donzaemon wrote:
yeah he's certainly not evading but the big question is "why didn't his
elt go off ?"
what scenarios fit this ... he experienced a health problem and got the
plane down ?
doesn't seem like an experienced pilot like him would forget to set it
off by hand after a forced landing ....
Do they sometimes fail to go off on impact ?

Yes, they do fail sometimes to go off on impact.

Matt