Captain Sully, the single-pilot hero of the Airbus A320 protagonist of the Miracle on the Hudson, may have to move over because no dog was saved during the river landing. By contrast, in the Miracle on the Quinnipiac, a Bonanza pilot did a beautiful water landing after an engine failure and a Great Dane was able to exit the aircraft onto a sandbar.
From a photo album:
06/30/22 New Haven, CT – A plane flying over the city had to make an emergency landing into the Quinnipiac River near Front and Pine Sts. The plane came to rest about 200 yards from the Waucoma Yacht Club. There were two people onboard as well as a Great Dane. All were able to exit the plane and were rescued by members of the yacht club using their boats. The people and pet were uninjured. The Coast Guard also responded with a boat. New Haven firefighters made a search of the plane and found no other people on board. The plane was submerged half way and had to be refloated and towed to the dock for further investigation. The cause of the crash is being investigated by the NTSB and FAA.
From a Fox TV station:
Late Thursday afternoon, the pilot of a single-engine plane made an emergency landing on the Quinnipiac River in New Haven, which resulted in no injuries, to any of the three occupants aboard, including a Great Dane
The pilot of the Beechcraft Bonanza, whose name was not released, was calm when he realized he wasn’t going to make it to Tweed New Haven Airport for an emergency landing. … . But, while the plane landed on the edge of the channel, on a sandbar, where the water is only a couple of feet deep, the tide was rising quickly.
EAA AirVenture starts today in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. So it is a great time to celebrate the hero of the Miracle on the Quinnipiac!
So he didn’t have to crack the door open before the engine died, jump out with a fire extinguisher strapped to his leg & make a video of it crashing itself into a mountain. Guess they’re all running out of fuel because of high inflation. A least the government doesn’t need a balanced budget.
Yet another example proving two engines are better than one (surely a fun topic to debate at Oshkosh?)
Please tell us about how your talks go. I’m really interested to hear that and see some of the other hardware and peopleware this year.
I’m also glad to hear that the emergency landing happened almost perfectly.
I also thought this was handled amazingly well. The pilot came to rest right in front of a Stop sign and brought everything down successfully.
https://www.facebook.com/WYFF4/videos/733281847782330
BTW one thing I’m amazed by is the camera view just as he rolls up and shut the engine down, as it kicks over its last few turns. The screen on the camera looks like it’s “bouncing” in time with the speed of the engine. Is there that much electromagnetic interference in that plane’s engine to alter the way the electronics in the camera work?
The question to ponder: If they had a parachute would they have invoked that or continued on the path they safely walked away from? Seems to me their odds were better with their control and “final destination”.