A small plane with two pilots aboard made an emergency landing on a busy road in North Fort Myers, Florida, on Saturday, clipping the back of a pickup truck as it rolled down Bayshore Road in traffic.
The pilots reported a mechanical problem and put the aircraft down on Bayshore Road near Interstate 75 around noon, according to the Lee County Sheriff's Office. The plane was a Cessna 172D Skyhawk. The sheriff's office said it hit the rear of a pickup truck traveling east, and that the FAA is the lead agency on the investigation. Nobody was hurt.
Two pilots aboard a prop plane crash-landed on a busy road in Fort Myers, Florida, on Saturday, rear-ending a pickup truck, according to police.
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Video from the road shows the wings clip the truck after the wheels touch the asphalt at speed, and the plane keeps going down a road full of traffic. Flight-tracking data shows it took off from Sebring around 11 a.m. and landed about 50 minutes later, per the same report. The sheriff's office has not said what failed.
