I live quite close to this sad incident. It reminded me of another GA forced landing there around 1985, the a/c landing on the beach by the lagoon entrance and coming to rest inverted. Essentially this is the same spot only just off the beach. My thoughts are a beach landing at this time of the year would not have posed a high level risk to the public. It is unfortunate that for some reason the pilot did not have this option.
Last edited by truthinbeer; 3rd Sep 2011 at 02:09.