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Small Plane Crash Lands in Ocean Just Off Oahu Beach

SeaA small single-seater aircraft made a crash landing in the ocean just off a beach located on the North Shore of Oahu, Hawaii, on September 24.

The pilot, Greg Harding, 59, who is a former Alaska bush pilot, reported that he had to make crash landing because the plane ran out of fuel. He said that he was on its way to Dillingham Airport, when “the engine just quit.”

According to Harding, he first thought of landing on the beach but there were about a dozen people on the shore.

The Piper PA-25-260 plane landed safely in around 5 ft of water. Harding remained uninjured.

The aircraft belongs to North Shore Aircraft Leasing Co. The company’s owner Ana “Suzy” Gromacki admired Harding’s skills and noted that he was not likely to survive of the plane had overturned.

The FAA is investigating.

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