Wednesday, October 12, 2022

Piper PA‑30, N7494Y: Accident occurred October 04, 2022 in Milan, Telfair County, Georgia

National Transportation Safety Board - Accident Report Number: ERA23LA005

Federal Aviation Administration / Flight Standards District Office; Atlanta, Georgia

Aircraft experienced engine issues and made an emergency landing on a highway and went into a ditch.  


Date: 04-OCT-22
Time: 17:40:00Z
Regis#: N7494Y
Aircraft Make: PIPER
Aircraft Model: PA30
Event Type: INCIDENT
Highest Injury: NONE
Flight Crew: 1 No Injuries
Pax: 0
Aircraft Missing: No
Damage: UNKNOWN
Activity: PERSONAL
Flight Phase: UNKNOWN (UNK)
Operation: 91
City: MILAN
State: GEORGIA







TELFAIR COUNTY, Georgia (WGXA) - A plane has made an emergency landing on a highway in Telfair County.

Initial reports from the scene show a twin-engine plane landed along Highway 280 in Milan before coming to a rest just off the roadway.

The Federal Aviation Administration confirms the plane is a Piper PA-30. 

The pilot, Jimmy Ray, reported engine issues around 1:40 p.m. Ray was the only person on board.

According to Telfair County Sheriff Sim Davidson, Ray was flying from Fitzgerald to McRae-Helena. Ray was not hurt.

Sheriff Davidson says they have removed the plane from the highway.

The Federal Aviation Administration says they will investigate the emergency landing.

5 comments:

  1. Neither engine has the prop feathered for a twin that had “engine issues”, and lands on a highway.
    Things that make you go hmmmmm.

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  2. I saw one like that once. They found excessive air in the fuel system.

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  3. Awesome job puttin that old girl down gently Thank you! Love those Comanches !

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