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Single engine plane crashes into Maryland’s South River
March 29, 2010 NewYorkInjuryNews.com – Aviation Accidents, Injury News, Product Liability
Recently restored plane crash lands in South RiverLegal news for Maryland aviation accident attorneys – Pilot rescued, stable but scared, after crashing into South River near Edgewater airport.76-year-old pilot rescued by onlookers after crash landing plane into MD river.Edgewater, MD www.NewYorkInjuryNews.com – Richard Drawyer, 76, of Annapolis, was rescued by a marina resident after his single engine plane crashed into South River on Thursday, March 25, 2010, as reported by Capital Gazette Communications, Inc. According to reports, the pilot was unscathed, but in a bit of shock after the incident.Witnesses indicate the Cessna 120, a single engine, two-seat light general aviation plane, began flying low over the water at approximately 3:20 p.m. It then made a crash landing into the river just west of the South River Bridge. Liberty Marina tenant JoDee Carvalho and a marina employee sped to the rescue in an inflatable boat. Carvalho reported they found Drewyer “on top of the tip of the plane,” which had already turned over. Carvalho told reporters, “He was in shock, he wasn’t moving much…seemed to be scared out of his wits.”
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Latest updates: Plane crashes into building in Austin, Texas – CNN.com
Posted by: | CommentsThe latest news as it comes in to CNN from the scene of the crash of a small plane in Austin, Texas. (All times are ET, one hour ahead of local Austin time.)
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Plane’s engine quits; pilot lands on Hwy. 50 | HERTZ News
Posted by: | CommentsAmateur pilot James Riordan has been in a few scrapes in his 30 years of flying, but this represented a major test: a conked-out engine and no obvious place to land.
So the 63-year-old Cameron Park businessman made an emergency landing Saturday morning on Highway 50 in El Dorado Hills, touching down between two moving vehicles in his small home-built aircraft.
He clipped the rear of a Jeep Grand Cherokee, spun and crashed – but walked away without a scratch from the 11 a.m. incident. The occupants of the sport-utility vehicle were unhurt as well.
“It was a ride,” Riordan said with a chuckle. He said officers with the California Highway Patrol “commended me for the ability to land between cars.”
Riordan and a group of friends were flying their planes from Auburn to Cameron Park's airport, known as Cameron Airpark. Riordan was alone in a Rans S-9, a single-seat, single-engine plane used in air shows and general aviation. Like many Rans owners, Riordan built the plane himself from a kit.
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Plane Makes Emergency Landing in Florida – Video – FoxNews.com
Posted by: | CommentsFebruary 4, 2010
Plane Makes Emergency Landing in Florida
Small plane lands safely after part of landing gear collapses
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