At 18:32 21 September 2015, wrote:
On Monday, September 21, 2015 at 6:39:53 AM UTC-7, Tim Hanke wrote:
On Sunday, September 20, 2015 at 5:45:48 PM UTC-4, son_of_flubber
wrote:
"Deputies say Szymanowski was coming in too fast. He tried landing
twic=
e, and on the third try, came up short."
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What?
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The pilot was flying an ASWW-19, which per my understanding has a gear
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ndle located adjacent to the spoiler handle. Several witnesses on the
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d watched the landing gear go up and down as the pilot over flew the
entire=
length of the runway, turned around, and then overshoot the runway. Not
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re if dehydration was an issue here? may never know? Thoughts and prayers
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ith the pilot and his family.

- Strange that someone that has been regularly flying the 19 made that
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take. The levers are clearly distinguishable - one goes from locked to
unlo=
cked position with a clear motion pattern and spoilers require just
linear
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motion, plus both are pretty far apart.

Sadly a common occurrence never-the-less