Twice Lucky!

A pilot flying in Wisconsin over the weekend didn't just make one emergency landing, he made two... and we're not talking about a bouncer.

Edward Zambori of Appleton made two emergency landings -- within an hour of each other -- after the engine in his 1959 Cessna 182B (file photo of type, above) began giving him trouble.

Zambori tells authorities at Austin Straubel International Airport in Green Bay that he was cruising along at 7,000 feet, minding his own business... when the engine suddenly quit. Zambori managed to guide the aircraft toward the airport, but realized he wasn't going to make it. So he put the Cessna down safely in an alfalfa field about three miles from the runway.

Zambori wasn't hurt -- and apparently, neither was the aircraft. So, after tinkering with it for about an hour, Zambori was able to get the engine started again and took off. And guess what?

Yup. The engine quit again.

This time, Zambori was able to make the airport... but not the runway. The 182 came to a stop just a few feet shy of the strip. There, the aircraft apparently remains.

In this case, the third time may absolutely not be a charm.

**   Report created 6/8/2006   Record 27
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IDENTIFICATION
  Regis#: 2691G        Make/Model: C182      Description: 182, Skylane
  Date: 06/04/2006     Time: 1955

  Event Type: Incident   Highest Injury: None     Mid Air: N    Missing: N
  Damage: None

LOCATION
  City: GREEN BAY   State: WI   Country: US

DESCRIPTION
  ACFT FORCE LANDED IN A FIELD DUE TO FUEL PROBLEMS, GREEN BAY, WI

INJURY DATA      Total Fatal:   0
                 # Crew:   1     Fat:   0     Ser:   0     Min:   0     Unk:   
                 # Pass:   0     Fat:   0     Ser:   0     Min:   0     Unk:   
                 # Grnd:         Fat:   0     Ser:   0     Min:   0     Unk:   

WEATHER: 1953Z VRB03KT 10SM CLR 24/07 A3004

OTHER DATA

  Departed: MANITOWOC, WI               Dep Date:    Dep. Time:     
  Destination: SHIOCTON, WI             Flt Plan: VFR          Wx Briefing: 
  Last Radio Cont: 
  Last Clearance: 

  FAA FSDO: MILWAUKEE, WI  (GL13)                 Entry date: 06/05/2006

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