"Pilots usually do not land on roads"

[TXTBOOK]

http://travel.aol.com/travel-ideas/articles/small-plane-lands-on-phoenix-street

What an amazing quote from this article. "However, she says pilots don't usually land on a road unless they have a serious reason to do so." What a stellar piece of reporting. :chair:

Glad no one was hurt!

 

[CN94559]

I'm explicative-ing speechless :whatever:

 

[ljg]

Always wanted to set down on a lonely stretch of highway. Hope I never have to.

 

[Richman]

Hi guys,

I think in Nebraska, it's still legal to land on county roads.

Richman

 

[Douglas]

Hi guys,

I think in Nebraska, it's still legal to land on county roads.

Richman

Nebraska does pretty much rock, and I do know some who have, but I don't think it is illegal else where, are these state laws else where?

 

[Mike H]

Sometimes small town municpal bigwigs don't like the idea of little airplanes landing on their roads for anything except emergencies, so they pass a traffic ordinance.

 

[cloudman]

So if they did not have a moving violation, I'd say they skate.:rotfl:

 

[t-cart]

Can't land on roads???? UH-OH!!

 

[TUCRACEMAN]

43 Ave, eh? Too bad they didn't run over my ex. Grrr.
~D

 

[MikeD]

Hi guys,

I think in Nebraska, it's still legal to land on county roads.

Richman

I did so during my PPL training in the middle of nowhere AZ in the '80s during forced landing practice. Also did gravel strips and a couple of times, a canal bank access road. CFI was of the mindset of "if thats where you pick, take it to a logical conclusion then. My contract with you is that I won't allow you to get so far that I can't recover us safely."

Made for good training.

 

[braunpilot]

I did so during my PPL training in the middle of nowhere AZ in the '80s during forced landing practice. Also did gravel strips and a couple of times, a canal bank access road. CFI was of the mindset of "if thats where you pick, take it to a logical conclusion then. My contract with you is that I won't allow you to get so far that I can't recover us safely."

Made for good training.

That would have been fun. I didn't get half of that kind of stuff. Always forced my students to do something to its conclusion. Had a cocky student who I knew was going to UPT so I made him try and land a C172 with a simulated stuck elevator. He rather quickly respected the fact that I with my measly 750TT, at the time, knew more than he did. Now he flies C17's but I at least got my Baron. Oh, wait....

 

[boondr]

Reminds me of the news this week and the idiot editor that decided this headline/ story was worthy of print.

"Tiger Woods at fault in 1 car accident."

really? shocker!