Plane makes emergency landing on tc dike!!

[mikey01]

http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Plane-makes-emergency-landing-on-dike-4840473.php?cmpid=htx

GALVESTON – A flight instructor took over from a student Tuesday after their Cessna light aircraft developed mechanical problems and made an emergency landing on the Texas City Dike, police said.
The aircraft landed alongside Levy Road, also known as Skyline, that runs atop the dike shortly before police received a call at 2:22 p.m., Texas City police Cpt. Brian Goetschius said.
State Trooper Sgt. Craig Cummings said a mechanic repaired the Cessna, which was undamaged, and it departed under its own power.
Neither student pilot Cayman Juwan Harris, 17, of Houston nor instructor Harrison Montgomery Wright, 24, of Pearland, were injured, Cummings said.
The incident is under investigation by the Federal Aviation Administration, he said.

[SUPER SPOOK]

cool

[plugger]

Not what you expected to see in the rear view mirror cruising down skyline drive . Dang , i wonder if anyone at the refineries were freaking out seeing this small plane ( loaded with c-4 perhaps ) dropping out of the sky and flying loooow . Really , they have no boat zones , there must be no fly zones .

[KennyWayne]

Had a seaplane do a water landing in Chocolate close to the ICW, then go up the bay before taking off again. Never seen that before.

[dbarham]

cool

not really! how dangerous

[Walker]

Not what you expected to see in the rear view mirror cruising down skyline drive . Dang , i wonder if anyone at the refineries were freaking out seeing this small plane ( loaded with c-4 perhaps ) dropping out of the sky and flying loooow . Really , they have no boat zones , there must be no fly zones .

Nope, refineries do not have no-fly zones. However, loitering in the air at low altitude over a refinery can get you into trouble.

From the FAA Special Notices Page:
FDC 4/0811 - ...SPECIAL NOTICE... THIS IS A RESTATEMENT OF A PREVIOUSLY ISSUED ADVISORY NOTICE. IN THE INTEREST OF NATIONAL SECURITY AND TO THE EXTENT PRACTICABLE, PILOTS ARE STRONGLY ADVISED TO AVOID THE AIRSPACE ABOVE, OR IN PROXIMITY TO SUCH SITES AS POWER PLANTS (NUCLEAR, HYDRO-ELECTRIC, OR COAL), DAMS, REFINERIES, INDUSTRIAL COMPLEXES, MILITARY FACILITIES AND OTHER SIMILAR FACILITIES. PILOTS SHOULD NOT CIRCLE AS TO LOITER IN THE VICINITY OVER THESE TYPES OF FACILITIES. WIE UNTIL UFN. CREATED: 08 OCT 18:22 2004

[plugger]

I guess because a no fly zone cannot be enforced . I'm sure there were regulations about flying too low in NYC on 9/11 .

[Walker]

I guess because a no fly zone cannot be enforced.

Oh hell yes - no fly zones can indeed be enforced. We pilots have to check the current "TFR" (temporary flight restriction) areas before each flight, lest be be looking face-to-face with an F-16 flight of two with the lead pilot alongside and pointing to the ground, meaning "land now", and the trailing pilot with us in his sight and his finger on the trigger.

The current TFR map is here.