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Floatplane Misses The Lake!  
User currently offlineL-188 From United States of America, joined Jul 1999, 29350 posts, RR: 62
Posted (9 years 11 months 3 weeks 2 days 21 hours ago) and read 1554 times:

http://www.msnbc.com/local/ktuu/m301803.asp?0ct=-302


The Beaver in the above linked story apparently ran out of gas while attempting to land at Lake Hood here in Anchorage.

Aparently the guage was still reading a 1/4 tank when the engine konked out and the aircraft went down into this lady's yard, stopping short of her house by inches.

Nobody was hurt in the crash and the aircraft was relatively undamaged.




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User currently offlineN754pr From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR:
Reply 1, posted (9 years 11 months 3 weeks 2 days 20 hours ago) and read 1519 times:

Thats a good to what could have been a few deaths.

User currently offlineJe89_w From United States of America, joined Mar 2002, 2327 posts, RR: 10
Reply 2, posted (9 years 11 months 3 weeks 2 days 20 hours ago) and read 1500 times:		 AIRLINERS.NET CREW
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Luckilly nobody was injured! Funny picture though!

Jerrold

User currently offlineJwenting From Netherlands, joined Apr 2001, 10213 posts, RR: 21
Reply 3, posted (9 years 11 months 3 weeks 2 days 18 hours ago) and read 1421 times:

Another testimonial to the extreme ruggedness of the Beaver that the floatversion can land on terra firma without causing severe damage and injuries to those aboard AND stop in a small space.


I wish I were flying
User currently offlineL-188 From United States of America, joined Jul 1999, 29350 posts, RR: 62
Reply 4, posted (9 years 11 months 3 weeks 2 days 17 hours ago) and read 1394 times:

Here is the ADN story about yesterday's mishap.

http://www.adn.com/alaska/story/3252097p-3281850c.html

In all it looks in pretty good shape.




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User currently offlineRayChuang From United States of America, joined Jun 2000, 7695 posts, RR: 5
Reply 5, posted (9 years 11 months 3 weeks 2 days 16 hours ago) and read 1364 times:

Everybody should consider themselves lucky the plane appears to be repairable, nobody was seriously hurt and no buildings were seriously damaged!  Smile

Oh yeah, both the pilot and homeowner need to buy lottery tickets soon.  Big grin

User currently offlineFlyingbronco05 From United States of America, joined May 2002, 3838 posts, RR: 3
Reply 6, posted (9 years 11 months 3 weeks 2 days 15 hours ago) and read 1317 times:

This is where I put something in from what I was taught:

NEVER TRUST YOUR FUEL GAUGE  Big grin

fb05


Never Trust Your Fuel Gauge
User currently offlineBen From Switzerland, joined Aug 1999, 1391 posts, RR: 52
Reply 7, posted (9 years 11 months 3 weeks 2 days 8 hours ago) and read 1181 times:

NEVER TRUST YOUR FUEL GAUGE

I second that!

Another thing to remember is that even if you have a bit of fuel left (might even be quite a bit), during a go-around, the pitch-up might be enough to uncover the fuel pumps/fuel inlet pipe and you know that that means....

User currently offlineDelta-flyer From United States of America, joined Jul 2001, 2676 posts, RR: 7
Reply 8, posted (9 years 11 months 3 weeks 2 days 6 hours ago) and read 1127 times:

The Beaver is one hell of a tough airplane!

Pete

User currently offlineMinuteman From United States of America, joined Aug 2000, 271 posts, RR: 0
Reply 9, posted (9 years 11 months 3 weeks 2 days 2 hours ago) and read 1032 times:

So...uhhh...how're they going to get it *out* of there? A helicopter and straps? A hacksaw and flatbed?

User currently offlineJean Leloup From Canada, joined Apr 2001, 2106 posts, RR: 23
Reply 10, posted (9 years 11 months 3 weeks 2 days 1 hour ago) and read 1007 times:

Reminds me a bit of this little incident, near my home a few years ago:


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Next flight.... who knows.
User currently offlineVonRichtofen From Canada, joined Nov 2000, 4621 posts, RR: 40
Reply 11, posted (9 years 11 months 3 weeks 2 days ago) and read 984 times:

Yeah Beavers are tanks.

I bet the pilot is kicking himself for not dipping the tanks, DOH!!


Word
User currently offlineL-188 From United States of America, joined Jul 1999, 29350 posts, RR: 62
Reply 12, posted (9 years 11 months 2 weeks 3 days 23 hours ago) and read 790 times:

Just wanted to update.

As of today it is out of the backyard. Drove by there today and it was moved off to the side of Lake Spenard.

http://www.msnbc.com/local/ktuu/m303046.asp?0ct=-302

But as the story says it became quite the tourist attration while it was there

It isn't badly hurt, There are a couple of dents in the leading edge of the right wing, and the right float was wrapped up in a tarp, which tells me there is some bent metal in there also.


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