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Re: re Reno Incident
Posted by rick on Wed Sep 11, 2002 04:29:33 PM
In reply top Re: re Reno Incident posted by Tim Savage on Wed Sep 11, 2002 04:10:24 PM
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: : I am sure the pilot is shaken and slightly stirred. How
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: : er it and any groundloop is not considered a "crash".
: : A deadstick landing is something that these guys and gal
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: : can pull off and make it look easy. Reno is a showcase
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: : piloting skill, please describe it as it is, not the wa
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: : channel 4 would.
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: If I groudlooped off the end of my runway and ended up on
: my nose, I would consider that a crash....
The difference between a "crash" and an "incident" is defined by the FAA (I won't quote since I don't remember the definitions offhand). He was just raising the point that using the word "crash" in the title tends to make one in the industry fear the worst as their is indeed a difference.