Dave Keller's successful Mooney 20C turn back (The Impossible Turn)

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Following excerpt from: http://www.nar-associates.com/technical-flying/impossible/TurnbackValidation.htm

In January of 2009 Dave Keller had a piston failure in a Mooney 20C whilst he was departing runway 18 at Anderson Municipal Darlington (KAID) airport. He successfully turned back and successfuly landed on runway 36, i.e., in the opposite direction on the departure runway. Fortuitously he had recently installed a video camera in the aircraft. It was running during the maneuver.

At the time of the incident the Metar for a nearby airport (Delaware County Airport-Johnson Field, Muncie, IN) which is 13 nm northeast of Anderson was

KMIE 061753Z 22006KT 10SM CLR 02/M06 A3019 RMK AO2 SLP230 T00221061 10022 21067 58008

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