U.S. Highway 20 | George Hatcher's Air Flight Disaster https://airflightdisaster.com Aviation News, Headlines & Alerts Sun, 09 Nov 2014 10:36:42 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Out-of-Gas Small Plane Makes Emergency Landing on U.S. Highway 20 https://airflightdisaster.com/out-of-gas-small-plane-makes-emergency-landing-on-u-s-highway-20/ Sun, 09 Nov 2014 10:36:42 +0000 http://airflightdisaster.com/?p=29481 A 1971 Piper Cherokee 140 aircraft made an emergency landing on U.S. Highway 20 near Bend, Oregon, at around 7:15 p.m. on November 7. The plane departed from Tracy, California and was heading to Prineville when it ran out of gas. The pilot then diverted it to Bend airport but landed on a straight stretch...

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]]> A 1971 Piper Cherokee 140 aircraft made an emergency landing on U.S. Highway 20 near Bend, Oregon, at around 7:15 p.m. on November 7.

The plane departed from Tracy, California and was heading to Prineville when it ran out of gas. The pilot then diverted it to Bend airport but landed on a straight stretch of highway instead, after realizing he could not make it to the airport.

There were 3 people aboard at the time of incident; none of them was injured. Sgt. Aaron Harding of the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office identified them as the pilot William Espinoza, 30, his sister-in-law Rebekah Schantz-Kemper, 24 and an 11 year old girl.

The plane took off 3 hours later after refueling.

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