Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site terak.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxj!mhuxn!houxm!ihnp4!zehntel!hplabs!hao!noao!terak!doug From: doug@terak.UUCP (Doug Pardee) Newsgroups: net.aviation Subject: Re: Control surface failure Message-ID: <207@terak.UUCP> Date: Mon, 3-Dec-84 13:47:23 EST Article-I.D.: terak.207 Posted: Mon Dec 3 13:47:23 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 6-Dec-84 05:44:41 EST References: <348@ihu1e.UUCP> Organization: Terak Corporation, Scottsdale, AZ, USA Lines: 25 [] > An aileron failure would be extremely bad news, but a > good pilot *might* be able to survive the crash by trying to keep the wings > level with fast and furious rudder work. > I can't swear to the following, but the CFI who trained me for my Private license claims that it happened. Would have been in mid-1977 at Phoenix/Deer Valley (DVT) airport. A pilot departed with control locks on the ailerons. Immediately after lifting off the plane began a gentle turn directly toward the control tower. The local controller instructed the pilot to turn away from the tower (I'll bet not too calmly, eh?) and was frantically told that the ailerons were stuck. The controller replied something to the effect of "Use the rudder" and the pilot managed to miss the tower. After clearing the pattern (my CFI was flying an Aerostar, and was the last plane allowed to land), the controller calmed down the pilot and convinced him that a successful return to field was quite possible using rudder instead of aileron. Which it was, with no excitement after touchdown. Doug Pardee -- Terak Corp. -- !{hao,ihnp4,decvax}!noao!terak!doug