Beaver Crash At Lake Hood

[canwhitewolf]

maybe it wasnt in full fine pitch,

possibility?

plane sure was draggy

[flyinthebug]

maybe it wasnt in full fine pitch,

possibility?

plane sure was draggy

Someone said earlier that the pitch didnt sound right. Certainly a possibility. That plus he had the yoke pulled hard back and never let it "come over" onto the step.,he just kept trying to yank it off the water. He doesnt look overly heavy by the looks of the float depth.. Who knows. It wasnt a gust of wind thats for certain..it was not enough airspeed to sustain flight.

[atpl53]

Hope he's a better doctor!

Hey Lost Lake...We'll get him a job flying medevacs for ORNGE.

[Lost Lake]

+1

[C-Check]

I am amazed that thing got in the air at all with the heals dug in like that.

I've never seen or even heard of anybody doing something like that.

When I got checked out on the DHC-2, my teacher had me do a flapless t/o, just to see what that was like. It is the shits of course -

Anyhow, what I'm getting at is, WTF was he doing??

That's not even an "Oh, and BTW, you should try doing this with a Beaver, just to get the feel of it - Pour the coal to her, column full back, dig the heals in as hard as you can to make sure you don't get any airspeed and then roll a float out just before that river-bank".

What was the plan there?? Be great to hear it.

[Lost in Saigon]

You guys have it all wrong. The pilot was simply too short, or too stupid to use a little more right rudder.

There was a very long takeoff run available. He just couldn't keep it straight.

[Lost Lake]

What has using right rudder got to do with stalling a plane off the water? I've seen low timers do this in the past. In their panick they are trying to yank the plane off the water. "The harder I pull back, the faster I'll get airborn"

[fortis risk]

Lost in Saigon, your photo lends credence to the idea that he may have been posing for the camera. He certainly had lots of room.

That looks like an amazing seaplane base.

[Lost in Saigon]

What has using right rudder got to do with stalling a plane off the water? I've seen low timers do this in the past. In their panick they are trying to yank the plane off the water. "The harder I pull back, the faster I'll get airborn"

If he was able to keep it straight and use all the available take off distance, he would not have had to panic and yank it off.

[CelBatrin]

"Better come right buddy, you gonna slide into that"

Check it out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vup0oAjEupU

[flyinthebug]

Wow.. well its not a CVR...but it is an ATC tape. The C185 pilot even warned him to push right or else... He was a low time guy, little experience, and was "rushed" on take off...he likely fixated on the point and that was that. What a waste of a beautiful DHC2.

They even gave him the winds..TWICE.

Whoever said it above about it being an awesome base.. I agree!

Im glad no one got hurt. Just a bruised doctors ego.

Fly safe all.

PS.. GREAT pic Lost in Saigon thx!