Mohd Nizam 0 Report post Posted November 23, 2005 A pilot whose engine died looked around for a smooth emergency landing spot and spotted just what he needed - a four-lane highway that wasn't busy. Frank H. Smith, 87, of Cary was flying his home-built aircraft at 8,500 feet when he lost power Saturday afternoon. He saw that traffic on a stretch of U.S. 1 was light enough for him to land in the southbound lanes without endangering any vehicles, then put his plane down and coasted over to the side of the highway. State Trooper Ed Suttles said no charges would be filed and the National Transportation Safety Board would investigate. Smith, a retired engineer, said it was the first problem he has had in about 30 years of flying. He said the aircraft has given him no trouble since he built it in 1993. Source: http://www.phillyburbs.com/pb-dyn/news/84-...005-573105.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tharan G. 0 Report post Posted November 24, 2005 thank god everything went on all right. Luckly there were not much traffic Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Walter Sim 1 Report post Posted November 24, 2005 wow, he made his own aircraft? and landed on the highway? LOL! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mohd Nizam 0 Report post Posted November 24, 2005 wow, he made his own aircraft? and landed on the highway? LOL! 16923[/snapback] Yeap, His OWN way .. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ibrahim 0 Report post Posted November 24, 2005 (edited) Lohh.... I Remember when the SAF tranform a Highway into a Runway.. This Guyz realy Teror laaaaa. Edited November 24, 2005 by Ibrahim Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mohd. Ariffin Bin Jamalludin 0 Report post Posted November 24, 2005 thumbs up to u old man! in states, can an a/c fly without proper document like CofA, CMR, CRS, etc? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YiHao 0 Report post Posted November 24, 2005 unbelieveble! still can make a emergency landing in highway! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Norman 1 Report post Posted November 25, 2005 Malaysia also saw this kind of drama few years back when 2 Germans landed a Cessna 172 on the North-South Highway some where near Rawang I think. They almost hit the rear of a truck, but managed to brake on time . Cessna was rented from Royal Selangor Flying Club, and had engine problems. PLUS had to close the highway for the take-off after engine repaired 2 days later. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Teoh Z Yao 0 Report post Posted November 25, 2005 (edited) Malaysia also saw this kind of drama few years back when 2 Germans landed a Cessna 172 on the North-South Highway some where near Rawang I think. They almost hit the rear of a truck, but managed to brake on time . Cessna was rented from Royal Selangor Flying Club, and had engine problems. PLUS had to close the highway for the take-off after engine repaired 2 days later. 17069[/snapback] Yeah... I remember that! Anyone has the footage of the whole scenerio? Edited November 25, 2005 by Teoh Z Yao Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gavin Andrew David 6 Report post Posted November 30, 2005 Malaysia also saw this kind of drama few years back when 2 Germans landed a Cessna 172 on the North-South Highway some where near Rawang I think. They almost hit the rear of a truck, but managed to brake on time . Cessna was rented from Royal Selangor Flying Club, and had engine problems. PLUS had to close the highway for the take-off after engine repaired 2 days later. 17069[/snapback] wow thats interesting can't recall that Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mohd Yohan 0 Report post Posted November 30, 2005 Malaysia also saw this kind of drama few years back when 2 Germans landed a Cessna 172 on the North-South Highway some where near Rawang I think. They almost hit the rear of a truck, but managed to brake on time . Cessna was rented from Royal Selangor Flying Club, and had engine problems. PLUS had to close the highway for the take-off after engine repaired 2 days later. 17069[/snapback] yup........i do recall that Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gavin Andrew David 6 Report post Posted December 1, 2005 Try to pull something off like that in Subang . And the whole township will stop moving Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Norman 1 Report post Posted December 1, 2005 Try to pull something off like that in Subang . And the whole township will stop moving 18164[/snapback] Gavin, If I recalled correctly, many years back... a Police AirWing Aircraft (Either Pilatus PC6 or Cessna Caravan... can't really recalled) did carry out an emergency landing on the highway leading to Subang Airport... Sadly... all onboard perished, plus one or two kids in a car that the aircraft collided with.. Really sad... Weather was bad, fuel was low, traffic was heavy, daylight was diminishing for a VFR flight Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Imran K. 0 Report post Posted December 1, 2005 Gavin, If I recalled correctly, many years back... a Police AirWing Aircraft (Either Pilatus PC6 or Cessna Caravan... can't really recalled) did carry out an emergency landing on the highway leading to Subang Airport... Sadly... all onboard perished, plus one or two kids in a car that the aircraft collided with.. Really sad... Weather was bad, fuel was low, traffic was heavy, daylight was diminishing for a VFR flight 18232[/snapback] My aunt was invovled in an accident due to that incident. Sad to say, she suffered irreversible injuries... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mohd Nizam 0 Report post Posted December 1, 2005 My aunt was invovled in an accident due to that incident. Sad to say, she suffered irreversible injuries... 18243[/snapback] So sorry to hear that ... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites