A small plane had to make an emergency landing at the airstrip of The Point at Polzeath golf course in Polzeath, Cornwall, United Kingdom, on October 14.
Authorities said the pilot of single-engine 1936 Aeronca aircraft requested an emergency landing after its propeller came off mid-air.
The plane landed without incident. The pilot remained uninjured.
The plane was heading from Bodmin to Roche.
A two-seater 1946 Aeronca Champ aircraft crashed at the Cambridge Municipal Airport in Minnesota, on April 11.
According to Trooper Tim Cunningham of the State Highway Patrol’s Cambridge post, “He [the pilot] landed the plane and just began taxiing… A gust of wind came and lifted the plane back into the air. He attempted to correct the plane using more power. The plane then overturned.”
The pilot, identified as Daniel Johnston, 65, remained unharmed.
Authorities said the aircraft ended up in an upside down position in a ditch near the runway.
The incident is under investigation.
On Jan 15, 2013, Robert Lewandowski, the pilot of a Morgan Aviation Aeronca 7A was training at Central Maine Airport—practicing landings— but on his eighth landing, it appeared that the plane’s rear wheel developed a problem.
The plane veered off-runway, hopped snowbanks, struck a snow bank and flipped. The rented plane’s propeller and right wing strut sustained damage. The FAA is investigating.
