Tuesday, May 09, 2017

Beech P35 Bonanza, N35JG: Incident occurred May 09, 2017 near Athens-Ben Epps Airport (KAHN), Athens, Clarke County, Georgia

Federal Aviation Administration / Flight Standards District Office; Atlanta 

Swink Aircraft Services LLC: http://registry.faa.gov/N35JG

Aircraft force landed in a field.

Date: 09-MAY-17
Time: 18:37:00Z
Regis#: N35JG
Aircraft Make: BEECH
Aircraft Model: BE35
Event Type: INCIDENT
Highest Injury: NONE
Aircraft Missing: No
Damage: UNKNOWN
Activity: UNKNOWN
Flight Phase: LANDING (LDG)
City: ATHENS
State: GEORGIA









An engine failure reportedly forced a single-engine four-seat airplane to make an emergency landing in the field across from UGA’s Livestock Instructional Arena off South Milledge Avenue on Tuesday afternoon.

No injuries were reported after the 1963 Beechcraft Bonanza, with pilot Bobby Swink of Bishop and a friend, Mark Sulimirski, made the emergency landing at around 3 p.m. Tuesday.

“God is good,” Swink said at the scene. “Nobody was hurt and the airplane is OK.”

Swink, a veteran pilot with more than 50 years of experience, was ascending after taking off from the nearby Athens-Ben Epps Airport when his engine lost power.

The 70-year-old pilot glided for more than a minute before touching down in the field at the end of South Milledge Avenue near Whitehall Road.

The airplane will remain in the field for the time being, until representatives of the Federal Aviation Administration have a chance to survey the scene. A meeting with the FAA at the landing site is expected Wednesday morning, according to Swink.

University of Georgia police were on the scene in the aftermath of the emergency landing. One lane of South Milledge Avenue was partially blocked as emergency personnel responded to the scene.

Original article can be found here:   http://onlineathens.com

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