"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
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party buyer. According to eye-witnesses, the engine failed. (They

Here's a picture of a similar plane:
http://dougnlinap.home.mindspring.com/Home.html
It's basically a homebuilt Republic Seabee, but with one important
difference: It's apparently all-wood construction.

Looking at the design, I'd say an off-airport landing in anything less
than ideal conditions will be fatal, since that big engine and prop is


What happened is yet to be determined and I won't comment on the accident
itself. I'm responding to Jay's comments in general.

An off-airport landing is quite doable and probably more survivable in an
amphibious flying hull, pusher design. First, if the engine has stopped,
then the prop is just another hunk of metal. The design of the Seabee has
the engine mounted pretty low and pretty solidly. It's not going to simply
slide forward dragging the spinning prop through the cabin.

Plus, since the hull is designed to take the punishment of a water landing
in waves, it tends to be beefier than the typical land plane. Wood
construction or not, it has to be solid enough to take a water landing. Land
it gear up in a field and there will be very little damage to repair.
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Travis
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