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we had a female driver in Stephan Baths Baron do excatly the same and wrote it off in field landing - luckily with no injuries other than pride - scratches - heaps of fuel vented and heaps on board but incorrect feed and supply - donks stopped - very expensive.
Also huge praise for the reeny tri driver and pax on board his plane for watching events unfold then the feeling of help-less-ness after ditching - whilst helping other sar services in locating which could easily of ended up being 3 fatals if they didnt help......
A thought i have had for years which is relevant to the thread and i would welcome opinions: " Why dont fixed wing mfrs have a blister in the fuselage where a liferaft or dinghy can be loaded for overwater flights... it should be far easier to get access to the external of the aircraft after ditching than internal????
