Friday, July 27, 2012

Cessna 210B Centurion, N9571X: North Texas freeway service road, near Fort Worth Spinks Airport (KFWS)

 
Emergency responders talk over just what to do with a plane that landed Friday on the southbound Interstate 35W service road in Burleson. 
(Burleson Star/BRIAN PORTER)

 
The 1962 Cessna 210 piloted by David Barnett sits on the southbound Interstate 35W service road in Burleson. It was headed to Houston before engine failure for unknown reasons.
 (Burleson Star/BRIAN PORTER)

 
Residents point to news helicopters circling the emergency landing site Friday of a Cessna personal aircraft.
 (Burleson Star/BRIAN PORTER)

 
FAA inspector Tom Hennessee, left, and pilot David Barnett talk over what might have caused engine failure that sent Barnett's plane down in Burleson Friday.
 (Burleson Star/BRIAN PORTER)

 
The question as to how the Cessna 210 was going to be removed from the Interstate 35W service road was answered when a frontloader and a tow truck helped put down landing gear on the plane. (Burleson Star/BRIAN PORTER)

Engine trouble forced the pilot of the Cessna 210 to land on an Interstate 35 service road, according to FAA representative Lynn Lunsford. 

Tim Williams NBC 5 viewer
 Tim Williams shot this photo of the plane as it sat on the service road after the landing


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BURLESON — In what must have been a bizarre sight for afternoon commuters, a single-engine aircraft made an emergency landing on the south Interstate 35W service road in Burleson. 

Sally Ellertson, a spokeswoman for the city, said two adults on the plane were not injured when they brought the plane down — without landing gear — on the service road, also known as South Burleson Boulevard. The area is not far from Fort Worth Spinks Airport.

“They had engine trouble and decided to make an emergency landing on the service road,” Ellertson said. “The battalion chief said they did a belly landing because they did not have time to get the landing gear down manually.”

Miraculously, no vehicles were struck on the ground, Ellertson.

“The plane simply slid down the service road,” Ellertson said. “They didn’t hit anything. He (the battalion chief) said it was a great landing.”

Story, photo and comments:  http://www.nbcdfw.com 

BURLESON -- In what must have been a bizarre sight for afternoon commuters, a single-engine aircraft made an emergency landing on the south Interstate 35W service road in Burleson. 

Sally Ellertson, a spokeswoman for the city, said two adults on the plane were not injured when they brought the plane down -- without landing gear -- on the service road, also known as South Burleson Boulevard. The area is not far from Fort Worth Spinks Airport.

"They had engine trouble and decided to make an emergency landing on the service road," Ellertson said. "The battalion chief said they did a belly landing because they did not have time to get the landing gear down manually."

Miraculously, no vehicles were struck on the ground, Ellertson.

"The plane simply slid down the service road," Ellertson said. "They didn't hit anything. He (the battalion chief) said it was a great landing."


Story: http://www.star-telegram.com


Story and photo:  http://www.myfoxdfw.com
 
http://registry.faa.gov/N9571X

BURLESON, Texas — Rush-hour motorists got a surprise as they saw a small plane make a belly landing on a North Texas freeway service road. 

The incident happened just after 5 p.m. Friday on Interstate 35W about 15 miles south of Fort Worth in the suburb of Burleson. City spokeswoman Sally Ellertson says the single-engine aircraft made the emergency landing on the southbound service road of the interstate after developing engine trouble.

Ellertson said none of the four people aboard was injured and no vehicles were hit on the ground.