A small plane with engine trouble crashed into two vehicles as it landed on a highway near an airport in North Carolina, but no one was injured, authorities said.
The single-engine Lancair 360, with only the pilot on board, landed near the Raleigh Executive Jetport at Sanford-Lee County Airport in Sanford around 4:20 p.m. Thursday due to engine trouble, the Federal Aviation Administration said. . The FAA plans to investigate.
The plane was flying from Lynchburg, Virginia, to Ocean Isle Beach, North Carolina, according to FlightAware, which tracks flight status.
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The plane struck two SUVs as it landed on Route 1, but only one sustained minor damage and no injuries were reported, Moncure Fire Department Chief Robert Shea said in a statement Friday. said.
In this image provided by Moncure, North Carolina, emergency personnel and law enforcement look after the scene after a small plane suffered engine trouble and made an emergency landing along Route 1 in Moncure, Thursday afternoon, April 4, 2024. Photographed. Near Raleigh Executive Jetport, Sanford Lee County Airport, North Carolina. Officials said the plane struck two vehicles upon landing, but no one was injured. (Moncure Fire Department, via AP)
Mr See said the pilot suffered an engine failure due to propeller failure and had to make an emergency landing. The plane’s landing gear was not deployed, so it landed belly-first.
“Moncure Fire is grateful that this incident resulted in only property damage,” said See. “U.S. 1 has heavy traffic every afternoon, and this accident could have been much worse.
WRAL-TV reported that the North Carolina State Highway Patrol said only one driver reported two vehicles trapped between the planes.
Chris Seeley told WRAL-TV that he saw the plane, which had no landing gear and was flying unusually low, from several miles away and thought it was a “strange looking car.”
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“I mean, he was probably about three feet off the ground when I saw him, so I don’t think he had that long to go,” Seeley said. “And you could tell that the traffic on both sides was kind of freaked out, although there wasn’t a big explosion or anything behind me, but there was a whole line of cars behind him.”
