337 Water Landing

[Rotorwork]

Yes you read right

 

Interesting to see if it had drugs on board.

 

From ASN

 

http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=184172

 

The Cessna 337 Skymaster appears to have had a landing gear problem. The 68-year-old pilot elected to carry out an emergency landing on "Sea Lane 4-22" a runway reserved for sea planes. The pilot was rescued uninjured, but the plane subsequently sank. Officials are looking at recovering the aircraft.

 

Fly Safe

 

RW

 

http://www.kitv.com/story/31123525/cessna-lands-in-water-off-lagoon-dr-pilot-ok

 

 

[Jaba-who]

So OK he executed a very nice ditching. But why ditch and not land it wheels up on the runway or grass on terra firma?

 

As it is now - everything is written off. But if he'd landed on land - a scratched underbelly and probably thats all he would have had.

 

Even if he'd rolled it up in a ball he would have retrieved most of the components.

 

 

[Marty_d]

I guess he decided that ditching was safer (who knows what went thru his mind?)

 

Either way insurance will cover the aircraft, it's what you consider the most likely way to walk (or swim) away alive that's important.

 

 

[facthunter]

Save your self and forget the plane. I don't know how easy they are to keep straight when landing gear up on Tarmac. It might spear off the edge and roll into a ball. Nev

 

 

[pylon500]

Interesting to note one report states 'A visiting Australian pilot', wasn't Ray Clamback (again)?