FAA Flight Standards District Office: Orlando
AIRCRAFT LANDED GEAR UP, FORT PIERCE, FLORIDA
Date: 20-JAN-17
Time: 18:30:00Z
Regis#: N2878U
Aircraft Make: PIPER
Aircraft Model: PA28RT
Event Type: INCIDENT
Highest Injury: NONE
Aircraft Missing: No
Damage: UNKNOWN
Activity: INSTRUCTION
Flight Phase: LANDING (LDG)
City: FORT PIERCE
State: FLORIDA
FAA Flight Standards District Office: ORLANDO FSDO SO-15
AIRCRAFT RAN OUT OF FUEL AND LANDED ON I-95 SOUTHBOUND, VERO BEACH, FLORIDA
Date: 30-JAN-17
Time: 06:30:00Z
Regis#: N448ND
Aircraft Make: PIPER
Aircraft Model: PA28-161
Event Type: INCIDENT
Highest Injury: NONE
Aircraft Missing: No
Damage: MINOR
Activity: PERSONAL
Flight Phase: EMERGENCY DESCENT (EMG)
Operation: 91
City: VERO BEACH
State: FLORIDA
The Florida Highway Patrol identified the pilot as 20-year-old Firas Awad H Alghamdi of Saudi Arabia.
A 2004 Piper PA28 single-engine plane landed around 1:30 a.m. Monday south of the State Road 60 exit at mile marker 144.
The Florida Highway Patrol said no injuries were reported.
All southbound lanes were slowed down on I-95 while the plane was towed 11 miles to a rest area. It arrived at the rest stop just before 8 a.m. where it will be disassembled and then taken to a local airport.
The plane is owned by Ari Ben Aviator, Inc.
The pilot reported fuel exhaustion, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. The agency initially said it was on approach to Vero Beach Regional Airport. The FAA later said the pilot made a stop at Vero Beach Regional Airport and was en route back to Ft Pierce when the incident occurred.
"It was very fortunate there was light traffic at 1 a.m. Any time you can make a landing on an interstate and no one is injured or there is no damage, that’s a positive outcome," said FHP Sgt. Mark Wysocky.
The pilot was identified as Firas Awad H. Alghamdi, 20, of Fort Pierce. The FAA is continuing to investigate the incident.
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