Student Pilot lands short of runway

Well we had a little mishap here in sunny Florida today.
Seems a student pilot on his first solo flight was on final to runway 25 at
KORL when he was apparently spotted flying the final a little too low. Some
witnesses say that he was warned over the radio that he was too low by
either another pilot or the tower.
The student pilot responded to the warning by pulling up and not applying
power, in effect stalling the airplane over the lake at the approach end of
runway 25.
The airplane stalled and fell into the Lake Barton where the pilot was then
rescued by a passing boater.
The airplane is apparently owned by the local CAP chapter.

David (KORL)

I thought CAP Corporate planes could not be used for primary instruction.


"CFLav8r" wrote in message
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Well we had a little mishap here in sunny Florida today.
Seems a student pilot on his first solo flight was on final to runway 25
at
KORL when he was apparently spotted flying the final a little too low.
Some
witnesses say that he was warned over the radio that he was too low by
either another pilot or the tower.
The student pilot responded to the warning by pulling up and not applying
power, in effect stalling the airplane over the lake at the approach end
of
runway 25.
The airplane stalled and fell into the Lake Barton where the pilot was
then
rescued by a passing boater.
The airplane is apparently owned by the local CAP chapter.

David (KORL)

In article ,
Peter Gottlieb wrote:
I thought CAP Corporate planes could not be used for primary instruction.

They can, in certain circumstances. As with everything in CAP, there is
a pile of regulations to comply with, but I did my first 20hrs at a CAP
flight school (week long 'flight camp') when I was a cadet.

I'm not in CAP any more, but back when I was, the Florida Wing of CAP
wasn't know for close adherence to the regulations.

John
--
John Clear - http://www.panix.com/~jac

On Thu, 27 May 2004 03:58:58 +0000, Peter Gottlieb wrote:

I thought CAP Corporate planes could not be used for primary instruction.

If you're a cadet you can, if you're a senior member you can't.

The student pilot responded to the warning by pulling up and not applying
power, in effect stalling the airplane over the lake at the approach end
of
runway 25.

I'd say the student wasn't *quite* ready...

I'd not want to be his CFI tonight...
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

I'd not want to be his CFI tonight...
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He may have been ready to solo, but got the jitters at the last moment.

then he wasn't ready...

"Hankal" wrote in message
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I'd not want to be his CFI tonight...
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He may have been ready to solo, but got the jitters at the last moment.

"Richard Hertz" wrote in message
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"Hankal" wrote in message
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He may have been ready to solo, but got the jitters at the last moment.

then he wasn't ready...

By that logic, any pilot who has an accident wasn't ready to be a pilot. Or
any Usenet poster who top-posts isn't ready to be a Usenet poster.

Pete

CFLav8r wrote:

Well we had a little mishap here in sunny Florida today.
Seems a student pilot on his first solo flight was on final to runway 25 at
KORL when he was apparently spotted flying the final a little too low. Some
witnesses say that he was warned over the radio that he was too low by
either another pilot or the tower.
The student pilot responded to the warning by pulling up and not applying
power, in effect stalling the airplane over the lake at the approach end of
runway 25.
The airplane stalled and fell into the Lake Barton where the pilot was then
rescued by a passing boater.
The airplane is apparently owned by the local CAP chapter.

The airplane involved appears to be owned by a private Florida-based
corporation, not CAP. How did CAP get associated with the accident story?
Sounds like the passing boater was lucky that the plane missed him based on the
reported distance that he was missed.

"Richard Hertz" wrote in message
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then he wasn't ready...


Sometimes, "**** happens."

I'm sure the FAA will be very interested in every detail of the instruction
up until that point, looking at the student's logbook, school/CFI/CAP
records, aircraft records, and anything else they can find. The whole
situation will likely be scrutinized very carefully. But, sometimes,
despite the best of intentions and what seems like good judgement, accidents
occur. Even to experienced pilots.