Cactus 1549 Achievement

Multi achievement

Cactus 1549

Official achievement authored by JimG008.

US Airways Flight 1549 (call sign 'Cactus 1549') was a regularly scheduled US Airways flight from New York City (LaGuardia Airport), to Charlotte and Seattle, in the United States. On January 15, 2009, the Airbus A320 serving the flight, struck a flock of birds shortly after take-off from LaGuardia, losing all engine power. Unable to reach any airport for an emergency landing due to their low altitude, pilots Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger and Jeffrey Skiles glided the plane to a ditching in the Hudson River off Midtown Manhattan. All 155 people on board were rescued by nearby boats, with only a few serious injuries.

The media quickly dubbed this water landing of a powerless jetliner with no deaths "the Miracle on the Hudson" and a National Transportation Safety Board official described it as "the most successful ditching in aviation history". The Board rejected the notion that the ditching could have been avoided by returning to LaGuardia or diverting to nearby Teterboro Airport. The pilots and flight attendants were awarded the Master's Medal of the Guild of Air Pilots and Air Navigators in recognition of their "heroic and unique aviation achievement".

To commemorate this event and honor Sully and his crew, we will fly the entire route.

The original flight plan was: Laguardia, New York [KLGA] to Charlotte, North Carolina [KCLT] and then direct to Seattle, Washington [KSEA]. For the purpose of this Multi-leg achievement, the flight from KCLT to KSEA will be broken into 4 legs. For the purpose of this achievement, you may fly any aircraft you choose.

This achievement has dynamically been classified as Epic; only 10.4% of pilots have completed this!

Criteria

In order to obtain this multi-achievement you must complete each of the following achievements.

Epic

Evik03

John Zatroch

Dwolf

Rockin Redwings99

WingNutRv7

VAF957 Paolo

VAF273 Giacomo

VAF159 Gigi

Cjgreen14

Eduardo Martinez Herdugo

Lithona

NcGator424

Wakkie

Cactus1549

Vincenzo VPS64

LilPecky

Krupke77

Robert B Dickerson

RunkingRolf

Edwin Albert Warren

PAPA974

James Goodsell

VAF155 Alberto

VAF253 Giuseppe

Nexus 15

A total of 109 pilots have completed this achievement, but we're only displaying the most recent, would you like to see the full list?

Date	From To	Pilot	Aircraft	Landing rate	Distance	Flight time
28MAR26 1857Z	KBZN KSEA	Evik03	Embraer Phenom 100 (E50P)	-27 ft/m	495 nm	01:52
23MAR26 1830Z	KBZN KSEA	John Zatroch	Airbus A320 neo (A20N)	-268 ft/m	561 nm	01:42
22MAR26 2021Z	KBZN KSEA	Dwolf	Boeing 737-800 (B738)	-261 ft/m	511 nm	01:28
07MAR26 2008Z	KBZN KSEA	Rockin Redwings99	Cessna Citation X (C750)	-85 ft/m	518 nm	01:32
28FEB26 1643Z	KBZN KSEA	WingNutRv7	Cessna 700 Citation Longitude (C700)	-73 ft/m	539 nm	01:44
18FEB26 1457Z	KBZN KSEA	VAF957 Paolo	Airbus A350-900 (A359)	-347 ft/m	508 nm	01:10
18FEB26 1456Z	KBZN KSEA	VAF273 Giacomo	Boeing 737-700 (B737)	-345 ft/m	500 nm	01:13
29JAN26 2023Z	KBZN KSEA	VAF159 Gigi	Airbus A321 neo (A21N)	-587 ft/m	546 nm	01:40
28JAN26 1908Z	KMHE KBZN	Cjgreen14	Cessna Citation X (C750)	-291 ft/m	681 nm	01:48
25JAN26 1814Z	KBZN KSEA	Eduardo Martinez Herdugo	Honda HA-420 HondaJet (HDJT)	-119 ft/m	495 nm	01:13
30DEC25 0027Z	KBZN KSEA	Lithona	Airbus A319 (A319)	-106 ft/m	552 nm	01:31
27DEC25 0556Z	KBZN KSEA	NcGator424	Cessna Citation X (C750)	-218 ft/m	518 nm	01:20
25DEC25 1928Z	KBZN KSEA	Wakkie	Boeing 777-200LR/F (B77L)	-124 ft/m	528 nm	01:20
01DEC25 1929Z	KBZN KSEA	Cactus1549	Airbus A320 (A320)	-266 ft/m	531 nm	01:36
22OCT25 0918Z	KBZN KSEA	Vincenzo VPS64	Boeing 737-800 (B738)	-249 ft/m	542 nm	01:24
20SEP25 1605Z	KBZN KSEA	LilPecky	Airbus A320 (A320)	-442 ft/m	511 nm	01:21
25JUL25 0354Z	KBZN KSEA	Krupke77	EMB-312 Tucano AFA 80th	-35 ft/m	488 nm	00:57
14JUL25 1944Z	KBZN KSEA	Robert B Dickerson	Airbus A320 (A320)	-260 ft/m	508 nm	01:21
29JUN25 1910Z	KBZN KSEA	RunkingRolf	Cessna 525C Citation CJ4 (C25C)	-175 ft/m	550 nm	01:20
21JUN25 0103Z	KBZN KSEA	Edwin Albert Warren	Boeing 737-800 (B738)	-198 ft/m	672 nm	01:23