Almost destroyed the Super701 Sketchy landing in a storm with terrible wind gusts and visibility
A summer thunderstorm in Tennessee quickly turned a very nice sunset flight into a landing nightmare. Crazy wind gusts on final approach with very poor visibility through the windshield made for a very close call of becoming a total disaster. Thanks to a lot of luck and a little bit of pilot skill, both myself and the airplane made it home safely. I know that I will catch a lot of judgement and kickback on this one and I probably deserve it. Would have, should have, could have done things differently. I had plenty of fuel, so I should have flown to another local airport, tied down, and waited it out. My oneway, uphill, no goaround grass strip with trees and obstacles all the way around, plus the weather and poor visibility made this a very sketchy landing. Luckily, it is was caught on camera for you all to see, judge, and hopefully learn something from. I am very thankful for the robustness and the nosewheel design of the Zenith airplanes I m not sure this could have turned out the as well in a tailw
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