AVOID THE WORST CASE SCENARIO BY PLANNING FOR IT
If you are going to fly beyond 50 nautical miles of your departure airport, you need to have either an ELT in the aircraft, or a PLB attached to your body, which will leave the aircraft with you after an incident. And you can read all about that here.
ACR ResQLink GPS PLB
GPS Locating 406 MHz Satellite Transmitter, 121.5 MHz Aircraft Homing Transmitter, Visible and Infrared Strobe Lights
$30
Per Day
ELT OR PLB?
Emergency Location Transmitters are great because they are maintained at the aircraft owner's expense. But, what about a water ditching situation? A built-in ELT is bolted into the aircraft. Thus if the aircraft sinks, so does the ELT, and it won't be picked up by satellites when submerged, making it effectively useless, even if it is of a waterproof construction. For that reason, PLBs are recommended for over-water flights where life rafts are not carried. The reg states that you carry the PLB on your person when flying, and activate it at the first sign of trouble. When you get out of the aircraft, the PLB comes with you.
Be doubly safe by having both an ELT and a PLB. The better prepared you are, the less likely you are to have a situation.
All of our PLBs are registered to us in the Australian Marine Safety Authority database. So when you hire one of our PLBs, we ask you to give us a flight plan briefing that we can upload into that database for the duration of your trip, so that in the event that you do activate the unit, AMSA knows to look for you, not us.