FAA IDENTIFICATION
Regis#: 4906J Make/Model: PA28 Description: CHEROKEE, ARROW
Date: 07/23/2012 Time: 0630
Event Type: Accident Highest Injury: None Mid Air: N Missing: N
Damage: Substantial
LOCATION
City: ESCONDIDO State: CA Country: US
DESCRIPTION
AIRCRAFT LOST POWER AND WAS FORCED TO LAND ON A HIGHWAY. ESCONDIDO, CA
INJURY DATA Total Fatal: 0
# Crew: 1 Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk:
# Pass: 3 Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk:
# Grnd: Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk:
OTHER DATA
Activity: Unknown Phase: Landing Operation: OTHER
FAA FSDO: SAN DIEGO, CA (WP09) Entry date: 07/23/2012
Jul 23, 2012 by Scott Rodriguez
"Cops were flying in both directions all over the 15 freeway for about 10 minutes. Plane landed on the freeway about a minute in front of me."
This 1968 Piper airplane suffered minor damage by a 74-year-old Poway man driving a 1995 Dodge Dakota that clipped the left wing of the airplane as it was sticking out into a traffic lane after it made an emergency landing on Interstate 15 just north of El Norte Parkway around 11:25 p.m. Sunday.
DON BOOMER, nctimes.com
A light airplane made an emergency landing late Sunday night on Interstate 15 in northern Escondido, authorities said.
The airplane was on the side of the road Monday morning while authorities figure out a way to remove it, said to California Highway Patrol Officer Jim Bettencourt. The agency issued a traffic alert for the area.
A 1968 Piper from Mammoth with four people on board made an emergency landing on the freeway just north of El Norte Parkway around 11:25 p.m. Sunday, according to the CHP.
Orange resident Ken Gheysar, 48, was piloting the airplane en route to Palomar Airport in Carlsbad when the airplane ran out of fuel, prompting the emergency landing, Bettencourt said in a statement.
"Since traffic was light at that hour he was able to land safely and make it to the right shoulder of the freeway just north of El Norte Road," Bettencourt said.
About 7:15 a.m., traffic backed up several miles to Gopher Canyon Road as morning commuters slowed to see the plane.
"It's not everyday people see a plane on the side of the road," Bettencourt said.
The officer said it could be several hours until authorities figure out the best way to remove the plane from the area.
No one was hurt and no vehicles damaged in the emergency landing but shortly afterwards a 74-year-old Poway man driving a 1995 Dodge Dakota clipped the left wing of the airplane as it was sticking out into a traffic lane, Bettencourt said. According to the officer, there was minor damage to the pickup but the driver was uninjured.
"The airplane was able to be pushed to the right shoulder and will remain on the right shoulder until it is determined how to safely remove it," Bettencourt said.
The Federal Aviation Administration and National Transportation Safety Board were notified of the emergency landing.
Story, photos and comments: http://www.nctimes.com
ESCONDIDO — A pilot whose single-engine rental plane ran out of gas made an emergency landing on south Interstate 15 in Escondido late Sunday night.
Ken Gheysar of Orange was heading to Palomar Airport from Mammoth Lakes with three family members when he landed the 1968 Piper aircraft on the roadway about 11:25 p.m., California Highway Patrol Officer Jim Bettencourt said.
Gheysar, another man and two women got out of the plane without injury, Bettencourt said.
A short time later a 74-year-old man clipped the left wing of the plane as he drove south in a 1996 Dodge Dakota but only minor damage was reported.
The plane is on the right shoulder of the highway as authorities discuss how best to remove it. Traffic is backed up almost to Deer Springs Road as people slow to look at the out of place aircraft and take pictures.
Bettencourt said he did not know what time the plane will be moved off the freeway and that it was up to the plane’s owners to remove it.
Federal Aviation Administration and National Transportation Safety Board officials have been notified, the officer said.
This is the second this weekend that a plane made an emergency landing on a county highway.
On Saturday, a 79-year-old pilot landed a small homemade Europa aircraft on north state Route 67 near the Woodside Avenue exit in Santee.
A CHP officer who saw that the plane was flying low over the highway about 10 a.m. started a traffic break that allowed the pilot to land safely, the CHP said.
He told officers that he had power issues shortly after taking off from Gillespie Field and was attempting to return to the airfield when the engine locked up, the CHP said.
Story and comments: http://www.utsandiego.com
Plane carrying 4 lands safely on S. Calif. freeway
Authorities say a plane carrying four people that landed on a Southern California freeway ran out of fuel.
ESCONDIDO, Calif. - Authorities say a plane carrying four people that landed on a Southern California freeway ran out of fuel.
The 1968 Piper landed safely at about 11:30 p.m. Sunday on the southbound lanes of Interstate 15 in Escondido.
California Highway Patrol Officer Jim Bettencourt tells City News Service that traffic was light and no cars were hit. However, Bettencourt says a driver later clipped the left wing and his pickup received minor damage.
The single-engine plane was pushed onto the freeway shoulder, where it remains Monday morning until it can be removed. All lanes are open.
Bettencourt says the pilot, 48-year-old Ken Gheysar of Orange, was heading to Palomar Airport in Carlsbad when the plane ran out of fuel.
Escondido is about 30 miles north of San Diego.
Source: http://seattletimes.nwsource.com
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