C337 Lands in Lagoon next to HNL

RamRise said:
It's probably the least busy of all class B I'd imagine.
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its actually middle of the road busy as far as class b ops are concerned nationwide, as we found out in a recent thread. It has at least 3 times the ops of Cleveland and Kansas City which are also Class B.

Remember, HNL is stuck with general aviation because Kalaeloa airport sucks and nobody wants to base their airplane there, along with what is basically an interisland shuttle service (Hawaiian, Mokulele and Island Air) in addition to all of the air carriers and transient ferry flights. So it's pretty damn busy.
 
mshunter said:
That's what I was thinking. I'd rather take my chances with fire than with trying to get the door opened against the pressure of the ocean.
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A Cessna's high wings get pulled away from the fuselage by trees, that fuel is then dumped into the pilots lap- not a good place for a fire.
I agree by far the best place for a gear up is in the grass alongside a runway.
 
fiveninerzero said:
its actually middle of the road busy as far as class b ops are concerned nationwide, as we found out in a recent thread. It has at least 3 times the ops of Cleveland and Kansas City which are also Class B.

Remember, HNL is stuck with general aviation because Kalaeloa airport sucks and nobody wants to base their airplane there, along with what is basically an interisland shuttle service (Hawaiian, Mokulele and Island Air) in addition to all of the air carriers and transient ferry flights. So it's pretty damn busy.
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Well, that's reassuring. I actually earned my private at HNL and it's still the only class B I've landed at, so pardon my ignorance.
 
This pilot actually did the airport a favor--by actually using the seaplane runway. Did you know that HNL only has 2 seaplanes? They maintain this basically for one guy and his small operation. I find that interesting! I've only seen one actual seaplane take off during my many, many ops out of HNL.
 
fiveninerzero said:
This pilot actually did the airport a favor--by actually using the seaplane runway. Did you know that HNL only has 2 seaplanes? They maintain this basically for one guy and his small operation. I find that interesting! I've only seen one actual seaplane take off during my many, many ops out of HNL.
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Yes, I've fueled that seaplane actually. We had to park the AVGAS truck in this super sketchy manner for the hose to reach the tanks. Imagine a fuel truck, precariously reversing 10 ft from the water's edge, on a steep embankment of a sand/gravel surface....good times !
 
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