Marc Adler wrote:
On Nov 15, 6:10 am, Bill Michaelson wrote:

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/15/nyregion/15plane.html

A few questions.

1 - Will the pilot get fined (FAA, NTSB, NYPD, parks authority,
anyone)?

2 - How much does it cost to remove the wings from a Cessna and
transport it to the nearest airport?

3 - Is the pilot's overconfidence-verging-on-arrogance ("non-event,"
"walk in the park") at all off-putting to others? (He sounds like an
arrogant jerk who should be thanking his lucky stars - but that's a
non-pilot's opinion.)

4 - Will his insurance go up?

Thanks,
Marc

1. Not likely, he did nothing wrong.
2. Hard to say, couple of hundred dollars but it might be more, it's NY
3. Not at all. Pilots are trained from day one how to deal with a
potential off airport landing. He did exactly what he was trained to
do. His biggest lucky break was finding a large open park near the
city, else he would have put it down in the water. If your car breaks
down and you pull off to the side of the road do you feel arrogant
because you did as your were taught?
4. Maybe but not likely. Depends on what happened to the plane to make
the engine stop. The article pointed out that he had fuel so it sounds
like some sort of engine failure.