Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!sdcsvax!sdcrdcf!hplabs!sri-unix!Richard.Wallace@CMU-RI-ROVER From: Richard.Wallace%CMU-RI-ROVER@sri-unix.UUCP Newsgroups: net.aviation Subject: Re: never turn back Message-ID: <12423@sri-arpa.UUCP> Date: Thu, 27-Sep-84 11:03:30 EDT Article-I.D.: sri-arpa.12423 Posted: Thu Sep 27 11:03:30 1984 Date-Received: Sun, 30-Sep-84 04:36:07 EDT Lines: 19 Yesterday my instructor (dt50@CMUA) and I successfully completed a turn-back to the departure runway with a simulated engine failure in a C-152. We did a short-field take-off in order to climb to about 500 ft. AGL by the time we reached the departure end of the runway. At that point, we cut the power and executed a steep (45-50 degrees) turn to the left. As we (much to my surprise) came back in line with the runway we banked right to complete the teardrop-shaped turn. We intercepted the runway mid-field and landed really fast with something like a 15 kt. tailwind. The turn-back was done with no other traffic in the pattern. I wouldn't have tried it on my own, having been taught by the same instructor that if the engine quits on takeoff, land straight ahead no matter what. Later, he said that if it had been an actual engine failure he would have landed straight ahead, too. R/W