Light aircraft down off Suffolk Coast

[Col. Raymond]

Two survive as plane crash lands on Suffolk sandbank - Norfolk News - EDP24

[Pegpilot]

Suffolk ditching

Hmmm. One of them newfangled Cessna PA32's......

[J.A.F.O.]

What do you expect? I can honestly say that I've never flown a Cessna PA32 that sounded right.

[Justiciar]

Putting aside the normal partially informed media reporting, these chaps had a lucky escape - if they did put sown on a sandbank then a bit of good airmmanship seems to have taken place and saved the day. Well done.

[TopBunk]

Thames Coastguard received a Mayday call at 6.32pm to reports of a light aircraft ditching into the water with between three and four people on board.

How do you have between 3 and 4 people on board

[Humaround]

3 POB + dog?

[Deeday]

Brief interview with the cute RAF rescue pilot who picked them up:

Aircraft men 'incredibly lucky'

[Blues&twos]

Yeeeessss...Cessna PA32, between 3 and 4 people, serious engine failure, repeated sentences....they got the work experience kid to write this one.

[Flyingmac]

I see the pilot was from Ditchingham!!!!!

[Sallyann1234]

BBC:

It is believed the engine cut out, forcing the pilot to aim for the sea...

... as opposed to all the other alternatives.

[KING6024]

There's a picture of the aircraft sinking in todays East Anglian Daily times.It looks like it was taken from the dinghy.

[Crash one]

"Pilot forced to aim for the sea". Must have taken a lot of highly skilled precision flying to hit that target!

[vfr into cloud]

any body who learnt to fly at dundee, like me, knows what that's like

EFATO training, practice fan stop, what ever you want to call it = getting wet then...hhmmm

choice of landing in tesco's car park, and we all know they always full, or the sea/river Tay

no need to practice that, thats why the airport fire service up there got a hovercraft

[dont overfil]

VFR into cloud.
You forgot about the lovely sewage outlet with the seagulls feeding from it.
DO.

[vfr into cloud]

yep,
i did thanks for reminding me

and the mud too

[Crash one]

Did my GST at Dundee also "Don't forget to pop the doors so the mud can get in easier".

[XV490]

and the pilot comes from ........ Ditchingham !

You couldn't make it up.

[Kolibear]

any body who learnt to fly at dundee,
EFATO training, practice fan stop,
choice of landing in tesco's car park

The other recognised alternative being a tree on the 14th fairway...........

[jxc]

Anyone know the the coordinates for the landing ?

How did they manage to get the nose leg and if they landed on a sandbank why do you then see the plane sinking ?
can you see the plane at low tide

[stiknruda]

Well there is further good news, I won't be able to here his Cherokee Six roaring over my house in "fully fine" after take-off from Hardwick at dawn for a while!

Glad they are okay.

Surprised the SEP over water, long crossings or shortest hop discussions have not yet started!

Stik