Aircraft lost power and landed on the beach.
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https://registry.faa.gov/N3870D
Date: 01-JUN-19
Time: 12:45:00Z
Regis#: N3870D
Aircraft Make: CESSNA
Aircraft Model: A182
Event Type: INCIDENT
Highest Injury: NONE
Aircraft Missing: No
Damage: MINOR
Activity: PERSONAL
Flight Phase: EN ROUTE (ENR)
Operation: 91
City: OCEAN CITY
State: NEW JERSEY
Police say the pilot made an emergency landing on the 49th Street beach around 8:35 a.m.
It's not yet clear why the pilot had to make an emergency landing.
Video from viewer Joan Samonisky shows the plane landing, then coming to an abrupt stop. The plane lurches up onto its wing before coming back down on its landing gear.
The pilot was the only person on board and emerged from the plane without any injuries.
There was minor damage to the plane.
The FAA has been called to the scene to investigate. Ocean City police say the plane will be removed once the Federal Aviation Administration investigation is complete.
This comes just days after a plane went down in the water off Cape May, New Jersey. A recovery operation for that pilot continues.
Original article can be found here ➤ https://6abc.com
The Cessna 182A Skylane plane was forced into an emergency beach landing around 8:35 a.m., Ocean City Police Sgt. Pat Randles said. The sole occupant was the pilot who, barring perhaps a slight scare, was uninjured.
No one was on the beach when the plane made its landing, and the aircraft itself sustained only minor damage, Randles said.
The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating, but until they're done, the plane will remain on the beach, the sergeant said.
Original article ➤ https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com
ReplyDeleteIt looks like he used the 'short field' technique.
Elevator was completely neutral the whole time. No aerodynamic braking at all :/
ReplyDelete1st off, kudos for making a successful off-airport landing. However, my instructor would have me doing push-ups for not having the control yoke pulled back in my chest upon touchdown. Keeping the nose wheel off as long as possible could have prevented the prop strike. It is easy to Monday morning quarterback such accidents from my computer desk however!
ReplyDeletePretty soft sand ... Gradual full use of up elevator would have only delayed the inevitable.
ReplyDeleteUsually much firmer nearer to the water ... Then hope the tide is going out.