28-11-2005, 05:51 PM
I once had a crash coming into a small airfield near home (KMYF). I was coming in at night on instruments in my Mooney Bravo, locked onto the ILS beam
and was decreasing alt via autopilot to land reasonably smoothly. All my lights were on. Somewhere between 500 and 100 feet off the end of the runway
(and only about 10-50 feet off the ground) I ran smack into a tree centerlined on the runway. I didn't even see it until it was too late (even at 85
KIAS)...you'd think the lights would be good for something...
and was decreasing alt via autopilot to land reasonably smoothly. All my lights were on. Somewhere between 500 and 100 feet off the end of the runway
(and only about 10-50 feet off the ground) I ran smack into a tree centerlined on the runway. I didn't even see it until it was too late (even at 85
KIAS)...you'd think the lights would be good for something...