Bonanza breakup video analysis, how does it affect Mooney?

[Jerry 5TJ]

On 7/1/2024 at 9:37 PM, Mac80 said:

The Mooney Safety Foundation classes discuss and demonstrate entering spiral, spiral recovery, and how to avoid excessive g force by not pulling up to fast and overloading the wings while recovering. 

True.
But we MAPASF instructors do that during the day VFR portion of the training.  
It is loss of control at night or in IMC that rarely turns out well.   

 

[jlunseth]

I haven’t had the 256 itself fail, but did have a vacuum pump go out but in VMC. I knew it right away, of course, because the annunciator and the vacuum gauge let you know. But the 256 was happily spinning so I left it in control for awhile. It wasn’t long before we had gained about 600 feet. The 256 looked perfectly normal but it wasn’t. We found an airport (KBIS) spent the night there on a cot and got it fixed. The incident, although completely safe, left an impression. I now have two 275’s and a separate vacuum operated AI.