Did the pilot hear it or not? Did the pilot press-on regardless or not?.........who cares. The pilot, aircraft and passengers arrived safely and that is what really matters.
But.
There is little doubt in the evidence which indicates that this was a;
Public Transport Flight.
Single Engine IFR aross water beyond glide distance to land.
The only thing he could have done to make it worse would have been to fly at night!
Ah but wait a minute.........he has done all that before (with both wings intact)! - Public Transport, IFR, Over Water at Night in a single! - It was for a organ transplant / hospital flight but that does not make it legal.
Regards,
DFC
Last edited by Keygrip; 22nd August 2005 at 11:53.