RE: an expensive lesson
SharpProp
Sorry about the loss. I'm sure you learned a lot from this incident and hopefly pass it on when you start instructing others so they don't have to learn from Murhpy's School of Hard Knocks.
One good lesson to be learned here. With any inflight emergency, regardless of what it is, you have to concentrate on flying the plane first. Having control of the plane, knowing where it is at and where it is headed is crucial for everybodys safety. If it's out of control, or going to get into that situation, then you may have to think about just putting it in, especially when it is heading for the flight line.
Hogflyer