Investigators commend the pilot for setting the Piper down without injuring anyone on Anastasia State Park’s beach.
The NTSB states the plane went into glide mode toward a stretch of the beach where there were fewer people, and as the pilot made his final spiraling maneuver, the plane began sinking faster than he anticipated.
The NTSB said the pilot leveled the wings and opted to put the plane down in the surf line. As he came down, according to the NTSB, the front landing gear dug into the sand, and the plane flipped into the surf.Investigators are still trying to determine why the plane’s engine lost power.
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