David Megginson
Pattern Altitude
Another reminder that even a forced landing into trees has a good chance of survival, as long as you keep the plane under control all the way to the ground (and until the last part stops moving).
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/plane-crash-petawawa-july-24-1.6116515?cmp=rss
Contributing factors: both her ELT and her Spot worked, there was already a CASARA search plane in the air nearby, and she was just 40 nm north of CFB Petawawa and not too far from CFB Trenton (a major SAR centre).
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/plane-crash-petawawa-july-24-1.6116515?cmp=rss
Contributing factors: both her ELT and her Spot worked, there was already a CASARA search plane in the air nearby, and she was just 40 nm north of CFB Petawawa and not too far from CFB Trenton (a major SAR centre).