Emergency landing Piper on french highway

[Pascal]

Hello,

I could not find any article in english but here are some pictures of a
Piper Archer that landed on a french highway yesterday and took off on
the same highway the next day.
The road looked pretty narrow for that plane and not straight too !
All the articles I read state that the issue was with fuel ( that's
pretty vague ).

http://www.m6info.fr/cms/display.jsp?id=p2_462039

[Mxsmanic]

Pascal writes:

> I could not find any article in english but here are some pictures of a
> Piper Archer that landed on a french highway yesterday and took off on
> the same highway the next day.
> The road looked pretty narrow for that plane and not straight too !
> All the articles I read state that the issue was with fuel ( that's
> pretty vague ).
>
> http://www.m6info.fr/cms/display.jsp?id=p2_462039

They just let him take off and be on his way? Didn't he violate any
regulations or something?

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[BT]

>
> They just let him take off and be on his way? Didn't he violate any
> regulations or something?
>
> --

No..
Emergency Landing.. any place available..
no Damage.. not an issue..
Police block traffic for take off..
not an issue..

BT

[john smith]

In article >,
Mxsmanic > wrote:

> Pascal writes:
>
> > I could not find any article in english but here are some pictures of a
> > Piper Archer that landed on a french highway yesterday and took off on
> > the same highway the next day.
> > The road looked pretty narrow for that plane and not straight too !
> > All the articles I read state that the issue was with fuel ( that's
> > pretty vague ).
> >
> > http://www.m6info.fr/cms/display.jsp?id=p2_462039
>
> They just let him take off and be on his way? Didn't he violate any
> regulations or something?

Having viewed the second set of photos, it appears he ran out of gas and
dinged the right wing leading edge, inboard of the wingtip.

[Jose[_1_]]

> Police block traffic for take off..
> not an issue..

In some states (MA? NJ?) it is an issue. The police won't let you
take off, they make you truck it out. (or you can sneak out when
nobody's looking)

Jose
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[BT]

"Jose" > wrote in message
t...
>> Police block traffic for take off..
>> not an issue..
>
> In some states (MA? NJ?) it is an issue. The police won't let you take
> off, they make you truck it out. (or you can sneak out when nobody's
> looking)
>
> Jose
> --
> "Never trust anything that can think for itself, if you can't see where it
> keeps its brain." (chapter 10 of book 3 - Harry Potter).
> for Email, make the obvious change in the address.

It all depends on the local sheriff.. and the local area... taking off from
a busy downtown (all of east coast is busy down town) freeway.. not gonna
happen.. light poles.. overhead wires...

out west... why not..
BT