Saturday, May 16, 2015

Piper PA-28-140 Cherokee, N7099R: Incident occurred May 16, 2015 near Gillespie Field Airport (KSEE), San Diego/El Cajon, California

RICARDO A. LOPEZ: http://registry.faa.gov/N7099R 

SANTEE — A single-engine airplane made an emergency landing on Prospect Avenue in Santee Saturday morning, striking a truck but causing no injuries, the Sheriff’s Department said. 

The plane, a Piper PA-28-140 Cherokee, was headed from the Phoenix area to Montgomery Field in Kearny Mesa when it suffered a mechanical problem that forced it to divert from its flight plan and make for Gillespie Field in ElCajon.

However, the plane came down on Prospect near Cuyamaca Street instead.

The pilot, a 30-year-old man who identified himself only as Rich, said he has been flying for five years. During the emergency landing he managed to slip his aircraft under some low-hanging power lines in the area before setting down on the roadway.

“To be honest, it was instinct,” he said. “I’m going to call my instructor and tell him ‘thank you’ because he taught me well.”

Ryan Fuentez, 30, who was the plane’s only passenger, said he is learning to fly and will not be deterred by the accident.

“It’ll take a lot more than that to make me wanna stop flying,” Fuentez said.

The truck hit by the single-prop plane sustained only minor damage, according to a sheriff’s deputy.

Source: http://www.utsandiego.com




SANTEE, Calif. – A small plane made an emergency landing on a street and rolled through an intersection in Santee Saturday, deputies said.

Two people aboard the Piper PA-28-140 Cherokee landed it at Cuyamaca Street and Prospect Avenue just after 10:30 a.m. and “clipped” the side of a car parked on the street, a witness told FOX5. 

San Diego Sheriff’s Department deputies and Heartland Fire Department crews were called to assist the pilots after they landed.

No one, including a man inside the car, was injured, deputies said.

What caused the pilot to make the emergency landing was not immediately disclosed.  

Federal Aviation Administration investigators were headed to the scene.

Source:  http://fox5sandiego.com




SANTEE, Calif. - A small plane made an emergency landing just before 10:30 a.m. in Santee. 

The plane, a Piper PA-28-140 Cherokee, was occupied by a pilot and one passenger. They were heading to Montgomery Field in Kearny Mesa from Phoenix. While flying over Santee, the pilot felt the engine lose power.

The pilot said he tried to turn around and land at Gillespie Field, but couldn't make it.

The plane landed in the 9800 block of Prospect Avenue near Cuyamaca Street. It hit an occupied pickup truck, causing minor damage to the plane and truck.

No injuries were reported. The National Transportation Safety Board is responding to the incident.

Source:   http://www.10news.com
  













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