tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6060827553081940333.post5137325212578281167..comments2024-03-28T21:15:11.065-04:00Comments on Kathryn's Report: Loss of Control on Ground: Piper PA-28-151, N41390; accident occurred October 18, 2018 at Hastings Airport (9D9), Barry County, MichiganUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6060827553081940333.post-9743951368944525022019-03-05T10:11:00.042-05:002019-03-05T10:11:00.042-05:00Twelve hour student pilot on (presumably) one of t...Twelve hour student pilot on (presumably) one of their first solo landings with a quartering tailwind, with a large crosswind component? Landing on RWY 30 with wind 6 kt at 180 sounds like a setup for disaster. That's stacking the deck against your student!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6060827553081940333.post-64436158112619875582019-03-04T11:16:56.179-05:002019-03-04T11:16:56.179-05:00I think it depends on the year of the Cherokee and...I think it depends on the year of the Cherokee and whether or not it has a tapered wing vs a Hershey bar wing. I got my PPL in a 1985 Warrior II with tapered wing and it will float a lot if you come in fast. The 1971 Arrow that I fly now with the Hershey bar wing will drop onto the runway like a piano if you get too slow.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6060827553081940333.post-51404169370222168732019-03-04T07:13:36.339-05:002019-03-04T07:13:36.339-05:00Piper PA28 will drop like a rock. Unless, of cours...Piper PA28 will drop like a rock. Unless, of course, the plane landed with the wind and/or fast.<br /><b>Trust me...</b><br /><i>Piper PA-28-180 Cherokee (aircraft owner and longtime pilot)</i>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6060827553081940333.post-2554329325946164312019-03-04T06:51:47.096-05:002019-03-04T06:51:47.096-05:00Really? Something must have changed because that h...Really? Something must have changed because that hasn't been my experience.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6060827553081940333.post-74926294809604183902019-03-04T00:05:05.470-05:002019-03-04T00:05:05.470-05:00These airplanes have a tendency to float for a lon...These airplanes have a tendency to float for a long time on landing....even small gusts can screw up an otherwise good landing...setting it down on the funway can be challenging.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com