We have a very busy general aviation airport here and this happens occasionally. This guy was an 83 year old retired attorney that had engine problems on take off. He did a a good job of keeping it off a very busy main road, and out of a house.
Yesterday, we had one land on the freeway. Lucily, no one was hurt but it sure did mess up traffic. I drove right by it wishing that I had my camera. I couldnt find any pictures of it but here's the whole story; http://www.press-enterprise.com/news/
I don't think the pilot is doing so well, unfortunately. Our boys did a good job getting him out of the plane and into the chopper in a short amount of time. The plane almost hit Emmitt Smith's house!
wow.. Looks like a Beech Bonanza.. the cockpit is extremely intact, so let's hope he lives to fly another day !! JH
Larry I think you solved the mystery. Had to declare several emergencies myself over the years. Once I blew a turbo headed to Fla declared landed and during roll out had to fight off the firetrucks trying to foam my plane down. Jim Lore
Hi all My dad had a Super Cub in the mid 80's..never even had a pilot's license. I remember being a kid and doing lots of ice fishing. One time we got caught in a wicked snow storm. Visibility was 0, dad was following a car on the highway...i'm not kidding either. As soon as we lost the car it was power on and pull up. Good thing he had that 160 Lycoming, that thing just screamed to 4000 feet. Flying on instruments alone he put it down 150km ahead of the storm in search of some shelter for us. We managed to ride it out in a hunting shack not to far from where we landed. To this day I still love to fly and will never be afraid of the air......... Marc p.s Airplanes are still the safest mode of transprtation
FYI the white stuff on the wings is AFFF : Auqeous Film Forming Foam. Who says I didn't learn anything in the Navy :laugh:
