A small plane made an emergency landing on a busy highway in Florida on Nov. 7. The Cessna 172D Skyhawk landed on Bayshore Road in Fort Myers, where it struck the rear of a pickup truck travelling eastbound.
No one was injured, says local sheriff’s office
The flight departed from Sebring around 11 a.m. local time but was forced to land 50 minutes later. The Lee County Sheriff’s Office said the plane experienced a mechanical failure, prompting the two pilots onboard to make an emergency landing. It reported that no one was injured.
Footage from a nearby vehicle’s dashboard camera shows the plane colliding with the truck before it lands safely on the road.
Lee County Sheriff Carmine Marceno made a statement on X:
“LCSO is on scene of an aircraft crash near Bayshore Road and I-75. Two pilots were aboard the aircraft when they experienced a mechanical issue and attempted an emergency landing.”
No injuries have been reported at the scene. The incident occurred around noon today. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is the lead agency and is responding to assume the investigation.
Florida has had multiple recent incidents
He continued:
“LCSO Patrol & FDOT safely relocated the aircraft while FAA works to assume the investigation.”
The incident comes after a Learjet 60 crashed nose first onto a busy road before erupting into flames on Nov. 1. All nine onboard were killed, including the 20-year-old co-pilot and two children. On Nov. 9, the Lee County Sheriff’s Office rescued an uninjured pilot after an amphibious floatplane made an emergency landing in Florida’s Estero Bay Reserve.
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