Seaplane Down in the East River

[Shepherd]

No injuries.
Looks like they did more damage towing it in than the original crash.
http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/loca...fter-Plane-Lands-in-East-River-435902583.html

 

[James331]

Poor caravan, airplane rule #1, keep anyone who says they're trying to help AWAY from the plane

 

[eman1200]

I'd be more scared of being in that stank water than the actual "crash"

 

[SkyDog58]

Intresting, the passengers onboard state that the airplane had trouble taking off, came back down, hit hard and the float (pontoon) broke. The video from the news station folks said it was an emergency landing due to a possible engine failure. Gotta love the media.

 

[FloridaPilot]

I'd be more scared of being in that stank water than the actual "crash"

Exactly have you ever took a sniff of the East River in the summer?

 

[Clark1961]

Exactly have you ever took a sniff of the East River in the summer?

I'm sure sniffing the river is illegal.

 

[Pilawt]

I'm sure sniffing the river is illegal.

At least more than 32 ounces of it.

 

[RyanB]

Probably like the murky TN river and people actually eat the fish that come out of it.

 

[Shepherd]

Probably like the murky TN river and people actually eat the fish that come out of it.

I'm not sure there is anything alive in the East River.

 

[Zeldman]

Intresting, the passengers onboard state that the airplane had trouble taking off, came back down, hit hard and the float (pontoon) broke. The video from the news station folks said it was an emergency landing due to a possible engine failure. Gotta love the media.

I usually only do a pre-cautionary landing when I lose an engine on a single engine plane.....

 

[edo2000]

From the description, it sounds sort of like an over gross takeoff attempt in choppy water.

 

[Dave Theisen]

On the THIRD takeoff attempt, according to the article.

 

[Matthew]

Reminds me of the joke about the hunters in Alaska,their moose, and bush-plane.

 

[busa2r]

From the description, it sounds sort of like an over gross takeoff attempt in choppy water.

Or overweight on a hot day it has been extremely warm up there according to weather ch.

 

[jordane93]

I thought sea planes were supposed to land in water

 

[Zeldman]

Probably primed the engine before starting....

 

[jordane93]

Probably primed the engine before starting....

And never filed a flight plan. When will these pilots learn...

 

[Skip Miller]

I'm not sure there is anything alive in the East River.

Tell that to the fishermen who can be seen in all but the worst wx fishing in the East and Harlem rivers.

If you're experience with these waters is from the 1970s yes it has improved considerably. Salmon are back in the Hudson!

-Skip

 

[eman1200]

Tell that to the fishermen who can be seen in all but the worst wx fishing in the East and Harlem rivers.

If you're experience with these waters is from the 1970s yes it has improved considerably. Salmon are back in the Hudson!

-Skip

The day I see "Hudson River Salmon" on the menu is the day I switch to high wing. In other words, it ain't gonna happen.

 

[James331]

On the THIRD takeoff attempt, according to the article.

If that's the case.

Sometimes the hardest part of flying is knowing when to say no

 

[Skip Miller]

The day I see "Hudson River Salmon" on the menu is the day I switch to high wing. In other words, it ain't gonna happen.

I would not eat it/them either. But they are there, and several years ago they weren't.

-Skip

 

[wilkersk]

Poor caravan, airplane rule #1, keep anyone who says they're trying to help AWAY from the plane

This is exactly what I was thinking of.

 

[FlySince9]

Exactly have you ever took a sniff of the East River in the summer?

Yea once... and I died... RIP man that is some nasty H2O... (HCL)

The stank comes from the those who sleep with the fishes... thank you my Italian brethren.

 

[BigBadLou]

I'm not sure there is anything alive in the East River.

Certainly not the objects rolled up in rugs and weighed down with chains. Those are (usually) dead before submerged.

I will be flying the Hudson river corridor in a few weeks. I will be donning my self-inflating life-vest and definitely be on the lookout for Sully's spot.

 

[Todd82]

A 135 operation made 3 takeoff attempts? Yikes.

 

[Shepherd]

Certainly not the objects rolled up in rugs and weighed down with chains. Those are (usually) dead before submerged.

I will be flying the Hudson river corridor in a few weeks. I will be donning my self-inflating life-vest and definitely be on the lookout for Sully's spot.

I take all my visitors (who aren't terrified of getting in a plane) on the "Corridor Tour". It's the best show around. I usually fly at 800'.
Next best is go north past West Point. Veterans love that.
The most often asked question from passengers, by far:
1. Is this even legal?
(Usually as we pop up to avoid the GW Bridge tower.)

Have fun.

 

[danhagan]

And never filed a flight plan. When will these pilots learn...

NTSB Final Report:
Aircraft damaged after pilot failed to file a flight plan. Contributing factors were (in order): failure to lean forward, lack of an AOA indicator, incorrect hot start procedure, pilots preference for low wing vs high wing, pre-occupation flying the Ipad first, wasted time looking for the BRS handle for parachute and failure to announce ATITPPA.

 

[denverpilot]

NTSB Final Report:
Aircraft damaged after pilot failed to file a flight plan. Contributing factors were (in order): failure to lean forward, lack of an AOA indicator, incorrect hot start procedure, pilots preference for low wing vs high wing, pre-occupation flying the Ipad first, wasted time looking for the BRS handle for parachute and failure to announce ATITPPA.

You forgot, "And the Board determined that it wasn't as safe as a Cirrus with a pilot taught by a CSIP."