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Runway better than grass:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CbZlgHofgrI and if you have both engines running (and forget to lower the gear): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsqtWSIALXU I would find the water landing a lot scarier but I guess the runway/water choice is an individual decision like anything else. Would get a lot less media attention on the runway, and if you had to pay for salvage/aircraft removal it would be a lot cheaper on the runway. 
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02-03-16, 10:32 PM
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On land for sure
Personal preference, I would have landed it on the runway. not only the risk of egress in the water, but the damage caused by the water landing may make this aircraft scrap metal (beyond economical repair). The only possible thought I have, is that the airport did not want the pilot to land on a runway and shut down an operational runway. I have heard of ATC asking pilot to land on the grass versus the runway for this reason - but at the end of the day, it is the pilots decision.
Jeff
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02-04-16, 12:45 AM
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02-10-16, 05:24 PM
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Retrieval of plane from lagoon
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Herb R Harney 1968 337C Flying the same Skymaster for 47 years
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02-10-16, 05:44 PM
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Salty Parts
Sad really - engines and all instruments would need to be overhauled/torn down. My vote is it is written off given the economics. Hopefully they clean it up good - potential airframe parts could be put on the market.
Jeff
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#6
02-12-16, 11:21 AM
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OK so the video explains it - it wasn't the pilots' aircraft, he was renting it from Moore Air http://www.mooreair.com/TheClub.html so he didn't care re salt water as he just wanted the safest way out which was in his mind was to put the aircraft in the lagoon.
Faced with an emergency this mindset may be a good one to have (hey it's only a rental) but I think I still would have chosen sliding on the runway. Hope the insurance at Moore Air covers everything.
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02-17-16, 10:00 AM
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I read somewhere he was in contact with the owner of the place he rented it, discussing his options, and that the owner supported the decision, thinking it was the right call. You have to figure how well-insured the aircraft was played a role in telling him to go ahead and dump it in the water.
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