilots were
talked down when the exact same thing happened to the pilot. The
difference being that the plane was flyable again when landed without a
chute.

Airsafety had a report earlier this year of a non-pilot landing a Twin
Commander but the link is broken.

http://www.airsafety.com/reports/ROW060215A.pdf


http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief.asp?e...10X00588&key=1