SR-22 Crash, with a twist

Doug,

Glassy water makes the pilot think he is higher than he actually is.
Numerous crashes from this effect.


And that effect would account for a difference of (let's assume that
would have been a sensible altitude) 500 AGL and 0 AGL? You must be
joking. Glassy water can be a problem for landings with FLOAT planes.
The Cirrus isn't.

--
Thomas Borchert (EDDH)

Thomas Borchert wrote:
And that effect would account for a difference of (let's assume that
would have been a sensible altitude) 500 AGL and 0 AGL? You must be
joking. Glassy water can be a problem for landings with FLOAT planes.
The Cirrus isn't.


Nonsense. They landed. Everybody lived. What's the problem? G




--
Mortimer Schnerd, RN
mschnerdatcarolina.rr.com

("Mortimer Schnerd, RN" wrote)
Nonsense. They landed. Everybody lived. What's the problem? G


They are lucky to be alive ....(x) 10.

I'm seeing an A.C.M.E. plane sinking in the water. When it comes to rest on
the bottom of the lake, the chute pops open - then a fish swims by.


Mont-E-Coyote

On Feb 27, 2:16 pm, "Montblack" Y4_NOT!...
wrote:
("Mortimer Schnerd, RN" wrote)

Nonsense. They landed. Everybody lived. What's the problem? G

They are lucky to be alive ....(x) 10.

I'm seeing an A.C.M.E. plane sinking in the water. When it comes to rest on
the bottom of the lake, the chute pops open - then a fish swims by.

Mont-E-Coyote

Then Wiley jumps out, grabs the prop, hoists a leg and giver her a
whirl. Engine starts, plane begins to taxi around on the bottom and
chases our scruffy hero as the Roadrunner look on wearing SCUBA
gear... G

Doug writes:

Glassy water makes the pilot think he is higher than he actually is.
Numerous crashes from this effect.

If they are looking at a houseboat, they have an excellent idea of where the
surface actually is. And if one of them said "watch the wheels," they knew
they weren't at 2000 feet.

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On Feb 27, 9:01 am, "Doug" wrote:
Glassy water makes the pilot think he is higher than he actually is.
Numerous crashes from this effect.

....true, but given the fact that the water level at Lake Powell is
down 100+ feet from its "normal" level, looking UP at the surrounding
terrain would give most people a clue that they were a tad low, don't
you think?

Except that in many parts of the lake, especially where house boats are
moored, the shoreline still rises gently from the new water level. It's
not all cliffs. Still no excuse for flying into the water, however.

wrote:


...true, but given the fact that the water level at Lake Powell is
down 100+ feet from its "normal" level, looking UP at the surrounding
terrain would give most people a clue that they were a tad low, don't
you think?

On Mar 1, 8:30 am, RomeoMike wrote:
Except that in many parts of the lake, especially where house boats are
moored, the shoreline still rises gently from the new water level. It's
not all cliffs. Still no excuse for flying into the water, however.



....well if they did go in around good hope bay, there are some rather
significant cliffs nearby; less than a mile from the southern shore
there's a rise of about 7-800 feet above the water and roughly the
same distance to the west there is a series of ridges that rise over
1,000 feet above the lake. bottom line, no matter what direction he
was looking (other than at the water) he was looking UP at terrain.

also, good hope bay is a fairly long way from bullfrog marina; these
guys are REAL lucky there was a bass tournament on...

Kingfish wrote:
On Feb 27, 10:15 am, "Paul kgyy" wrote:
I hereby nominate him/them 2007 Candidate(s) for the Darwin Award.

Type of a/c is irrelevant in this case.

I second the nomination. Obviously this kind of stupidity can be
accomplished in any aircraft, but it makes me wonder if Cirrus should
add a "no stupid pilot tricks" clause to the purchase contract.



It's my guess his insurance company is not going to be amused.



--
Mortimer Schnerd, RN
mschnerdatcarolina.rr.com

"Paul kgyy" wrote in message
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I hereby nominate him/them 2007 Candidate(s) for the Darwin Award.

They don't qualify. One requirement is losing the ability to reproduce
(either by death or other means).