found by a marsh

[loser1]

I thought it was an airplane wing, but no one else seems to agree. Probably 12' by 2.5'.
Mostly aluminium with some wood and painted cloth.

 

[Charlie P. (NY)]

Where is your swamp? Maybe you have found the lost remains of l'Oiseau Blanc. The first East to West Atlantic flight by Charles Nugesser and Francis Coli - two French WWI aces - who disappeared a few months before Charles Lindbergh made it from the other direction.

http://www.aero-news.net/news/featu...22b14fc-5c71-4b9b-ac77-a08f5528439f&Dynamic=1

 

[GL]

Wing fell off or was torn off by a tree and the rest of the craft is in the water. Looks like an ultralight to me. It's very flimsy looking with minimal bracing to be for an enclosed "normal" airplane.

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

I wonder if theres a body? How secluded is the area?

 

[Drache]

I wonder if theres a body? How secluded is the area?

I know up here in BC, hikers and hunters find plane crashes all the time. There is a number to report them to see if they are known or not.

 

[Ramitt]

You might find some info here.
http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/query.asp

 

[SkyPirate]

I am a qualified Commercial pilot. It is definitely the wing or tail of an airplane. You should notify the authorities immediately. If it is a known and documented crash site and there is to be no further investigation, you can salvage it for the aluminium. Recycle! Worth some $$$ Joe

 

[Ifoundit69]

OK SO WHERE IS THE FOLLOW UP REPORT ? I SPOKE WITH TATTOO ON FANTASY ISLAND AND HE SAID
" THE PLANE " "THE PLANE " THE PLANE IN THE SWAMP BOSS " !!!!

 

[Drache]

Where is your swamp? Maybe you have found the lost remains of l'Oiseau Blanc. The first East to West Atlantic flight by Charles Nugesser and Francis Coli - two French WWI aces - who disappeared a few months before Charles Lindbergh made it from the other direction.

http://www.aero-news.net/news/featu...22b14fc-5c71-4b9b-ac77-a08f5528439f&Dynamic=1

I just came on here to post about that....

 

[loser1]

I was unable to find anyone who knows for sure about it but it appears to fit an incident in 1971.
N3069Z , a 1959 Piper Pa-22 overshot the runway possibly causing damage to the landing gear. Not wanting to crash on solid ground, the pilot opted to ditch in the swamp a few miles away. On approach he clipped the wing on a tree causing "substantial " damage to the plane but only minor injuries.
The plane was later rebuilt.

kind of sounds like fun.........

 

[traderoftreasures]

i would definatly look around you might find a gold tooth or something mabye they had two nickels. mabye a glass eye from the pilot who may have been blind

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

I was unable to find anyone who knows for sure about it but it appears to fit an incident in 1971.
N3069Z , a 1959 Piper Pa-22 overshot the runway possibly causing damage to the landing gear. Not wanting to crash on solid ground, the pilot opted to ditch in the swamp a few miles away. On approach he clipped the wing on a tree causing "substantial " damage to the plane but only minor injuries.
The plane was later rebuilt.

kind of sounds like fun.........

It appears to fit. ...solved?