Cessna Makes Emergency Water Landing off Long Island

**Matt Molnar** · 2010-06-17, 03:30 PM

A Cessna Caravan en route to East Hampton ditched into Little Peconic Bay this afternoon, all four passengers swam to shore safely.

**Ari707** · 2010-06-17, 05:34 PM

it was a sea plane, hit a rock on landing,
http://www.1010wins.com/PHOTO--Seaplane ... ay/7492913

**Derf** · 2010-06-17, 05:48 PM

wow, I took pictures of that aircraft yesterday!!!

**Gerard** · 2010-06-17, 05:57 PM

Originally Posted by Derf

wow, I took pictures of that aircraft yesterday!!!

Fred is that the one that was sitting by Sheltair over the weekend? Good looking aircraft. Well was.

**Derf** · 2010-06-17, 06:05 PM

Yessir

**Big Tim #70** · 2010-06-17, 06:24 PM

From the looks of the pictures, it may be saved. According to the news reports, it hit a rock on landing which caused a structural failure of the left pontoon which caused it to partially sink. As long as the pilot cut the engine & it didn't ingest any sea water, they should be able to save her.

When I was growing up in NH, my old man & I actually assisted the fish & game dept in retrieving a sea plane that had been swamped. We floated it with portable airbags, towed it to shore. Once repairs were made, they started it up and flew it out of there. The only thing was that it was in a fresh water lake, not a salt water bay.

**Gerard** · 2010-06-17, 11:12 PM

Originally Posted by Derf

Yessir

Actually it isnt the one I saw. That was N720QB and this was N810GA.

**moose135** · 2010-06-17, 11:29 PM

Originally Posted by Gerard

... this was N810GA.

In happier days - back in 2006 at FRG:

**moose135** · 2010-06-18, 03:47 PM

From today's Newsday:

The pilot whose seaplane partially sank in Little Peconic Bay Thursday told State Police he had successfully landed the aircraft, only to have one of the float pontoons strike a submerged rock and fill with water as he taxied toward shore.

As the 1999 Cessna Caravan listed to one side, the pilot tried to beach it, police said. But he lost control, the plane became unstable and then partially submerged about 200 feet from shore off North Sea. Its left wing was left touching the bay bottom. The accident was at 1:18 p.m. Authorities said the pilot and his three passengers escaped the aircraft unharmed.

A Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman confirmed the sequence of events, saying it was the understanding of investigators that the accident occurred during taxiing. However, she said the investigation is continuing.