Showing posts with label plane crash lake cessna 150. Show all posts
Showing posts with label plane crash lake cessna 150. Show all posts

Friday, July 29, 2011

Pilot ditches in Lake Huron, survives

He says he was flying a 1966 Cessna 150, a two seater plane with a small HP engine (150 hp) and he was FOUR HOURS into his flight !  Wait !!!!  that plane has 5 hrs fuel max.  You should have 1 hr reserve, and 30 min extra just in case.  thats 3 1/2 hrs before you land, refuel.  besides, after 3 hrs in a small plane, you need to land and stretch, pop your ears.  And this guy is flying OVER WATER!  I would never fly over water, unless i could glide to land from where i was (depending upon altitude etc).  He ends up ditching, but doesnt leave plane with a life preserver !  He SHOULD HAVE HAD A RAFT !  you can rent them from Sporty's Flight Shop - this guy is really lucky to be alive.  amazing survival story.  Now he is bullet proof - whats the chance that anything like that would happen to him again?!!!