Pilot and Two Passengers Swim Away Unscathed After Ditching
Near FL Keys
For reasons yet unknown, a 1989 Waco Classic biplane ended the
year with a splash as it was ditched off Sombrero Beach, FL, near
the Marathon airport in the FL Keys. The Jacobs powered bipe
reported suffered some manner of power interruption, while the
pilot called for a Mayday on the local unicom frequency and managed
what appears to be a pretty well-controlled ditching into the
Atlantic. The Monroe County Sheriff's Office confirms that there
were three people on board the Conch Air Waco flight-seeing
aircraft (three men, according to local media reports), the pilot
and two passengers. All three occupants refused medical attention
(but probably did ask for a towel...) and the aircraft appeared to
su