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09-25-2008, 08:51 PM
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2 safe after plane lands on Phoenix International Raceway parking lot in Avondale
9 comments by Claudia Koerner - Sept. 25, 2008 03:01 PM
The Arizona Republic
A single-engine plane made an emergency landing Wednesday evening on a parking lot of Phoenix International Raceway.
There were no injuries and no damage to the Cessna 172 or structures on the ground. The plane is registered to John Parris of El Mirage, according to Federal Aviation Administration records.
The pilot and passenger appeared to be heading toward Phoenix when the plane's oil pressure indicator light came on and they began to lose power, according to fire officials. The pilot landed about 5:35 p.m., the FAA reported.
"Fortunately, they had a huge parking lot underneath them," Avondale Fire Division Chief Art Snapp said.
This is the first emergency landing at the raceway, off Avondale Boulevard and Baseline Road, he said.
9 comments by Claudia Koerner - Sept. 25, 2008 03:01 PM
The Arizona Republic
A single-engine plane made an emergency landing Wednesday evening on a parking lot of Phoenix International Raceway.
There were no injuries and no damage to the Cessna 172 or structures on the ground. The plane is registered to John Parris of El Mirage, according to Federal Aviation Administration records.
The pilot and passenger appeared to be heading toward Phoenix when the plane's oil pressure indicator light came on and they began to lose power, according to fire officials. The pilot landed about 5:35 p.m., the FAA reported.
"Fortunately, they had a huge parking lot underneath them," Avondale Fire Division Chief Art Snapp said.
This is the first emergency landing at the raceway, off Avondale Boulevard and Baseline Road, he said.
09-10-2009, 07:41 PM
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The two small planes involved in a fatal midair collision near Coolidge on Wednesday were operated by West Valley flight schools with a history of accidents and mechanical problems, Federal Aviation Administration records show.
Air Safety Flight Academy in Glendale and Oxford in Goodyear had three incidents each over the last 15 months, though none were fatal until Wednesday's crash, according to FAA records.
A single-engine Cessna 150 had two students aboard. A student pilot from China was killed while the second student was airlifted to a hospital, FAAspokesman Ian Gregor said. OAS_AD('ArticleFlex_1')
The pilot of the other plane, a single-engine Piper Cherokee, landed safely in a nearby field. Neither the student nor the instructor on board was injured.
The Cessna departed from Marana Regional Airport near Tucson and was headed to Glendale Municipal Airport, Gregor said.
The aircraft was leased to the Air Safety Flight Academy.
Dee Pinkston, who owns the academy, said the students were classmates and friends from China who were training to be airline pilots. He said he visited the surviving student in the hospital.
"He remembers the aircraft getting hit from the rear and hearing a noise," Pinskton said. "He had no idea another aircraft had hit him. The next thing he realized he was waking up to a paramedic cutting his seatbelt off and telling him he did a fantastic job, and thank goodness he wore his seatbelt because it saved his life."
Pinkston said the student was a little swollen and had a minor back injury and a partially collapsed lung. "They're saying he will make a full recovery," he said.
Pinkston believes the Piper hit the Cessna from the rear based on photos of the aircraft and talks with FAA officials and the surviving student. He declined to name the students.
The Piper is registered to the Oxford Airline Training Center and had departed from Phoenix Goodyear Airport in Goodyear with the intention of returning, according to the FAA. The school has a campus at the airport and has been training pilots there since 2006.
In a written statement, Christine Carson, general manager of Oxford Airline , said the school "wishes to express their deep thoughts and condolences to the family of the pilot killed in this dreadful accident and sincere hopes for a safe and rapid recovery for the injured pilot."
Oxford Airline is part of the Oxford Aviation Academy, a British flight school that trains commercial pilots for European airlines.
The planes collided about 9:45 a.m. A pilot who had just flown over the wreckage reported the crash to officials at the Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport.
No one on the ground was injured.
FAA: W. Valley flight schools in fatal crash have flawed records
Air Safety Flight Academy in Glendale and Oxford in Goodyear had three incidents each over the last 15 months, though none were fatal until Wednesday's crash, according to FAA records.
A single-engine Cessna 150 had two students aboard. A student pilot from China was killed while the second student was airlifted to a hospital, FAAspokesman Ian Gregor said. OAS_AD('ArticleFlex_1')
The pilot of the other plane, a single-engine Piper Cherokee, landed safely in a nearby field. Neither the student nor the instructor on board was injured.
The Cessna departed from Marana Regional Airport near Tucson and was headed to Glendale Municipal Airport, Gregor said.
The aircraft was leased to the Air Safety Flight Academy.
Dee Pinkston, who owns the academy, said the students were classmates and friends from China who were training to be airline pilots. He said he visited the surviving student in the hospital.
"He remembers the aircraft getting hit from the rear and hearing a noise," Pinskton said. "He had no idea another aircraft had hit him. The next thing he realized he was waking up to a paramedic cutting his seatbelt off and telling him he did a fantastic job, and thank goodness he wore his seatbelt because it saved his life."
Pinkston said the student was a little swollen and had a minor back injury and a partially collapsed lung. "They're saying he will make a full recovery," he said.
Pinkston believes the Piper hit the Cessna from the rear based on photos of the aircraft and talks with FAA officials and the surviving student. He declined to name the students.
The Piper is registered to the Oxford Airline Training Center and had departed from Phoenix Goodyear Airport in Goodyear with the intention of returning, according to the FAA. The school has a campus at the airport and has been training pilots there since 2006.
In a written statement, Christine Carson, general manager of Oxford Airline , said the school "wishes to express their deep thoughts and condolences to the family of the pilot killed in this dreadful accident and sincere hopes for a safe and rapid recovery for the injured pilot."
Oxford Airline is part of the Oxford Aviation Academy, a British flight school that trains commercial pilots for European airlines.
The planes collided about 9:45 a.m. A pilot who had just flown over the wreckage reported the crash to officials at the Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport.
No one on the ground was injured.
FAA: W. Valley flight schools in fatal crash have flawed records
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