THIS is the incredible moment a fearless pilot made an emergency landing on a busy highway after an engine failure. The aircraft — believed to be an Aero Commander 100 — descended on US Route …
THIS is the incredible moment a fearless pilot made an emergency landing on a busy highway after an engine failure.
The aircraft — believed to be an Aero Commander 100 — descended on US Route 19 in North Carolina at around 11.45am on Sunday, the local county's sheriff office said.Credit: Twitter/WLOS/VINCENT FRASERCops initially received reports of a plane crash after the emergency landingThe plane's pilot, Vincent Fraser, from Florida, said he was forced to make the emergency landing after the aircraft's engine failed in mid-air.
He said his father-in-law was on board at the time as the pair were on their way home from viewing a property near Fontana Lake.: "I started going through my checklist and I was able to get the aircraft to restart and kind of fly a little bit, but she would only fly for 3 to 5 seconds, and then she would come back down and start to sink again."
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