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Old 09-30-2010, 09:01 AM
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"A small plane landed on I-85 near Shallowford Road in the HOV lane Monday, September 20, 2010."

Gallery | Plane makes emergency landing on I-85 | ajc.com

NTSB: Nothing wrong with plane that landed on I-85 | ajc.com
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Old 09-30-2010, 09:06 AM
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Hope they had at least 2 people in there, otherwise he needed to slide right one lane.
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Probably forgot to un-lean the mixture on descent...that could cause an "engine failure".
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Old 09-30-2010, 10:08 AM
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Originally Posted by rickair7777 View Post
Probably forgot to un-lean the mixture on descent...that could cause an "engine failure".
Or richen? Enrich?

Speculation based on zero info, not cool.
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