mach2.6
13th Oct 2011, 21:18
On October 12, local media reported that a TBM700 made a forced landing on the Florida Turnpike while en route to a nearby airport, North Perry. Two occupants, one of which was a French pilot (PIC) employed by Socata, the aircraft manufacturer, were hospitalized. Local media quoted a NTSB official as saying that the pilot reported an "engine failure" to the North Perry control tower prior to the forced landing. Aircarft basically TAFU. Photo from the "Sun-Sentinel" newspaper website, taken prior to the spraying of foam on the aircraft, shows no fuel on the pavement even though both wings are bent/cracked at their midpoint.
Plane crashes into Florida Turnpike in Hollywood - South Florida Sun-Sentinel.com (http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/broward/hollywood/fl-turnpike-plane-crash-20111012,0,5176240.story)
Plane crashes into Florida Turnpike in Hollywood - South Florida Sun-Sentinel.com (http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/broward/hollywood/fl-turnpike-plane-crash-20111012,0,5176240.story)