Mooney down off Myrtle Beach

[Oldguy]

Just got a note from my policeman niece about this. Anyone have any news?

[kortopates]

Just now, Oldguy said:

Just got a note from my policeman niece about this. Anyone have any news?

http://www.kathrynsreport.com/2017/05/accident-occurred-may-09-2017-in.html 

[epsalant]

http://www.kathrynsreport.com/2017/05/accident-occurred-may-09-2017-in.html 

They say it's a good landing if you can walk away from it. I guess the same holds off you can swim away from it!!!


No info, but very glad pilot unscathed. Thank goodness!!!

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[1964-M20E]

glad pilot was OK.  I wonder how long it stayed afloat?

[epsalant]

glad pilot was OK.  I wonder how long it stayed afloat?

http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/news/local/article149609989.html

7 or 8 minutes according to this article

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[Simon]

Rescue by jetski is definitely not in the POH.

[gsengle]

Looks like a pretty new Ovation based on the O on the tail. Clearly a long body. I hope we get to hear about his ditching experience...


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[HRM]

Anybody recognize him?

[Hank]

Kudos for a successful ditching! Hope they can recover the plane and find out what happened to the engine . . .

Glad the pilot wasn't injured, but if it had been me, I'd be pretty shaken up, too!

[LANCECASPER]

http://www.wmbfnews.com/clip/13314811/raw-pilot-makes-distress-call-to-airport-before-plane-crashed-into-ocean

In the radio transmission the last 3 of the call sign are "835". He says something hit his airplane and he lost power.

[M20S Driver]

15 hours ago, HRM said:

Anybody recognize him?

N20835, 2000 M20R, listed owner is Premier Metals Recovery.. It arrived at KYMR today from KJQF.

 

[29-0363]

Glad the pilot got out without any apparent injury. Does anyone know whether he ditched with landing gear UP or DOWN?

Edited May 10, 2017 by 29-0363

[kpaul]

I would have to assume they were up.  Every RG airplane I have flown that also included emergency procedures for ditching, always directs full flaps and gear up.

[bradp]

Wonder what he hit...

[DonMuncy]

1 hour ago, bradp said:

Wonder what he hit...

No way of knowing, of course. I wondered if he may have had a catastrophic engine failure. A broken crank or thrown rod may make a noise that one could think was a strike of some kind.

[cliffy]

Be interesting if it turns out to be a drone

[MyNameIsNobody]

16 hours ago, M20S Driver said:

N20835, 2000 M20R, listed owner is Premier Metals Recovery.. It arrived at KYMR today from KJQF.

 

Walter White

[MyNameIsNobody]

15 hours ago, 29-0363 said:

Glad the pilot got out without any apparent injury. Does anyone know whether he ditched with landing gear UP or DOWN?

It was right side up for 7 minutes. Not likely with gear down. 

[gsengle]

Wonder how easy it will be to pull it up. Anything salvageable?


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[flyntgr1]

48 minutes ago, gsengle said:

Wonder how easy it will be to pull it up. Anything salvageable?


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Salt water.  I doubt it.

[Yetti]

1 hour ago, MyNameIsNobody said:

It was right side up for 7 minutes. Not likely with gear down. 

Gas tanks make great flotation devices

[gsengle]

55cu feet of flotation would have been enough to keep her afloat... basically a life raft inflated inside, according to my quick calcs....

 

 

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[MyNameIsNobody]

1 hour ago, Yetti said:

Gas tanks make great flotation devices

Not if full of fuel...My point was it did not nose down and invert because no gear was down below wing...

nevermind.

[HRM]

4 hours ago, MyNameIsNobody said:

4 hours ago, gsengle said:

Anything salvageable?

Pilot (David Pace) will know--Premier Metals Recovery.

[LANCECASPER]

6 hours ago, gsengle said:

Wonder how easy it will be to pull it up. Anything salvageable?


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I predict it will be on Ebay a year from now and the Seller will be from Tennessee and the reason for selling is that he lost his medical.