Emergency landing on Mohave County Road 5 of a 1966 Beechcraft single engine plane late morning March 21, 2012
Photo courtesy of Mohave County Sheriff's Office
Emergency landing on Mohave County Road 5 of a 1966 Beechcraft single engine plane late morning March 21, 2012
Photo courtesy of Mohave County Sheriff's Office
Photo courtesy of Mohave County Sheriff's Office
ARIZONA STRIP - Mohave County Sheriff’s deputies responded to an emergency landing of an aircraft Wednesday morning on County Road 5, approximately 45 miles south of St. George.
At about 10:23 a.m., deputies responded to the desert area near Mt Trumbull of where a single engine plane, a 1966 Beechcraft, made an emergency landing on a dirt road due to engine failure.
The pilot, Robert Fuke, 66, of St. George, and his wife were not injured.
Fuke advised that he was en route to Phoenix when the engine began to run rough and eventually stopped working. Fuke said that he landed successfully even though the landing gear failed to operate. There was no reported fuel leakage.
The Federal Aviation Administration has been notified.
Source: http://www.stgeorgeutah.com
http://registry.faa.gov/N866P
Source: http://www.stgeorgeutah.com
http://registry.faa.gov/N866P
IDENTIFICATION Regis#: 866P Make/Model: BE35 Description: 35 Bonanza Date: 03/21/2012 Time: 1545 Event Type: Incident Highest Injury: None Mid Air: N Missing: N Damage: Minor LOCATION City: PEACH SPRINGS State: AZ Country: US DESCRIPTION AIRCRAFT FORCE LANDED WITH GEAR RETRACTED ON A DIRT ROAD NEAR PEACH SPRINGS, AZ INJURY DATA Total Fatal: 0 # Crew: 2 Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk: # Pass: 0 Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk: # Grnd: Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk: WEATHER: 00000KT 10SM CLR 06/M02 A3022 OTHER DATA FAA FSDO: LAS VEGAS, NV (WP19) Entry date: 03/22/2012 #
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