Small plane hits pickup truck during emergency landing on Florida road
Two pilots reported engine trouble before the Cessna clipped a pickup truck, and no injuries were reported, sheriff’s officials said.
- On Saturday, a Cessna 172D Skyhawk made an emergency landing on Bayshore Road in North Fort Myers, clipping a pickup truck as it slid along the roadway near Interstate 75.
- The aircraft took off from Sebring, Florida, around 11 a.m. but experienced a mechanical issue approximately 50 minutes later, forcing the two pilots to attempt an emergency landing.
- Lee County Sheriff Carmine Marceno stated, "Thankfully, this incident had a positive outcome, and no one was injured." Witness Dessy Makay described it as "an emergency landing rather than a crash."
- The Federal Aviation Administration is leading the investigation into the incident, with the Lee County Sheriff assisting to determine what caused the mechanical failure that forced the aircraft onto the roadway.
- This incident follows recent regional aviation accidents, including a Learjet crash on Sunday in Palm Beach County that killed nine people and a helicopter crash on Wednesday in Biscayne Bay.
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