US EditionDeaf Pedestrian Seriously Injured as Home-Built Plane Makes Emergency Landing in Long Beach Park
An experimental two-seater plane lost engine power and crash-landed on a Long Beach park soccer field, injuring the pilot and a pedestrian, both in stable condition, officials said.
- On Tuesday, October 21, 2025, a small home-built two-seat airplane made an emergency landing on a soccer field at Heartwell Park, Long Beach, striking Tiffany Harrison, a woman in her 40s.
- The pilot radioed that he had lost power about three miles east of the airfield and declared an emergency while flying from Compton-Woodley Airport to Long Beach Airport.
- Aerial footage and on-scene crews showed the aircraft with a cracked wing and broken landing gear; Tiffany Harrison suffered a fractured spine and pelvis, requiring surgery and blood transfusions.
- Both victims were hospitalized and described as in stable condition; Mayor Rex Richardson said it 'could have been a whole lot worse' as Long Beach city officials urged the public to avoid the park while investigators work.
- Dennis Lord of Compton-Woodley said the FAA-certified experimental aircraft was flown by an experienced Chapter 9 member, who is recovering well, according to Lord.
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Deaf Woman Survives Being Hit by Plane That Crashed in Soccer Field While She Was Walking Her Dog: ‘Her Spine Is Broken’
A California woman survived a freak accident after a small plane crashed landed onto a soccer field and hit her while she was walking her dog in Long Beach. The family of the victim told ABC7 Eyewitness News that she didn’t hear the aircraft because she is deaf.
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The Independent (US)Deaf California woman survives being hit by plane as she walked dog in the park
The woman didn’t hear the small custom-made aircraft approaching the field in Long Beach
Walk in the park turns tragic as woman struck by small plane during emergency landing in Long Beach
When a pilot got into mechanical trouble while flying a small plane in California, he did what all trained pilots should do in that position: initiate an emergency landing. But unfortunately, a woman just so happened to be walking below him. The aircraft was flying overhead at Heartwell Park, Long Beach, and the pilot chose to do an emergency landing procedure on a soccer field in the park, only to collide with a woman on the ground. Luckily, bo…
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