Rescue jettison canopy12/30/2023 ![]() ![]() Over the radio, he heard the pilot of the accident airplane report that he had "smoke." (The pilot made a distress call to the Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) air traffic control tower.) The #2 pilot subsequently saw smoke from the accident airplane then saw the propeller "seize up." The accident pilot maneuvered the airplane for a forced landing in the Hudson River. They were about 1,100 ft above the water and proceeding north along the Hudson River about 140 knots. The #2 pilot in the formation reported that they flew along the beach, on the south side of Long Island, then into the visual flight rules corridor next to John F Kennedy International Airport (JFK). The accident airplane was part of a three-ship formation participating in a photo shoot. The local flight originated from Republic Airport (FRG), Farmingdale, New York, about 1900. Day visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident, and no flight plan was filed. The experimental, exhibition-category airplane was registered to a corporation and was operated by the American Airpower Museum under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 as an aerial observation flight. ![]() The commercial pilot was fatally injured and the airplane was substantially damaged. On May 27, 2016, about 1930 eastern daylight time, a Republic P-47D, N1345B, ditched in the Hudson River near New York, New York, following a total loss of engine power. ![]()
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