Return-Path: Sender: (Marvin Kaye) To: lml Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2002 19:27:45 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from pop3.olsusa.com ([63.150.212.2] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.0b4) with ESMTP id 1628834 for lml@lancaironline.net; Mon, 15 Jul 2002 12:44:27 -0400 Received: from rhombus.bright.net ([209.143.0.75]) by pop3.olsusa.com (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-71866U8000L800S0V35) with ESMTP id com for ; Mon, 15 Jul 2002 12:37:59 -0400 Received: from bright.net (paul-cas4-cs-4.dial.bright.net [216.201.47.161]) by rhombus.bright.net (8.12.1/8.12.1) with ESMTP id g6FGiFfA011382; Mon, 15 Jul 2002 12:44:25 -0400 (EDT) X-Original-Message-ID: <3D32FBE4.E11EB916@bright.net> X-Original-Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2002 12:44:20 -0400 From: J H Webb X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.79 [en] (Windows NT 5.0; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Original-To: "Hamid A. Wasti" , "(Lancair Mailing List)" Subject: Water Landing Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Australian Navajo Accident reported by Hamid Hi Why would you want to extend the landing gear for a water landing even with the landing lights on the nose gear I would keep the wheels up. The hazards with the wheels down are too extreme to consider unless that is your only option (Cessna 182). This accident is too bizarre and the report too strange to spend much time with it. I have serious doubts about the accuracy of the report. I spent several years in Experimental Flight Test at Piper (Lock Haven) and flew many thousands of hours LOP with no problems. I would suspect some involvement with the young pilot. Jack Webb L 360, L IV Ohio