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.

Yes, that is exactly what I meant.

Jose
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