highway landing | George Hatcher's Air Flight Disaster https://airflightdisaster.com Aviation News, Headlines & Alerts Tue, 09 Nov 2010 19:56:33 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 Cessna Nails Emergency Landing on Florida Highway https://airflightdisaster.com/cessna-nails-emergency-landing-on-florida-highway/ Tue, 09 Nov 2010 19:50:38 +0000 http://airflightdisaster.com/?p=12381 What: single engine C172 en route from Gainesville to Destin Where: U.S. Highway 98 When: Monday, Nov. 8, 2010, 8 pm Who: Pilot Michael Dustin Phillips Why: While en route, the engine began running rough. The pilot diverted to Tallahassee, but did not reach the airport. The pilot had to make an emergency landing on...

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]]> What: single engine C172 en route from Gainesville to Destin
Where: U.S. Highway 98
When: Monday, Nov. 8, 2010, 8 pm
Who: Pilot Michael Dustin Phillips
Why: While en route, the engine began running rough. The pilot diverted to Tallahassee, but did not reach the airport. The pilot had to make an emergency landing on the highway due to a “mechanical failure” using car headlights to orient the landing. The plane model is described as “172, P172, R172, Skyhawk, Hawk XP, Cutla”

Manufacturer: CESSNA
Model: 172A
N-Number: 7595T
Engine: CONT MOTOR 0-300 SER
Serial number: 47195
Mode s Code: 52437221
Airworthiness Date: 1959-12-24
Last Activity Date: 2005-04-18
Year: 1959
Certification: Standard
Issuance date: 2008-09-27

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