Sunday, May 11, 2014

Piper J3F-65 Cub, N31786: Incident occurred May 11, 2014 in Livermore, California

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LIVERMORE, Calif. (KGO) -- A small plane has made an emergency landing at the Sandia National Laboratories in Livermore.

There have been no reports of injuries, but witnesses tell ABC7 News they saw the pilot taken away in handcuffs and that security approached that plane with guns drawn.

The FAA reports the plane, a Piper J3F-65 Cub, had engine trouble and landed in a field at the lab at 3:30 p.m. Sunday. 


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LIVERMORE -- For a second time in less than a month a single-engine plane made an emergency landing in a field about five miles east of the Livermore Municipal Airport, authorities said.

No one was injured in the landing in an open field around Sandia California National Laboratories about 3:30 p.m., authorities said.

A spokesman from the Alameda County Sheriff's Department said the Piper J3F-65 Cub had electrical issues and made the landing in a southwest buffer zone. The plane is registered to a Yuba City man, according to an FAA spokesman.

The FAA is investigating the cause of the engine problem, a spokesman said. The plane was not damaged, but it may take a couple days for fire officials to remove it, a Sandia spokesman said.

On the evening of April 16, the pilot of a single-engine Cessna 152 made an emergency landing in a field, also about five miles east of the Livermore Municipal Airport after the plane ran out of fuel, an FAA spokesman said. The two incidents are not linked.

Neither of the two people on board were injured and no damage to the plane was reported, the spokesman said. The FAA is also investigating that landing.


Source:   http://www.mercurynews.com

LIVERMORE, Calif. —  The pilot of a small airplane made an emergency landing in Livermore after experiencing engine failure Sunday afternoon, according to a Federal Aviation Administration spokesman.

The plane, a Piper J3F-65 Cub with the tail number N31786, reportedly experienced engine failure around 3:30 p.m., FAA spokesman Ian Gregor said.

According to the FAA's preliminary investigation, the pilot made a precautionary landing about 5 miles east of Livermore Municipal Airport, Gregor said.

Nobody on board the plane was injured and no damage to the plane was reported.

The FAA is investigating the cause of the engine problem.  


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