Jose,

From googling this group, Ilan Reich, the accident pilot, was quoted
with a detailed account here. That contained the key sentence "On the
descent, I steered the plane clear of a fuel tank farm, and
crash-landed into the water near Haverstraw, NY.". It goes on to
describe in detail how he used throttle bursts to stear clear. The
"lucky oversight" was/may have been that he left the engine running
during chute activation, which is contrary to the recommended
procedure.

You were involved in that thread, too.

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Thomas Borchert (EDDH)