Mooney looking to refuel at KASW 1/27/13

[RV10flyer]

Thank goodness he and his son did not have a fire. Appeared to land on 18.

http://www.aviationinspector.com/?p=13043

KASW (WARSAW MUNI , IN, US) observed 1635 UTC 27 January 2013
Temperature: -3.0°C (27°F)
Dewpoint: -7.0°C (19°F) [RH = 74%]
Pressure (altimeter): 30.40 inches Hg (1029.5 mb)
Winds: from the SSE (150 degrees) at 8 MPH (7 knots; 3.6 m/s)
Visibility: 10 or more miles (16+ km)
Ceiling: 7500 feet AGL
Clouds: overcast cloud deck at 7500 feet

 

[BillTIZ]

Lost control on xwind landing, icy runway? Lucky slide between to tanks and tank controls. Walked away from a totaled aircraft. 709 ride in his future?

 

[DavidWhite]

The Mooney is a dream in a xwind. My 4th landing in one was in a gusty 30 knot xwind.

 

[flyingcheesehead]

Lost control on xwind landing, icy runway? Lucky slide between to tanks and tank controls. Walked away from a totaled aircraft. 709 ride in his future?

Fail. 4-knot crosswind component and he blames crosswind?

On an icy runway with a crosswind, you simply land in a crab, and as always, fly the plane all the way to the chocks.

A sad end for a nice plane.

 

[steingar]

Yeah, really too bad. I'd love one of those.

 

[Piloto]

Typical Mooney incident when landing too fast. To overcome the floating effect, specially during crosswinds I raise the flaps completely just before touch down. This assures a firm grip to the runway thus good controllabilty on the ground.

José

 

[flyingcheesehead]

Typical Mooney incident when landing too fast. To overcome the floating effect, specially during crosswinds I raise the flaps completely just before touch down. This assures a firm grip to the runway thus good controllabilty on the ground.

Electric flaps, I presume?

I pop the speed brakes out on touchdown. Kills a lot more lift than you'd think.