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Coast Guard Rescues Pilot & Son from Plane Ditching in Ocean
A father in his 70s and his adult son are recovering from a nightmare Sunday afternoon when their single-engine Cessna stalled and they were forced to make an emergency crash-landing into the Ocean about 30 miles south of Big Sur. (www.nbcbayarea.com) More...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
I hate it when aircraft STALL.
Could be whoever wrote the article heard that the engine quit and they considered that a stall. Again - we have to wait for the NTSB report.
Pretty sure that's what he was making fun of and I know it's what I was making fun of.
They're lucky they survived said 'stall.' Although when I was an instructor years back I must have stalled planes thousands of times. Somehow they never once forced me into making an 'emergency crash-landing.' A few engine failures have caused me to make unscheduled landings, however.
Floats or not ... 2 people are alive .. because of the actions of the USCG ... and it is because of actions like this that my American flag flys 24/ 7 ....
I think it is ironic that the plane had to make a forced landing on the water when the plane had amphibious floats on it..