ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 308272
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Date: | Thursday 16 February 2023 |
Time: | c. 08:52 LT |
Type: | Piper PA-28-180 Cherokee D |
Owner/operator: | Aero Davis LLC DBA Savannah Aviation |
Registration: | N7773N |
MSN: | 28-5221 |
Year of manufacture: | 1968 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | None |
Category: | Incident |
Location: | NE of Claxton Evans County Airport (CWV/KCWV), Claxton, GA -
United States of America
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Training |
Departure airport: | Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport, GA (SAV/KSAV) |
Destination airport: | Claxton Evans County Airport, GA (KCWV) |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:The aircraft was not damaged following a loss of engine power after the fuel selector was inadvertently turned off and made a subsequent forced landing in an open cow pasture northeast of Claxton Evans County Airport (KCWV), Claxton, Georgia.
The instructor and student pilot were not injured.
The airplane took off from the pasture and returned to Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport (SAV/KSAV), GA, about 2 1/2 hours later.
Sources:
https://fox28savannah.com/news/local/evans-county-fire-rescue-claxton-georgia-plane-landing-emergency-engine-failurre-red-clay-road-mosley-cow-pasture-flight-school-instructor-pilot Evans County Fire and Rescue
https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=7773N https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N7773N/history/20230216/1327Z/KSAV/L%2032.23806%20-81.70750 https://www.savannahaviation.com/ FAA ASIAS
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