Short Final…

Gemini Sparkle

Key Takeaways:

  • A pilot reported to Price County traffic that they would be "going down in the lake" off the end of runway 01.
  • Unicom, interpreting this as an emergency, immediately offered to contact the Sheriff's department.
  • The pilot clarified that it was not an emergency, as their aircraft was an amphibian capable of water landings.
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“Overheard this one while in the pattern at PBH…”

Pilot: Price County traffic, Experimental #### will be going down in the lake off the end of 01.

Unicom: Will notify Sheriff’s department immediately. Hang on!

Pilot: ………..Uh, negative………we’re an Amphibian.

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