Beach take off goes badly

[chrisk]

Some time ago, there was a thread about landing on a beach.   It sounds like fun, but as this video shows, taking off from a beach can be a challenge.

 

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/australiaandthepacific/newzealand/10563862/Plane-crashes-twice-on-New-Zealand-beach.html

[aviatoreb]

I hadn't noticed the spelling - I thought I was going to read about a Bonanza crash.

 

But wow - poor guy - two crashes in the same airplane in the same day.  I hope he took the bus home instead of trying a third time.

[Marauder]

I hadn't noticed the spelling - I thought I was going to read about a Bonanza crash.

LOL! Me too...

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[orionflt]

You could see the surf come up and once it got to the left tire it just sucked the rest of the plane in.

[The-sky-captain]

It takes all kinds of people to make the world go round....

[fantom]

Sometimes life is a beach.....

[Marauder]

Looks like he was flying a Beachcraft...

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[aviatoreb]

Looks like he was flying a Beachcraft...

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Beachcraft aren't meant to be flown.

[wishboneash]

Should have stayed further up on dry land, despite the bumpiness, better than getting one wheel into the water.

[Htwjr]

He should have used more right rudder to offset the slope as well as the p torque.  Bummer

[RocketAviator]

NO No no you guys..... it was because he was using an AOA and did not use flaps on take off and failed to put his gear up and ___________________ oh you fill in the blank...

 

Just could not help myself as this seemed to be the only safe place to pounce on a fellow pilot that not a Mooniac!

 

Heck I would still like to land and take off from a beach sometime... (only I will be in someone elses plane, thats for sure...)

 

Fly safe,

[Carl S]

I hadn't noticed the spelling - I thought I was going to read about a Bonanza crash.

 

But wow - poor guy - two crashes in the same airplane in the same day.  I hope he took the bus home instead of trying a third time.

Looks like he may have cracked or bent his spar.  My guess is that it is going to be trucked out - which is something I would have considered in the first place.

[BigTex]

He should have used more right rudder to offset the slope as well as the p torque. Bummer

Does the Rotax in that plane have any noticeable p-factor? Never flew one... Just wondering?

[moodychief]

Must have been running rich of peak and flooded the engine!!!

[Jeff_S]

Don't you think they would have noticed that the swells were coming in right in their take-off path?  I mean, how lame can you get? I suspect that with such incontrovertible video evidence, if that happened in the US that pilot certificate would be revoked in a heartbeat. I wonder if the New Zealand authority has similar zeal.

[jetdriven]

Must have been running rich of peak and flooded the engine!!!

Oh it's definately flooded now !

[rbridges]

Should have stayed further up on dry land, despite the bumpiness, better than getting one wheel into the water.

 

I think he knows that now.