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So many words.

1.  Immediately pitch for 100- practice this with your instructor up high

2. Determine a good landing spot and commit.

If you make it back to the airport that is awesome.   on the runway is gravy. 

fly the plane.

You are not going to have time to do anything else like figuring wind/weight blah blah blah.  

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philiplane
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I have taught this maneuver in all varieties of Mooneys. You enter a 55-65 degree bank turn and push forward until you feel no weight on the seat. This unloads the wing and lowers the stall speed so y

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As someone who just had an engine out in my E model and made it back to the runway from the downwind to base turn, I would be surprised if you could make it back. However, I would still want to try to

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Archilochus   I’m going to have to disagree on the “better off by not practicing.” Turning back and using hope as a strategy is exactly what has led to the the high rate of stall/spin accidents

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