"Robert M. Gary" wrote in news:3df80bdb-00ac-49f4-baa5-
:

On Jan 28, 6:01*am, NW_Pilot wrote:
What a Landing looks like it was flat and way to fast!

http://www.katu.com/news/local/14446792.html

I don't have a lot of snow flying experience but I would think that a
couple feet of soft powder would be a bad place to land a 172
regardless of the touch down speed.


Yeah, if you're aware of the depth it's not so bad. I've been in snow tha
deep without skis and the landing can be tricky, but the airplane will
definitely stay upright if you touch down slowly and keep the nose up.
Getting out is a bigger problem unless you are very light and have a lot of
room and a bit of horseposer, but I've gotten a 150 out of snow that
deep.It's definitely a dicey operation though.


Bertie