Airplane in NYC is a Cirrus SR20

My mistake, I don't have an NYC sectional in front of me.... I figured
the 500 feet above tallest building in viscinity rule would apply.

an a.net user found this-

http://www4.passur.com/lga.html

Set time to 14:41...

Gary Drescher wrote:
"EridanMan" wrote in message
oups.com...
Isn't the restricted floor in the area ~1500 feet?

1500 foot floor, 1800 foot cieling... VFR into IMC anyone?

No. Class E in the corridor has a *ceiling* of 1100-1500 feet, not a floor.

--Gary

It was then pointed out that the accident happened 45 minutes prior...
I will now refrain from posting anything until I actually take a moment
to fact-check it, sorry


EridanMan wrote:
My mistake, I don't have an NYC sectional in front of me.... I figured
the 500 feet above tallest building in viscinity rule would apply.

an a.net user found this-

http://www4.passur.com/lga.html

Set time to 14:41...

Gary Drescher wrote:
"EridanMan" wrote in message
oups.com...
Isn't the restricted floor in the area ~1500 feet?

1500 foot floor, 1800 foot cieling... VFR into IMC anyone?

No. Class E in the corridor has a *ceiling* of 1100-1500 feet, not a floor.

--Gary

"EridanMan" wrote in message
ups.com...
My mistake, I don't have an NYC sectional in front of me....

No problem. By the way, here's a handy online display of US sectionals and
TACs:
http://skyvector.com/

--Gary

"EridanMan" wrote in message
ups.com...
I figured the 500 feet above tallest building in viscinity rule would
apply.

Hm but that's not really the rule. Depending on the nature of the terrain
(sparsely, normally, or densely populated), it's either 500' from any
structure etc. (not necessarily 500' above, though), 500' AGL, or 1000'
above any obstacle that's within 2000' laterally.

--Gary

*looks around guiltily*

I should really have known that.

For any who are interested-
http://www4.passur.com/jfk.html
Set time to 13:04 today.

The altitude returns go haywire right around the time that he turned
down the east river... I was just reading last night of Electric system
problems on the Cirrus...

*sigh*


Gary Drescher wrote:
"EridanMan" wrote in message
ups.com...
I figured the 500 feet above tallest building in viscinity rule would
apply.

Hm but that's not really the rule. Depending on the nature of the terrain
(sparsely, normally, or densely populated), it's either 500' from any
structure etc. (not necessarily 500' above, though), 500' AGL, or 1000'
above any obstacle that's within 2000' laterally.

--Gary

EridanMan wrote:

Set time to 13:04 today.

The aircraft took off from Teterboro at 2:30pm, or 14:30, and crashed at
14:41 or so.


--
Peter

Ok... enough with that site.

I suck at speculating... I need to stop.

EridanMan wrote:

Ok... enough with that site.

Sadly, it's all there.

--
Peter

"Gary Drescher" wrote in message
. ..

Hm but that's not really the rule. Depending on the nature of the terrain
(sparsely, normally, or densely populated), it's either 500' from any
structure etc. (not necessarily 500' above, though), 500' AGL, or 1000'
above any obstacle that's within 2000' laterally.


Or an altitude allowing, if a power unit fails, an emergency landing without
undue hazard to persons or property on the surface.

"Steven P. McNicoll" wrote in message
ink.net...

"Gary Drescher" wrote in message
. ..

Hm but that's not really the rule. Depending on the nature of the terrain
(sparsely, normally, or densely populated), it's either 500' from any
structure etc. (not necessarily 500' above, though), 500' AGL, or 1000'
above any obstacle that's within 2000' laterally.


Or an altitude allowing, if a power unit fails, an emergency landing
without undue hazard to persons or property on the surface.

Yup. (Luckily, that's usually easy when flying along a large river.)

--Gary