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Originally Posted by SlipBall
Wow, happy to hear that you were untouched. That must have been a very violent experience, good that you used your wits. Care to share the details that lead to the forced ditch?  |
Carb icing leading to a forced landing. I actually aimed for a gap between trees hoping to miss them both, but clipped one wing, losing 18" of wing and snapping the aileron cables (and ripping off half the aileron). The plane rolled with the damaged wing striking the ground and absorbing most of the energy. It could easily have been much worse or much better (having not hit the one tree at all).