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    Pilot Killed in Small Plane Crash near Pickens County Airport

    A single-engine Piper Tomahawk aircraft crashed near the Pickens County airport, Jasper, Georgia, on October 8.

    The incident happened when the plane, carrying a student pilot, was attempting touch-and-go landings at the airport.

    The pilot Michael Joseph Hughes, of Blairsville, was killed in the crash.

    According to National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) Investigator Todd Gunther, “The airplane was then observed to go into what someone described as an aerodynamic stall, the nose pitched down and the airplane appeared to spin to the left until it disappeared behind trees.”

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    Small Plane Makes Emergency Landing at Morristown Municipal Airport

    A Piper Seminole plane returned and made an emergency landing at Morristown Municipal Airport, New Jersey, on September 11.

    The pilot decided to return after he noticed a problem with front wheel retraction upon take off.

    The plane landed on its nose. There were 2 people aboard, including the pilot James Forrey, 25 and his passenger Harrison Martin, 24; both of them remained unhurt.

    The aircraft is registered to A.T.P. Flight School.

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    Small Plane Makes Emergency Landing in Ontario

    A small plane had to make an emergency landing on a private airstrip in Grey Highlands, Ontario, Canada, at around 1:44 P.M. on August 16th.

    The plane, en-route to Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport, Ontario, from Brampton, Ontario, had to make an emergency landing due to mechanical failure.

    The airplane dug into the ground, damaging its nose.

    The pilot and his only passenger remained unhurt.