This isn't something you see everyday. As I drove by West Houston Airport today, I saw this Baron on the side of the road. It's only a couple hundred feet from the departure end of Runway 15 at KIWS. I blocked out the tail number for privacy. I've been searching but no luck so far figuring out what actually happened.
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I was there today and heard three widely varying stories but look at the propeller blades on the right engine.
Yeah, the blades are bent to hell. Did this actually happen today?
nice! did you get your pin?
No, I came up 400' shy. Maybe one day. After being up there once, I'm in no hurry to do it again.nice! did you get your pin?
Yeah there is no real reason to go up there....very little margin for error. Last time I was at FlightSafety I had them take me up to FL510 to let me hand fly it. I did a stall just to see how much altitude you would lose...I used the normal recovery method and lost 1,500 feet which was pretty good I thought! In real life I think I would have just kept the nose down, haha.No, I came up 400' shy. Maybe one day. After being up there once, I'm in no hurry to do it again.
Wow! I thought it would require much more altitude to recover. I remember doing a full stall in the sim just to see how well it does, and I remember losing 5000 fpm. But when it broke, it was a nice clean stall and went straight forward. Very surprised you were able to recover in 1500'.Yeah there is no real reason to go up there....very little margin for error. Last time I was at FlightSafety I had them take me up to FL510 to let me hand fly it. I did a stall just to see how much altitude you would lose...I used the normal recovery method and lost 1,500 feet which was pretty good I thought! In real life I think I would have just kept the nose down, haha.