eruptn 74 Posted February 28, 2019 Share Posted February 28, 2019 Just driving over the bridge there appears to be a floatplane upside down off Westhaven. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fish 0 Posted February 28, 2019 Share Posted February 28, 2019 Just driving over the bridge there appears to be a floatplane upside down off Westhaven. Yes, its all over the news. Only the pilot on board, who escaped safely. No reports of injuries yet. Photos show the wheels down (sticking out below the floats). Do they normally land on water with the wheels down? Or would the investigation as to the cause of the crash be fairly quick? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fish 0 Posted March 1, 2019 Share Posted March 1, 2019 The photos show lots of flap down, near maximum. That tend to be more landing configuration that take off. But not knowing why we're best not to speculate. Yes, he was landing when he did the hand-stand. Does the two floats make it a multi-hull?... They are well practiced at hand stands aren't they, just don't get so much media attention. If he did have the wheels down while landing on water, you'd think that would be fairly likely to cause a hand-stand? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Deep Purple 485 Posted March 1, 2019 Share Posted March 1, 2019 Yep, radio says taking off but definitely in landing setup. He won't be the first nor last to forget to retract the wheels for a water landing. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fish 0 Posted March 1, 2019 Share Posted March 1, 2019 Yep, radio says taking off but definitely in landing setup. He won't be the first nor last to forget to retract the wheels for a water landing. I think that video answers all the questions. Tell the CAA we've got it sorted. Feel sorry for the guy. There is one thing doing that in back-water, Alaska, a fair bit more media /social media around in downtown Auckland... you can't really just swim to shore and quietly calm your nerves at the nearest pub. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Myjane 40 Posted March 1, 2019 Share Posted March 1, 2019 It may had hooked a mooring and flipped wheels would make it slow up wheels are behind the centreline , Maby wrong Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philstar 57 Posted March 3, 2019 Share Posted March 3, 2019 definately classed as a multihull. Obviously that's why it flipped ..........dangerous things. I bet he won't try that again !! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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