Re: [Paddlewise] Kayakers Stay Alert

Craig Jungers wrote:
> On Dec 18, 2007 12:49 PM, Bradford R. Crain <crainb_at_pdx.edu> wrote:
> 
>>   If I remember my Oregon history correctly, there was a float plane pilot
>> practicing his landings and takeoffs on the Willamette River several years
>> ago, and he managed to set it down on a canoe.
> 
> 
> Maybe he just figured another float couldn't hurt. LOL

I remember this well.

Not much of a laughing matter for the two adults killed (propeller made 
salami slices of them).  IIRC, there was a child in the canoe who survived. 
  Pilot got off with a slap on the wrist.  The aircraft was one of those 
with a large cowling which prevented the pilot from seeing straight ahead 
on final.  I believe he did a flyby, saw no one on the water, and then did 
his approach and landing.  Meanwhile, with no idea the guy was coming in 
for a landing, the family entered the open water the pilot had selected.

This was not a section of the Willamette specially designated as an 
"airstrip," or in any way easy to suspect it would be.  It was all legal 
for the pilot to land there; IIRC, the operative language (Craig can 
correct me her, I bet) was the pilot had to exercise reasonable prudence in 
making his landing spot choice.

-- 
Dave Kruger
Astoria, OR
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