Well handled. No panic, using turns to loose height, sticking to the plan.
I wonder if in such shallow snow, I would not have tried gear down, but maybe it wasn’t known how deep it was, and more importantly it worked for them gear up so again, well done.
Good looking plane – hope it flies again.
The snow did not appear smooth once close. Wheels up probably a good idea.
Nice landing!
Super job. Anyone else holding their breath waiting for it to stop before running out of space?
Nicely done and the best you can pull with good height management, the terrain ahead looks a bit steep, not sure when things start to go bad but it looks like a lucky timing?
denopa wrote:
I wonder if in such shallow snow, I would not have tried gear down, but maybe it wasn’t known how deep it was,
Perhaps even more importantly: You don’t know what’s under the snow. Therefore to land gear up is exactly the right decision even in hindsight.
Malibuflyer wrote:
Perhaps even more importantly: You don’t know what’s under the snow. Therefore to land gear up is exactly the right decision even in hindsight.
Couldn’t agree more. Seeing that snow-covered field I would certainly not have lowered the gear. The prop was already dead anyway and you don’t do much damage to the belly sliding on snow. I’m sure that airplane will fly again soon. I kinda liked the comment of the pilot, wrt the prop though: I thought a quality product from Germany would last longer… (he apparently had a similar experience with a US prop some years ago – which in itself must be pretty rare to have TWO prop failures in one pilot life!)
Gear up is best technique. Just minor fuselage damages. Perfect!
TWO prop failures
In the same plane ?