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Ditching Demystified: What Every Pilot Should Know About Landing on Water

Flying Magazine

JUNE 23, 2025

I’ll start with a confession: I have never ditched an airplane. I don’t have any plans to ditch an airplane. Aviation Safety ran an article, “Ten Myths About Ditching,” in 2002, and others since then, which contains a lot of information worth studying. But notice: the airplane floated. Will I Have To?

Pilot

Pilot Airplanes Descent Aeronautical Information Manual

NASA Forms

AV Web

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

A lot of reports come from air carrier pilots, which makes sense because they fly the most, but there are plenty of GA airplanes in the mix as well. One pilot got such warning after ATC vectored the airplane onto a charted segment 700 feet below the charted altitude for that segment. Plus controllers and mechanics.

Aeronautical Information Manual

Aeronautical Information Manual Airplanes Pilot Indicated Airspeed

Aviator Connection

Ditching Demystified: What Every Pilot Should Know About Landing on Water

NASA Forms

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