Pilot motivated by twin daughters during emergency landing
Davie, Fla. (WZZM) - Twelve-year-old twins Carly and Ashley Richmond say they know their father is a good pilot.
"Yea, he's good," confirms Carly.
So the girls say they aren't surprised 58-year-old Scott Richmond of Comstock Park made a successful emergency landing Thursday morning on a busy Florida freeway.
"He's been flying for a while, and that is probably why he did so well," suggests Ashley.
While flying from Michigan to south Florida on a business trip, Richmond says his single engine prop plane ran out of gas.
"She sputtered and quit," he explains. "She ran out of fuel."
While looking for a place to land on the freeway jammed with rush hour traffic, Richmond says he thought about his twins back home.
"I got two beautiful, twin 12-year-old daughters," he told reporters. "They are not ready. They aren't ready to be alone."
"At first I was worried," says Carly. "But he is okay."
"Good job," Ashley says with a smile.
Initial reports indicate Richmond had enough fuel to land, but on approach he was waved off to permit a jet with higher priority use the runway. While circling the airport waiting for clearance he ran out of fuel. The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating.
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Date: 24-SEP-15
Time: 12:50:00Z
Regis#: N8856P
Aircraft Make: PIPER
Aircraft Model: PA24
Event Type: Incident
Highest Injury: None
Damage: Minor
Flight Phase: LANDING (LDG)
City: MIAMI
State: Florida
AIRCRAFT CRASHED ON A HIGHWAY DUE TO UNKNOWN CIRCUMSTANCES. MIAMI, FL
http://registry.faa.gov/N8856P
FHP Troopers surround pilot Scott Richmond calming him down after Richmond became upset when he was told he couldn't leave the scene before his plane was towed Thursday.
FHP Troopers calm pilot Scott Richmond down after Richmond became upset after not being able to leave the scene before his plane was towed away.
Pilot Scott Richmond
Pilot Scott Richmond
Pilot Scott Richmond
Pilot Scott Richmond
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