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of water (commonly referred to as ditching) is a rare event in aviation and may be caused by mechanical failure, fuel exhaustion, weather conditions, or human error. To the knowledge of the authors, there is a paucity of research on the subject and likewise few, if any, studies on occupant survivability post-ditching. When operating over an extended body of water, ditching is unavoidable if power is lost and the aircraft is beyond gliding range of land. One question posed in the current study relates to occupant survival surrounding the ditching event itself as