The pilot of a small plane that crashed in Arlington is being credited for an emergency landing that adverted hitting buildings or loss of life.
Arlington Police said A Cessna 172R, N397ES plane made an emergency landing on Timberlake Dr. near Park Row Dr. in Arlington around 2 p.m. on Monday.The aircraft is registered to Aviator Air Operations LLC, Aviator Air Flight School LLC, located at Grand Prairie Municipal Airport. It's less than two miles away from where the plane crashed.
She said she heard a noise but thought it was an 18-wheeler or a car crash on the busy roadway next to the storage unit facility. Gomez said it wasn't until she saw people on the surveillance video that she went to look outside and saw the plane."I was like wow, I can't believe I got that," expressed Gomez."I thought he's pretty amazing pilot, and I think he went into the fence knowing it would slow him down enough to not hit the apartments.
"I give the pilot credit. It looks like he did a masterful job of putting that airplane in one of the few spots where it could do the least amount of damage, he deserves a lot of credit for that," said Dan Stratman, an Air Force Pilot Veteran and retired commercial airline pilot. He is now a"When I saw the condition of the airplane after the crash, I was amazed that the pilot and passenger had with very little injuries," said Stratman.
"At the altitude, you're flying at when you're in the pattern at an airport, you have very little time. You're probably 1,000 feet above the ground, so you have very little time.
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