Plane from Toronto college lands on New York interstate

[no name]

By The Associated Press

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NORTH HUDSON, N.Y. - Authorities say a single-engine plane from Canada has made an emergency landing on highway in New York state.

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/0809 ... ighway_cda
Local emergency officials say the pilot and two passengers, all men in their 20s, were from Seneca College in Toronto. Their plane landed safely just after 5 p.m. Wednesday.


It touched down on the northbound lanes of Interstate 87 near the town of North Hudson, 150 kilometres north of Albany.


Officials said the plane was headed to Burlington, Vt., when its engine failed.


A state police dispatcher says the incident is being investigated by federal aviation officials.

[no name]

Hope the cross wind wasnt over 5kts!

Had a feeling you might enjoy that one...

[AUGER9]

Link with photo, all ok. Possible oil system problem.
http://www.pressrepublican.com/homepage ... d=topstory

Talk about bad luck, 15 minutes from the airport and your engine fails.

[C-GPFG]

I don't care where they're from. Good job for putting it down in one piece. Something tells me the Bonanza doesn't make a great glider.

[Cat Driver]

Great job!!!

[mcrit]

Nice job fellas.

[V1RotateV2]

Knowing the Americans, I guess they are lucky for not being jailed after doing a great job flying but landing off an "entry airport" and clearing customs!

Guess the cops over there are a bit smarter than the ones in the Niagara region.

[E-Flyer]

American Cops Diet off of doughnuts, not sure how smart they can be. Fish Doughnuts, now we're speaking about a potential case that they're smart. Okay, my american rant for the day.

Good Work ! Whats up with all of these crashes and emergencies lately, are people freaking out so much about fuel prices they fuel up appropriately to glide to the runway? ... Guess there are a few glitches in this method.

[AUGER9]

The newspaper says "oil down the side of the aircraft", any one know which side {having owned a flight school for twenty years you just KNOW what goes through my nasty suspicious mind!} Hope Im wrong!

I'm starting to think the same thing. Guess we'll have to wait and see.

[robbreid]

FlightAware Flight Tracker C-GSCZ

[. ._]

No bent metal, no one hurt.

I say good job!

But Soo College students could have landed inverted.



AND with ties still on because they wouldn't want to be rumbled.

-istp

[Pete]

Fortunatley never have experienced an engine failure, but when the shit really hits the fan...and you have to make a decision...would you pick a hwy to land on or a field. We are taught to pick fields in training...but when things arent going your way what would you do?

Good job guys.

[niss]

Landing gear was down....sweet.

[Doc]

There's a huge lesson in here. First off....kudos to the guys for getting it down safely, and with no bent metal.
The lesson? Oh yes........a highway makes a great landing strip! I did this exact thing many years ago on the Conestoga Parkway in Waterloo. We "teach" students to land in "fields", but when traffic permits....ROADS ROCK!!

Way to go guys!

[Cat Driver]

a highway makes a great landing strip!

As long as there are no overpass bridges or power lines across the highway they are excellent landing strips.

Of course you have to be careful about landing on traffic but that should not be to difficult to sort out.

Landing on a field is a real gamble unless you have been able to have a close look at it. For sure the highway will be as smooth as a runway.

[V1RotateV2]

For sure the highway will be as smooth as a runway.

Cat: looks like you haven't been North recently.
These highways are much smoother than most runways up there....

PS: and you don't usually need to scare drunk skidooers off of them!

[N2]

What were they doing heading to VT?

[Swizzle]

Great job! I'm pretty sure they were on a X-country out east as it's part of the syllabus

[The Raven]

Nice job lads.

Looking at the picture it must have been a bit of a handful...Down the hill, through the trees, around the bend, up the hill.

I've said it before and I'll say it again. I'm happy to have a college grad as my First Officer any day.

[hazatude]

I'm glad everyone was ok. Going to cost a fair $$ to get that Beech this side of the boarder!