Larry Dighera wrote:
On Tue, 17 Jun 2008 15:44:52 -0700 (PDT), "Ol Shy & Bashful"
wrote in
:

So what do you do? Over the weekend, a Bonanza driver was faced with
this issue and had a 2000' grass strip to land on. He and his
passengers were injured and the airplane was an apparent writeoff.
I've been on that strip many many times


http://www.al.com/press-register/sto...news/121360772
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[ Quoting from story: ]
Gouges in the dirt made by the plane's left wing start near the
very beginning of the runway, only about 100 feet from a metal
fence marking the edge of the airfield's property.

Judging by the markings made by the crash, the plane barely made
it to the runway, Buffkin said.

It appears the length of the runway was not relevant so much as its
position relative to the Bonanza when the engine quit.

Next time they should build it closer to the plane! ;-)

Hopefully the back pain the pilot's wife was feeling isn't indicative of
any permanent back injury. :-(