FAA Civil Aviation Registry Question

[kimberlyanne546]

So another pilot and myself were talking about this.

I did a search on the FAA for a pilot.

More results came up than I expected.

I went through each one, and this came up . . . can anyone explain why you would be limited to planes that don't spin? I have not seen this before in the database.


FAA Registry

Name Inquiry Results

Address
Address is not available

Medical
No Medical Available

Certificates
1 of 1

DOI:
7/31/1950

Certificate:
PRIVATE PILOT

Rating(s):
PRIVATE PILOT
AIRPLANE SINGLE ENGINE LAND

Limits


AIRPLANE SINGLE ENGINE LAND - LIMITED TO NONSPINNABLE.

 

[Jim Logajan]

I can't for the life of me imagine flying a plane with no rudder pedals. How do you land in a crosswind without side loading your landing gear?

Want to see some serious side-loading? Check out the video below. Shows an Ercoupe landing in a stiff crosswind at 5:40 into the video, followed by shots of other pilots in other more conventional aircraft attempting to land in the same wind conditions (the Ercoupe wasn't the only one to experience serious side-loading on the gear, but it was the only one designed to expect it.)

 

[Jim Logajan]

Or you can use Howard "Eye of the Examiner" Fried's method and just roll down the window and stick your arm and shoulder out to provide drag on that side to act like a rudder while holding the other wing down.

Amazing what is on Youtube these days; here's a video where the pilot does open the window an Ercoupe to do what he calls an "arm out the window slip":