Cub tried a water landing....?

[StraightnLevel]

....in a backyard swimming pool?

Small plane lands on top of Fulshear-area home; pilot taken to the hospital, Texas DPS says

Fulshear fire officials shared an image of the yellow aircraft on a house on Monday. DPS officials said the pilot was taken to the hospital for minor injuries.

www.yahoo.com

N92432 in Fulshear TX. Apparently he came down in the neighborhood that wraps around the private strip (X09) where this plane is based.

Does anyone have information on the pilot? Reportedly hospitalized...hope he's OK.

 

[Jim_R]

I hope he's okay, too.

@Lowflynjack did a photoshoot of this plane a few years ago.

Owner’s Perspective: J-3 Cub

By Alan Gillis Background I was truly fortunate to have a dad who was both my flight instructor and my best friend. From a very young age, I spent most weekends with him at the airport flying and wiping oil from his PT-19 and later his PT-22. I’ll always be grateful for those experiences and […]

piperowner.org

 

[ionel]

Roof landings are a thing this month?

 

[tobnpr]

Burj al Arab landing was more impressive...

 

[Lowflynjack]

Does anyone have information on the pilot? Reportedly hospitalized...hope he's OK.

He’s okay, minor injuries. Very nice guy, thankful he’s okay and nobody else was hurt.

 

[Jim Carpenter]

Reminds me of the old John Wayne movie, Wings of Eagles:

(dead stick landing starts at about 2:00)

 

[WDD]

The owner could just leave it as a combination art piece / pool sun shade.

 

[GaryM]

I don't see signs of damage to anything on the ground. It's as if the cub was carefully lowered into that position by crane.

 

[ionel]

Reminds me of the old John Wayne movie, Wings of Eagles:

(dead stick landing starts at about 2:00)

... and to think they named an airport after this guy.

 

[WDD]

... and to think they named an airport after this guy.

Better than "Harrison Ford Adventure Airpark"

 

[mandm]

Any landing that you walk away from

 

[AZEL]

Metal roofing...

Had it been Composition Shingles he probably would have stayed up on the roof.

(Especially on a sunny Texas day.)

 

[ionel]

Had it been Composition Shingles he probably would have stayed up on the roof.

So are you saying he didn't stick the landing?