Van's RV-12, N218DG: Incident occurred October 30, 2020 in Carmine, Fayette County, Texas

Federal Aviation Administration / Flight Standards District Office; Houston, Texas

Aircraft forced to land on a highway.  

https://registry.faa.gov/N218DG

Date: 30-OCT-20

Time: 21:00:00Z

Regis#: N218DG

Aircraft Make: VANS

Aircraft Model: RV12

Event Type: INCIDENT

Highest Injury: NONE

Aircraft Missing: No

Damage: UNKNOWN

Activity: PERSONAL

Flight Phase: EN ROUTE (ENR)

Operation: 91

City: CARMINE

State: TEXAS

FAYETTE COUNTY, Texas (KXAN) — U.S. Highway 290 became a last-second runway for a plane on October 30th.

The single-engine two-seater plane landed on the highway just east of Carmine in Fayette County, the Fayette County Sheriff’s Office said in a press release Monday.

The pilot of the plane discovered a fuel leak while in the air, the sheriff’s office said. The pilot luckily found a break in highway traffic and landed on the road going eastbound, and then taxied off the roadway into a parking lot, the sheriff’s office said.

The left wing hit a mailbox after it touched down, but that was the only damage to the plane, the sheriff’s office said. No injuries were reported.

Along with the sheriff’s office, Carmine Fire Department and the Texas Department of Public Safety responded to the scene.

The sheriff’s office said the Texas Highway Patrol investigated the incident.

  

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