There have been two midair in Tampa Bay region alone in the last 5 years. The weakest link is still the pilot and pilots do some stuff that defies gravity (literally).
Abid
--- In Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com, Helen Woods <Helen_Woods@...> wrote:
>
> Engine failure = glide straight ahead and land in a field or in the water
> Prop failure = kill the ignitions (Rotax does not windmill), glide
> straight ahead and land in a field or in the water
> IMC = Execute 180 degree turn
> Bird strike so sever as to cause the plane to crash or disabled pilot =
> remote possibility I would put in the same category of risk midair or
> wings falling off
>
> A much more realistic risk is a gear down water landing causing the
> plane to flip and sink.
>
> These are just my opinions. Take them or leave them.
>
> Helen
>
> On 1/31/2011 8:51 PM, medicbill@... wrote:
> >
> >
> > What about an engine failure, prop failure at altitude? Or those who
> > fly into IMC and are not instrument rated and become disoriented? Or
> > how about bird strikes or disabled pilot?
> > Bill
> > In a message dated 1/31/2011 5:43:52 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,
> > Helen_Woods@... writes:
> >
> > I will concede the remote possibility that if a wing fell off or a
> > midair collision occurred bellow 1000' that the pilot may have
> > presence
> > of mind to quickly enough recognize his situation and deploy the
> > chute
> > before landing in the water but I still say it is impractical. Most
> > seaplane pilots are flying below 1000' over water. The chances of
> > a mid
> > air at that altitude are remote and the chances of a factory built
> > plane
> > suddenly having the wings fall off (Zodiac excepted) are even more
> > remote. Why would one total the airframe's structural integrity and
> > risk landing in an unusual attitude from a chute deployment both of
> > which increase the chances of sinking, rather than just landing
> > straight
> > ahead in the water?
> >
> > Helen
> >
> > On 1/31/2011 8:34 PM, apollonorthamerica wrote:
> > > Below 1000 feet BRS is useless??
> > > Where, how, who do you come up with that. Generally speaking a
> > BRS may open in as little as 300 feet. In fact I know of a sea
> > trike going down due to a bad wing sail repair after a previous
> > under water encounter and on this second one they opened their BRS
> > at around 500 feet and survived though hurt. According to them if
> > I remember the BRS opened just enough to make the water impact softer.
> > >
> > > Abid
> > >
> > >
> > > Helen Wrote:
> > > SeaReys have a sliding canopy and Aventuras are open or have
> > pop-open windows. Interestingly enough, just about every SeaRey
> > pilot I know has sunk their plane at least once with a gear down
> > water landing and swum away. By contrast, I looked at a Gannet a
> > few years back at OSH. The salesman gear downed it and drowned a
> > few months after I spoke with him. I'm not flying it unless I have
> > a way to escape.
> > >
> > > As for the BRS, most seaplane flying is done below 1000' where a
> > BRS isn't going to be of any use and there's plenty of runway all
> > about.
> > >
> > > Helen
> > >
> > >
> > >
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