Plane down Lake Winnipesaukee

[PaulS]

Float plane (Cessna T206H) crashed on Lake Winnipesaukee today. Pilot is ok, was doing touch and go's and had a float failure. My guess, there is still ice floes in the lake along with boards, firewood and other detritus left by ice fisherman floating around, probably hit something. Something tells me that's not going to buff out.


http://www.unionleader.com/article/20140422/NEWS07/140429748

http://www.wcvb.com/news/small-plane-crashes-into-lake-winnipesaukee/25602728

 

[Cpt_Kirk]

Pontoon failure... That's interesting. I've never heard of that.

When I got my SES add-on, the thing that struck me as extremely important was keeping the nose up on short final and be sure to touch down below the "max float speed." (I forget the proper term but it's the speed at which you would not have enough elevator authority to counteract the nose down movement from the contact with the water)

Not saying I would have had a different outcome, it's just a note. Good to hear he is ok.

 

[ClimbnSink]

Floatplanes easy to fly, easy to wreck.

 

[frfly172]

Sounds like the pilot misjudged the landing and landed with the floats pointed down,no flare.

 

[pbramlett]

That water is very glassy, assuming it was that calm when the accident occurred. Glassy water landings without proper visual references can end up bad.