Wednesday, December 10, 2014

Great Lakes 2T-1A Sport Trainer, N642RT: Incident occurred December 10, 2014 near Coeur d'Alene, Idaho

NEAR COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho - A small plane made a hard landing ten miles south of Coeur d'Alene near Highway 95 around 2:15 p.m. Wednesday. 

A caller witnessed the crash on the east side of the highway near Whitlaw Road.

The pilot, 80-year-old Ronald Tacheny, walked away unhurt from the landing.

He told deputies he had a "rough landing".

Tacheny said he was landing his experimental bi-plane on his private landing strip near the highway when he misjudged the ground.

The plane's left wheel struck soft dirt, breaking the wheel assembly. The plane kept going a short distance when the left wing hit a bush and spun the plane to a stop, according to Tacheny's account to deputies.

Tacheny told deputies he built the plane about 14 years ago and that he has 40 years of flying experience.

Source:   http://www.krem.com


 ALLEN R. TACHENY: http://registry.faa.gov/N642RT 


At about 2:15 p.m. today, the Kootenai County Sheriff’s Office received a report of an airplane crash off US 95, near Whitla Road, about 10 miles south of Coeur d’Alene. 

The caller said she was traveling on US 95 when she witnessed an airplane crash land on the east side of the highway. 

Deputies found the pilot, Ronald Tacheny 80, of Coeur d’Alene, walking near the airplane. Tacheny said he was not injured and described the crash as a “rough landing.” 

Deputies found that as Tacheny was landing his experimental bi-plane on his private landing strip, he misjudged the terrain and the left wheel struck the soft dirt, breaking the wheel assembly.

The plane then traveled a short distance where the left wing struck a bush and spun the plane to a stop. 

Full KCSD news release here.

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