wrote:
On Jul 29, 2:29 pm, Jay Honeck wrote:
Maybe this was discussed while we were in OSH, but this is a pretty
amazing piece of State Trooper video...

I couldn't tell from the video, but wondered whether his prop was
still spinning when he landed on the freeway. If anyone ever has to do
a similar landing, I should note that in April 2004 a plane with
engine trouble landed on an Interstate near the Concord, CA airport.
The only serious injury occurred when his spinning prop cut through
the side of a van and sliced into a young girl's leg. At first, the
doctors thought they would have to amputate, but were able to save her
leg.

It doesn't seem like there's any good reason to have a spinning prop
when you're landing on a road, and a very good reason not to. Yet, I
can see where cutting the power just before touching down would not
likely be on the pilot's mind.

I assume that in most cases of highway landing that the engine isn't running
or running so poorly that cutting the power isn't an option. If it is
running at all the pilot would want to keep what power he has in order the
retain as much control as possible.

Also just shutting off the engine doesn't stop the prop from windmilling. To
do that you have to have a prop that fully feathers and even then they don't
always stop fully.