Archive for July, 2010
Single engine plane crashes on Phoenix roadway
Bonanza A36, a single engine plane on Sunday has crash-landed on the road in the north Phoenix that resulted in slight injuries to the pilot.
Tina Gonzales, the Phoenix police Lt. has said that “on the Deer Valley road, the plane was trying to make an emergency landing after losing the engine power at about 2 p.m. and clipped a sport utility vehicle, leaving the pilot with minor injuries.”
A spokesman for the FAA, Ian Gregor has stated that “the plane was in the air for more than 1 hour and has landed about half a mile from the airport and struck the moving car with its right wing.”
The aircraft has got major damage and the pilot who suffered minor injuries with facial cuts has been taken to the hospital.
Gonzales said that “the pilot was on a required maintenance test flight after working on the plane and at about 1:55 p.m., he has radioed a distress call to the Deer Valley Airport tower but has failed to make it to the runway.”
“The driver of the SUV was not injured” she said.
The Deer Valley road was closed for several hours between Seventh Street and Cave Creek road and the National Transportation Safety Board are conducting investigations regarding the crash.