A T-6G Texan made an emergency landing just short of the Fond Du Lac,
WI airport. The aircraft landed on highway US 41 on the northbound
lane. Local law enforcement were able to stop traffic moments before
the aircraft made its forced landing. The aircraft struck a sign post
damaging the right wing, the two occupants were unhurt. The aircraft
was towed onto the FDL airport grounds. Traffic was tied up for
several hours. The aircraft was enroute to EAA from an air show in
Peoria IL. Apparently the engine may have lost oil pressure and the
engine had complete power failure. The pilot was attempting to glide
to the FDL runway. All is good, everyone safe including the aircraft.

"Hawkeye" > wrote in message
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>
> A T-6G Texan made an emergency landing just short of the Fond Du Lac,
> WI airport. The aircraft landed on highway US 41 on the northbound
> lane. Local law enforcement were able to stop traffic moments before
> the aircraft made its forced landing. The aircraft struck a sign post
> damaging the right wing, the two occupants were unhurt. The aircraft
> was towed onto the FDL airport grounds. Traffic was tied up for
> several hours. The aircraft was enroute to EAA from an air show in
> Peoria IL. Apparently the engine may have lost oil pressure and the
> engine had complete power failure. The pilot was attempting to glide
> to the FDL runway. All is good, everyone safe including the aircraft.
>

The Fond du Lac County Airport identifier is FLD.

On Jul 23, 8:27 am, "Steven P. McNicoll" >
wrote:
> "Hawkeye" > wrote in message
>
> oups.com...
>
>
>
> > A T-6G Texan made an emergency landing just short of the Fond Du Lac,
> > WI airport. The aircraft landed on highway US 41 on the northbound
> > lane. Local law enforcement were able to stop traffic moments before
> > the aircraft made its forced landing. The aircraft struck a sign post
> > damaging the right wing, the two occupants were unhurt. The aircraft
> > was towed onto the FDL airport grounds. Traffic was tied up for
> > several hours. The aircraft was enroute to EAA from an air show in
> > Peoria IL. Apparently the engine may have lost oil pressure and the
> > engine had complete power failure. The pilot was attempting to glide
> > to the FDL runway. All is good, everyone safe including the aircraft.
>
> The Fond du Lac County Airport identifier is FLD.

I was just using shorthand for the city. You are correct the airport
identifier is KFLD.

I'd have given money to be on that highway with a camera when that happened!
Glad to hear plane and pilot are safe.


"Hawkeye" > wrote in message
oups.com...
>A T-6G Texan made an emergency landing just short of the Fond Du Lac,
> WI airport. The aircraft landed on highway US 41 on the northbound
> lane. Local law enforcement were able to stop traffic moments before
> the aircraft made its forced landing. The aircraft struck a sign post
> damaging the right wing, the two occupants were unhurt. The aircraft
> was towed onto the FDL airport grounds. Traffic was tied up for
> several hours. The aircraft was enroute to EAA from an air show in
> Peoria IL. Apparently the engine may have lost oil pressure and the
> engine had complete power failure. The pilot was attempting to glide
> to the FDL runway. All is good, everyone safe including the aircraft.
>

On Jul 23, 8:27 am, "C Gattman" >
wrote:
> I'd have given money to be on that highway with a camera when that happened!
> Glad to hear plane and pilot are safe.
>
> "Hawkeye" > wrote in message
>
> oups.com...
>
>
>
> >A T-6G Texan made an emergency landing just short of the Fond Du Lac,
> > WI airport. The aircraft landed on highway US 41 on the northbound
> > lane. Local law enforcement were able to stop traffic moments before
> > the aircraft made its forced landing. The aircraft struck a sign post
> > damaging the right wing, the two occupants were unhurt. The aircraft
> > was towed onto the FDL airport grounds. Traffic was tied up for
> > several hours. The aircraft was enroute to EAA from an air show in
> > Peoria IL. Apparently the engine may have lost oil pressure and the
> > engine had complete power failure. The pilot was attempting to glide
> > to the FDL runway. All is good, everyone safe including the aircraft.- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

http://us.video.aol.com/player/launcher?ar=us_en_video_748x541_full&mode=1&pmmsid=1944975

Not footage of the touchdown itself, but a not-completely-awful news
piece on it.

If it's true that any landing you can walk away from is a good landing
- that was an AWSOME landing.

On Mon, 23 Jul 2007 21:07:56 -0000, Richard Riley >
wrote:

>Not footage of the touchdown itself, but a not-completely-awful news
>piece on it.

Hah! Local radio here reported it as a "WWII Bomber", and as a
"B-52". At the time, I assumed they meant B-25...

I rather think a B-52 (or even a B-51!) would've been a wee bit
tougher to put down on a highway than a T-6... :)

-Dana
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Hawkeye wrote:
> A T-6G Texan made an emergency landing just short of the Fond Du Lac,
> WI airport. The aircraft landed on highway US 41 on the northbound
> lane. Local law enforcement were able to stop traffic moments before
> the aircraft made its forced landing. The aircraft struck a sign post
> damaging the right wing, the two occupants were unhurt. The aircraft
> was towed onto the FDL airport grounds. Traffic was tied up for
> several hours. The aircraft was enroute to EAA from an air show in
> Peoria IL. Apparently the engine may have lost oil pressure and the
> engine had complete power failure. The pilot was attempting to glide
> to the FDL runway. All is good, everyone safe including the aircraft.
>
Nice job by this guy. Putting a T6 down on a highway like that at night
without denting anyone's body in the process was a good piece of work.
Dudley Henriques

Local news is showing dash cam footage from the Highway Patrol car of
the landing. I haven't seen it personally but I told by a reliable
source. I'll try to catch it on tonights news broadcast.

>> A T-6G Texan made an emergency landing just short of the Fond Du Lac,
>> WI airport. The aircraft landed on highway US 41 on the northbound
>> lane. Local law enforcement were able to stop traffic moments before
>> the aircraft made its forced landing.

> Nice job by this guy. Putting a T6 down on a highway like that at night
> without denting anyone's body in the process was a good piece of work.

Although it sounds like he did have some help in getting traffic stopped before
he landed.

Still, good job. Nice to hear of a good landing, instead of a bad death.
--
Jim in NC

http://www.todaystmj4.com/news/local/8653861.html

In article >,
"Morgans" > wrote:

> >> A T-6G Texan made an emergency landing just short of the Fond Du Lac,
> >> WI airport. The aircraft landed on highway US 41 on the northbound
> >> lane. Local law enforcement were able to stop traffic moments before
> >> the aircraft made its forced landing.
>
> > Nice job by this guy. Putting a T6 down on a highway like that at night
> > without denting anyone's body in the process was a good piece of work.
>
> Although it sounds like he did have some help in getting traffic stopped
> before
> he landed.
>
> Still, good job. Nice to hear of a good landing, instead of a bad death.

At 7:45 PM, it was still pretty light out there! Good job! It sounds as
if the engine pretty much ate itself to death.

"C Gattman" > wrote in message
...
>
> http://www.todaystmj4.com/news/local/8653861.html

DAMN ! ! !

That was some MIGHTY FINE flying!

I did note that some people were not stopped, and he had to pull up over a
couple, and did that with flair!

Think the white car that went past the cops doing the flashing light rolling
roadblock is in any trouble? <VGB>

That clip should get around in short order. We will be seeing that one quite a
bit, I should think.
--
Jim in NC

Morgans wrote:
>
> "C Gattman" > wrote in message
> ...
>>
>> http://www.todaystmj4.com/news/local/8653861.html
>
> DAMN ! ! !
>
> That was some MIGHTY FINE flying!
>
> I did note that some people were not stopped, and he had to pull up over
> a couple, and did that with flair!
>
> Think the white car that went past the cops doing the flashing light
> rolling roadblock is in any trouble? <VGB>

They should have cuffed 'em and stuffed 'em! What an idiot!

Yes, a nice piece of flying.

Matt

"Richard Riley" > wrote

> Here it is on the web
>
> http://tinyurl.com/2wg8fh

It is also at:
http://www.todaystmj4.com/news/local/8653861.html

With much better light level and slightly longer. (shows idiot that went past
the roadblock getting pulled over, too)
--
Jim in NC

That link described it as "an amateur pilot and his son"...well, these
days, if you are flying a T-6, you aren't actually and amatuer.

Richard Riley wrote:
> On Jul 23, 8:27 am, "C Gattman" >
> wrote:
>> I'd have given money to be on that highway with a camera when that happened!
>> Glad to hear plane and pilot are safe.

"John T" > wrote in message
...
> That link described it as "an amateur pilot and his son"...well, these
> days, if you are flying a T-6, you aren't actually and amatuer.

I read something somewhere that said the pilot was a highly sought after
test pilot, that frequently flys test missions on government contract.

That I would believe, seeing how he managed his energy to get over all of
the traffic, including the recreational vehicle (I think) that was stopped
on the side, and turned to follow the road, went over a bridge...

Wow. That guy is my hero! <g>
--
Jim in NC