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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
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Posted: Mon Dec  3 13:47:23 1984
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> 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