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Quote History Quoted:Quoted:Quoted:Something don't smell right. Strange airport? He was in Honolulu. You suppose he flew out there from California? 2 hours of fuel? Don't they foam runways for this sort of thing, time permitting?
ETA: I guess that's no longer a standard practice:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foam_path For most light aircraft, if there is about 1500 feet of grass, you can belly it in with little or limited damage, especially if you stop the engine and motor the prop into place.
Exactly what I would have done
I was taught not to pick the grass, if pavement is an option.
Grass / dirt there is more of a possibility of digging something in, and somersaulting /tumbling.
In hard pavement, you just slide /grind to a halt.
Same as crashing on a motorcycle, things tend to slide until you reach the grass or dirt on the side
of the track, and then the tumbling and destruction starts.
I have personally tested this with a motorcycle, not with a 'plane, yet.
IMHO YMMV