Kodiak Float Plane into East River, 7/5/26

Looks like they hit unexpected wake. The landing looks fine up until that moment.
 
Lots of commercial traffic, sometimes throwing up large wakes. Sorry it happened, but (and I am assuming here…) that is the risk of a water landing in the East River.

-Skip
 
bonefishpete said:
Structure looks a little weak.
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??? The impact into that wave imparted one hell of a shock load to the float/struts. If that was conventional gear and a runway impact at that force there would likely have been damage.
 
bonefishpete said:
Structure looks a little weak.
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Even though the floats and attachment struts are built and certified to established standards. It couldn't be that the aircraft obviously hit the wake of a large commercial vessel.
 
robin ardoin said:
??? The impact into that wave imparted one hell of a shock load to the float/struts. If that was conventional gear and a runway impact at that force there would likely have been damage.
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Given the nature of the Kodiak's design, I'd think that it could handle that slam with its ordinary wheeled landing gear.
 
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