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Piper Emergency Landing in Czech Republic

What: Argus Geo Systém Piper PA-23 Aztec
Where: Hradec Kralove airfield Czech Republic
When: June 11 2010
Who: pilot Laco Nagy and passenger Milan Nejedlý
Why: After on an aerial photography mission, the plane had problems retracting landing gear but after circling for three hours to burn off fuel, landed safely on foam in the airfield. Thirty rescue workers and seven fire tankers were on standby. Nagy, a former military pilot is credited with a masterful landing.

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