US EditionSmall plane makes emergency landing on sand in Huntington Beach
- A small plane made an emergency landing along the Huntington Beach shoreline between Lifeguard Towers 11 and 13 around 9:30 p.m. Thursday.
- The pilot of the small plane reported engine trouble and, unable to return to John Wayne Airport, diverted to Huntington Beach for an emergency landing Thursday night.
- A Huntington Beach Police Department helicopter pilot overheard radio traffic from John Wayne Airport about an aircraft in distress and watched the small plane land safely on the beach.
- The plane landed safely on the sand, and the two occupants were uninjured after the emergency landing on the beach shoreline.
- According to tracking and official notices, FlightRadar24 shows the plane took off from Santa Barbara, and the Federal Aviation Administration and National Transportation Safety Board have been notified.
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Small Plane Makes Emergency Landing in Huntington Beach
Two people who were traveling in a small airplane that made an emergency landing on the sand in Huntington Beach after experiencing engine trouble are safe Friday, Huntington Beach officials said A helicopter pilot with the Huntington Beach Police Department overheard radio traffic from John Wayne Airport about the aircraft in distress and located it as its pilot searched for a place to land, said Corbin Carson, Huntington Beach’s public affairs…
Pilot lands plane on Huntington Beach sand after engine failure
A small plane out of Santa Barbara was forced to make an emergency landing on the sand at Huntington Beach late Thursday night. The Cessna pilot began experiencing engine trouble around 9:30 p.m. and was unable to return to John Wayne Airport, the Huntington Beach Police Department said. The police department's helicopter overheard radio traffic from the airport and located the plane as the distressed aircraft searched for a place to land. A Ces…
San Bernardino Sun
Small plane makes emergency landing on sand in Huntington Beach
A small airplane made an emergency landing on the sand Thursday night in Huntington Beach after experiencing engine trouble. A helicopter pilot with the Huntington Beach Police Department overheard radio traffic from John Wayne Airport about the aircraft in distress and located it as its pilot searched for a place to land, said Corbin Carson, Huntington Beach’s public affairs manager. The emergency landing occurred at Huntington Beach between Li…
Airplane lands on the sand
HBPD units shine their headlights on plane that landed on the beach (HBPD photo). An emergency landing was made by a small private airplane on the sands of Huntington Beach this week. According to the Huntington Beach Police Department, the plane – whose pilot said he was having engine trouble – set down on the strand between Lifeguard Towers 11 and 13 at around 9:30 p.m. on Thursday. The HBPD’s helicopter pilot overheard radio traffic from John…
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