Passengers Escape Injuries After Small Plane Makes Emergency Landing on Ocean City Beach
Maryland State Police are investigating after the pilot reported trouble and landed the plane clear of beachgoers, with no injuries reported.
- On Monday, a small Cessna 150 made an emergency landing nose-first on the beach near 94th Street in Ocean City, Maryland, prompting the Ocean City Fire Department and Ocean City Police Department to respond at 5:30 p.m.
- The 1970 Cessna, registered to William E. Peters of Bel Air, had departed from the Ocean City Municipal Airport prior to the incident, landing roughly nine miles away from the airfield.
- Both occupants were evaluated by Ocean City paramedics and walked away without injuries after the pilot successfully avoided beachgoers by landing on a clear stretch of sand.
- Maryland State Police Berlin Barrack is leading the investigation into the emergency landing, while fire department officials did not specify what caused the in-flight emergency.
- Video footage from the scene showed the aircraft with its nose and right wing dug into the sand; additional information will be released as the investigation continues.
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Pilot recounts emergency landing on the beach in Ocean City
A couple from Bel Air is OK after a hard plane landing — on the beach. Bill Peters and his wife were not injured Monday afternoon after an emergency landing on the beach in Ocean City. “Everything happened so quick. You wake up and you’re like, ‘Did I just land on the beach in Ocean City?’ It’s like, ‘Did that really happen?'” Peters told WBAL-TV 11 News. WBAL-TV 11 News exclusively obtained webcam video that shows Peters’ plane landing shortly …
Small aircraft makes emergency landing on beach in Maryland
OCEAN CITY, Md. (CBS, KYMA) - A small plane was forced to make an emergency landing on a beach in Ocean City, Maryland Monday. According to fire officials, the aircraft, a Cessna 150, landed on the beach shortly after 5:30 p.m. Eastern. "The two occupants onboard were evaluated by Ocean City paramedics and reported no injuries," the Ocean City Fire Department (OCFD) said. Footage released by OCFD shows the small plane on the beach, with emergenc…
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