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Dag Adamson wrote:

> What I was wondering, did I do the right thing?  The seat came unlatched after
> I was way past Vr and with little runway left.  If I had cut the throttle and
> bounced back to the ground I was worried that I wouldn't be able to control the
> plane since my feet could not touch the peddles.

The right thing?

You had a mechanical problem that made the plane difficult
to control. You landed and nobody was hurt. Nothing was
even damaged.

I'd say that passes the 'right thing' criteria. :-)

Curiosity: Was it a Cessna single?

Brett

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