Absolutely.

'Tis much better to read about such things that to have to learn them
firsthand... like a good friend who had to put his new Cherokee 180
down in a soft plowed farm field a mere 1 mile short of the approach
end of our home runway due to fuel exhaustion... breaking off a main
gear & nose gear as they sunk into the soft dirt, and bashing his knee
into the lower instrument panel hard enough to crack his kneecap in the
very short rollout.

It was a "good" landing, however, as all occupants walked away with
relatively minor injuries and the airplane was repairable and is flying
once again. For some strange reason, he never allows his fuel to run
down lower than a one hour reserve anymore.

Tony wrote:
I mean this in a positive way: threads and responses like these are
likely to make us all safer pilots.It's peer review at its finest.



On Dec 22, 11:28 pm, wrote:
"Barney Rubble" is absolutely correct...
"Bud" doesn't realize just how close he was to introducing himself and
his wife to the (lack of) glide capability of his new Cherokee 140.



Barney Rubble wrote:
Hmm, let's see, low time in make/model, just out of annual, a touch of get
homeitis combined with a long XC. No mode C due to transponder on the fritz,
inadvertent flight into IMC at night and subsequent scud running , departing
with door unlatched....
You do like to live on the edge don't you?
I guess you also landed in Reading with 3 galloons of useable fuel (50 gal
capacity/47 useable on a standard 1968 Cherokee 140), hmm 7GPH, it sounds
like you broke 91.151.

I'm glad you have a new plane and I'm happy for you, but this trip report
should set off some alarm bells about you flight planning and decision
making....

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