Ben Hallert wrote:
The class B floor is 500? Sounds like a recipe for some sort of
airspace version of scud running, which in turns sounds like a great
way to have unrecoverable stalls/engine outs, controlled flight into
terrain/water.

Actually over Coney Island the floor of Class B space is at 1500 ft
(I'm looking at my NY chart). It's hard to tell from the ground how
high the airplane is. Unfortunately it sounds like a classic
stall/spin.

You can see the tail number in the NYT photo..


Most unfortunate, my best wishes to the families affected.

Yes. Very sad

....richie