Posted: 8/31/2012 6:03:37 AM EDT
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Strong message about keeping your head in the game:
http://www.aopa.org/asf/video/no-greater-burden.html 
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In this day and age, the technology to have prevented that accident should have been there. The fact is that we know where all the bodies of water are (GPS combined with water feature databases), radio altimeters have been around for a long time, and it's easy to know the position of the gear. There should have been equipment to alert that pilot that his gear was still down when he was descending over a body of water.
ETA: I'm not advocating nanny devices, but anything that aids in situational awareness helps. The pilot was distracted by the challenge of landing on smooth water. I'm not sea-plane rate, but it's my understanding that a smooth surface is the most challenging to land on because it's difficult to judge height, so you fly stabilized. |
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I could have that sworn he specifically discussed the cockpit warnings and indications that he suspected he missed. Maybe I am wrong.
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In this day and age, the technology to have prevented that accident should have been there. The fact is that we know where all the bodies of water are (GPS combined with water feature databases), radio altimeters have been around for a long time, and it's easy to know the position of the gear. There should have been equipment to alert that pilot that his gear was still down when he was descending over a body of water. ETA: I'm not advocating nanny devices, but anything that aids in situational awareness helps. The pilot was distracted by the challenge of landing on smooth water. I'm not sea-plane rate, but it's my understanding that a smooth surface is the most challenging to land on because it's difficult to judge height, so you fly stabilized. |
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Quoted:
In this day and age, the technology to have prevented that accident should have been there. The fact is that we know where all the bodies of water are (GPS combined with water feature databases), radio altimeters have been around for a long time, and it's easy to know the position of the gear. There should have been equipment to alert that pilot that his gear was still down when he was descending over a body of water. ETA: I'm not advocating nanny devices, but anything that aids in situational awareness helps. The pilot was distracted by the challenge of landing on smooth water. I'm not sea-plane rate, but it's my understanding that a smooth surface is the most challenging to land on because it's difficult to judge height, so you fly stabilized. Glassy water landings aren't really any more difficult, you just have to set up appropriately for them. And glassy water takeoffs are just plane fun. |