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  1. The NTSB report on the recent ICON A5 crash is out and there are no surprises. Somehow a very experienced pilot flew into a canyon he couldn't turn around in even with very aggressive maneuvers that only a former fighter-pilot might try. So we all pretty much knew that. My thoughts are more to the long-term implications of this accident, and I admit I'm speculating here: First, since the A5 is amphibious, I wonder if there isn't one maneuver that wasn't tried and should have been. Power off and just land as best you can in the water! I don't know this terrain at all and I realize from the other thread that many of you do, so perhaps there wasn't even space enough for that. But I would reckon that if this was a proscribed emergency procedure that was considered in advance, perhaps it would have been more feasible than an aggressive 180. And shallow water is probably a lot more survivable than granite. Implication #1: If not there already, ICON might consider making this a standard part of training. Second, many of the publications are now pointing out how ICON has made a big marketing push saying how safe these planes are and how they can be maneuvered aggressively at low altitudes, but of course all the video footage is of their professional pilots doing this...probably even the accident pilot. So some of the publications are now taking an "I told you so" stance against the company. Perhaps justified, but I also wonder how actual new ICON pilots might behave once in their airplane. There are stupid risk takers who kill themselves in any number of ways, all visible on YouTube (well, not the deaths, but at least the activities!). So you don't need an A5 if that's what you want to accomplish. My belief...perhaps "hope" is a better word...is that anyone who's willing to plunk down a quarter of a million dollars will have some sense of survival instinct (physical AND economic!) and will be as cautious as any new flyer is. But I guess time will tell. Any thoughts?
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