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Excursion is usually defined as a short journey, an outing, or a
pleasure tour.
digression, literally “going away” from a runway or taxiway,
usually inadvertently.
enced both types of excursions.
remember the ASRS definition long after the pleasure tour is
forgotten!
■ I was flying to this uncontrolled grass airport to visit relatives
living nearby.
until dusk.
higher than normal.
the flap selector in the retract position because I felt I needed the
additional braking authority that would give me.
went into the ditch at the end of the runway.
folded into the well, and the prop was slightly damaged.
[Later], I discovered that my flaps were still in the full extended
position [and] the flap control was in the retract position
where I had placed it.
breaker had popped, apparently at the time that I extended
the flaps.
I believe this incident could have been avoided by better adherence
to short field landing techniques, and a pre-landing
cockpit check of circuit breakers.
■ ...[Landed] in the only field available to me.
old barbed wire fence hidden in the high grass.
when the plane caught the fence, it caused the plane to turn over.
Occasionally, there are no hazards:
■ The engine quit.
successful.
Any uninhabited expanse long enough for an aircraft rollout may
be suitable:
■ Past the end of the fishing piers, over the ocean...my engine
quit without warning.
water’s edge of the beach and make a safe emergency landing.
A four-lane highway is often a good alternative runway, and all
that asphalt perhaps provides some confidence:
■ I told ATC that a four-lane highway [was nearby].
stretch of road which would permit an uphill approach and
landing...while giving traffic behind me plenty of time to slow
down..
Of course, an airport is always the best choice, and what looks
more inviting than 15,000 feet of Air Force Base runway?
■ Radio calls all went unanswered, [and] I followed the wrong
freeway.
found [the Air Force Base], where I was given a steady green light
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