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Title: Centurion Down in Seattle Park - Comm Confusion
Post by: sflyer on May 26, 2009, 09:28:07 PM

Other pilots and controller step on emergency transmissions of mayday aircraft.

Title: Re: Centurion Down in Seattle Park - Comm Confusion
Post by: kea001 on May 26, 2009, 09:44:27 PM

Nice find.

Can't believe he did that during a holiday in a park.
Witness in news report says it looked graceful; no one around panicked.

Plane Lands In Seattle Park
Posted: 4:28 pm PDT May 25, 2009
http://www.kirotv.com/news/19561802/detail.html (http://www.kirotv.com/news/19561802/detail.html)

Wings removed from plane that landed in Seattle park
Originally published May 26, 2009 at 2:24 PM
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009264672_webplane26m.html (http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009264672_webplane26m.html)

Title: Re: Centurion Down in Seattle Park - Comm Confusion
Post by: fholbert on May 27, 2009, 12:50:31 AM

Quote from: sflyer on May 26, 2009, 09:28:07 PM

Other pilots and controller step on emergency transmissions of mayday aircraft.

A good example of why clear and concise transmissions should be made. "We are heading for the lake" had little meaning. Declaring and emergency or a Mayday would have meant something.

It all worked out well however.

Frank Holbert
http://160knots.com

Title: Re: Centurion Down in Seattle Park - Comm Confusion
Post by: otto_pilot on May 27, 2009, 06:51:55 AM

This is not the pilots fault he said mayday he was just stepped on. Its hard to get a message across when other pilots and the controller are talking over you. Nice job by the pilots.

Title: Re: Centurion Down in Seattle Park - Comm Confusion
Post by: The_Duke on May 27, 2009, 01:06:08 PM

Nice Find.  Its always good to have a helicopter nearby when things start getting sporty.