"Jim Buckridge" wrote in message om...
Anyone remember this one?

http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief.asp?e...12X22401&key=1

I was a teenager living on LI at the time. I remember the
newsreporters speculating that the pilot tried to put it down over
water.

Silly speculation. The aircraft was headed back towards JFK
after missing the approach. If he was intentionally trying to hit water
he did a lousy job because he hit smack in the middle of Cove Neck
which is a hill surrounded on three sides by water.

The CVR pretty much shows them still trying to make JFK up until
impact.