[JETDRVR]

"Being low, he was not a danger to anybody, even LaGuardia traffic. Stupid, yes, but not a danger."

Very well put! Ten years ago , it was common place to see Gulfstreams/Falcons/Hawkers etc mixing it up( V Effn R) with the sunday flier types motoring down the hudson at or below 1000 ;) Ahhhh memories TEB to SWF on a VMC day used to consist of flying the Dalton(vfr sid) at or below 1000 till the Alpine radio towers.......then( depending on the aviator hheheheh) it was down to 50 feet and 350 kts....life was good;) of course theese were "deadheading empty repositioning legs"
My only word of advise to the Mooney aviator would be that he could have picked a million other places to go a bore holes in the big blue!

[snopercod]

...it was down to 50 feet and 350 kts....life was good;)

(Wiping a wistful tear from my eye...) Sounds like fun. But hot-dog stuff like that brands you a terrorist these days. Freedom is against the law now, don't you get it?

One more thing about the "incident". Sure, the guy made a dumb mistake, but we never did, right? LaGuardia had him on their radar and would have vetored any heavy metal traffic out of his way. The system worked.