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
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.
Neither engine has the prop feathered for a twin that had “engine issues”, and lands on a highway.
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