From the "Journal and Courier" website (
http://www.lafayettejc.com):
"A Purdue University student narrowly avoided tragedy Tuesday night when the small plane she was flying crash landed on the 14th green of the Lafayette Golf Course.
Carol Ann Saunders, an aviation technology student at Purdue, was not injured in the crash, which flipped the plane on its top as it landed on the golf course.
Witnesses said they observed the plane coming in smoothly from the west, coasting slowly to the ground. Near the ground, however, the nose of the plane appeared to become unstable, causing it to flip."
Sounds like Maggie's assesment is correct.. she put the nosegear down too early (for a soft field) landing and caused the nosewheel to collapse. Once the nose touched, it looks like the tail just wen over the top of the nose...
05-01-2002, 07:09 PM
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