Viking crash

[TangoWhiskey]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JsSbGdIDzE

Anybody know when and where this happened? You can tell he was on the verge of a stall the way he was wallowing around... I wonder if he was trying to stretch the glide to the lake/pond? This is a visual reinforcement to the "put the nose down, maintain thy airspeed" mantra.

 

[tonycondon]

that one was on "Destroyed in Seconds"

 

[TangoWhiskey]

that one was on "Destroyed in Seconds"

Yeah, that video is by Discovery Networks (says so in the title/poster)... but I can't find any NTSB reports to match... ???

 

[Let'sgoflying!]

http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief2.asp?ev_id=20001206X01716&ntsbno=CHI94LA249&akey=1

 

[TangoWhiskey]

Thanks, Dave! Usually these reports will say "the accident was captured on video and the NTSB reviewed it"; interesting that this one doesn't.

 

[Let'sgoflying!]

I know of three that went in the drink including this one. They don't float quite as well as you might think with that much wood in there. All 3 were were non-fatal. One in Canada probably won't show up on any databases but was an offshore ldg in Lk Erie decades ago.
Another was a pal who used to own one long before I knew him and landed in Possum Kingdom lake. He let me scan some pics he had I will try to find them.

 

[SkykingC310]

At least he didn't turn back to the airport. That almost certainly would have killed them.

 

[Let'sgoflying!]

the N reg is there if you want to find the report....he said the throttle became disconnected I believe
I think he and the instructor had minor injuries if any.

 

[TangoWhiskey]

Thanks for the pics, Dave. That was a pretty Viking. Quite a nose-low attitude in the water, too.

Here's the report: http://ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief.asp?ev_id=20001211X14661&key=1

 

[TangoWhiskey]

At least he didn't turn back to the airport. That almost certainly would have killed them.

Indeed.