Shoreham ditching
 

Anyone know which aircraft? Looks like a pa28

The aircraft being a PA28 would be my guess as well from the photo

Two survive after plane crashes in sea at Shoreham - BBC News

Cherokee G-ATVO

Oh thanks, I've seen it around.

If It Is G-AVTO then It is a PA28-140

Aircraft Data G-ATVO, 1966 Piper PA-28-140 Cherokee C/N 28-22020

registered to Perryair

Happened too be watching Shoreham webcam during TVO departure, engine did not sound too healthy. Can a record be pulled from a stream?

@Redlands:
Yes, that's fairly straightforward usually. Perhaps from that the media will be able to determine it's not a Cessna :ugh:

FP.

Local rag has vid of them swimming ashore. The discussion between two witnesses is quite amusing. Apparently the pilot was quite upset poor dear. One said he heard engine cut out.

Well, ITV said it was a Piper but BBC said Cessna, and if BBC said that then it must be true, right?

The "Cessna" thing came from the original Sussex Police online report, which TBF did say "believed to be a Cessna".

It was later corrected, but by that time most of the media had run with the original material.

To most people 'Cessna' is the equivalent of 'Hoover' and means a small white aeroplane i.e. not a 737.

Sadly very true, reminds me of this
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ByoCABmIgAAmhRC.jpg

And the ones in the left column are all flown by a single pilot, " the Captain".

Well, obviously.... Why would they need any more than 1 crew member in a multi-crew aircraft. I'm a particular fan of the FO not getting ANY credit when the Captain handles a situation

Passengers Quick Evacuation.
 

Looked to me like they got their luggage out of the baggage compartment before striking for shore. After all, you have to get your priorities right!
I would guess that they touched down on the foreshore and overran into the water at a low speed, as they stayed tail fin up?

No one is going to touch down on that shingle beach.

What if it was the docs and the PLB? Would they then have their priorities right? Besides, it doesn't have a baggage compartment anyway.

Behind rear seats, stbd side.

No, it doesn't. Check out any picture on the web. Old Cherokees didn't have it.

Sorry to correct you but they did.

I am a past owner of PA28.G-LIZI...the very first UK Cherokee imported in 1961,

Luggage locker aft of the door.

Ditto that. Have flown that aircraft and it most defiantly has the locker! May even have a picture...

EDIT:

I did have a picture :)

http://i.imgur.com/74Njv6M.jpg

Apologies. Not all Cherokees have a locker. Plenty do not. Including this one!

Sorry about the crappy mobile phone snap. Owner looked pretty glum.

I'm fairness it doesn't look too badly damaged. The cost will be getting it off the beach methinks.

flew that at Air South, when the owner LIZI Newman was doing her PPL

flew Victor Osca when it was based at Stapleford. Blue and White then if I remember correctly.

The NLG had partially folded back and there was clearly major structural damage in that area but the prop was undamaged (at least I don't recall seeing any). The aircraft had been dragged out of the water the previous night and was either pretty tired before the ditching or else the seawater was already doing its corrosive thing. To get it away - in the couple of meter gap between two beach huts - will require wings off in situ first. There's a path easily wide enough for a truck immediately behind the huts.
I was astonished that they got it down with so little damage. The beach there is quite steep with flat sand only exposed at the bottom of big tides. I'd be pretty surprised if it flew again.
I forgot to compliment the owner on what, in the final analysis, would have to be described as a good landing.