Any Landing You Can Walk Away From: TV Meteorologist In Flight Training Accident | Aero-News Network
Aero-News Network
RSS icon RSS feed
podcast icon MP3 podcast
Subscribe Aero-News e-mail Newsletter Subscribe

Airborne Unlimited -- Most Recent Daily Episodes

Episode Date

Airborne-Monday

Airborne-Tuesday

Airborne-Wednesday Airborne-Thursday

Airborne-Friday

Airborne On YouTube

Airborne-Unlimited-05.05.25

Airborne-NextGen-05.06.25

AirborneUnlimited-05.07.25

Airborne-Unlimited-05.01.25

AirborneUnlimited-05.02.25

Sat, Mar 27, 2010

Any Landing You Can Walk Away From: TV Meteorologist In Flight Training Accident

Both She And Her Instructor Sustain Only Minor Injuries

A television meteorologist taking a flying lesson Wednesday morning got some first-hand training in emergency landings, but fortunately both she and her instructor walked away.

File Photo

Christy Henderson, Chief Meteorologist for News Channel 7 in Spartansburg, SC, was flying with her instructor in a Cessna 150 on a routine training flight Wednesday morning when the airplane developed engine problems. According to Henderson's blog, her instructor took the controls, contacted the airport, and set up for an emergency landing in a plowed field a few miles from the airport.

Henderson writes that the landing was fine until the nose gear of the plane dug into the dirt, which caused the plane to flip over onto its back. Both she and the flight instructor suffered minor bumps and bruises, but were able to extricate themselves from the upside-down airplane and wait for help to arrive.

Henderson wrote that her biggest concern after the accident was whether to wear sunglasses or a pirate eye patch to hide her black eye while doing the weather. She praised her instructor, whom she identified only as "Mrs. Orr," for her quick thinking and cool head during the emergency.

ANN wholeheartedly agrees on that account.

FMI: www.ntsb.gov

Advertisement

More News

ANN's Daily Aero-Term (05.05.25): Circle To Runway (Runway Number)

Circle To Runway (Runway Number) Used by ATC to inform the pilot that he/she must circle to land because the runway in use is other than the runway aligned with the instrument appr>[...]

ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (05.05.25)

Aero Linx: National Aviation Safety Foundation (NASF) The National Aviation Safety Foundation is a support group whose objective is to enhance aviation safety through educational p>[...]

NTSB Prelim: De Havilland DHC-1

At Altitude Of About 250-300 Ft Agl, The Airplane Experienced A Total Loss Of Engine Power On November 6, 2024, at 1600 central standard time, a De Havilland DHC-1, N420TD, was inv>[...]

Classic Aero-TV: The Boeing Dreamliner -- Historic First Flight Coverage

From 2009 (YouTube Edition): Three Hour Flight Was 'Flawless' -- At Least, Until Mother Nature Intervened For anyone who loves the aviation business, this was a VERY good day. Afte>[...]

Airborne-NextGen 05.06.25: AF Uncrewed Fighters, Drones v Planes, Joby Crew Test

Also: AMA Names Tyler Dobbs, More Falcon 9 Ops, Firefly Launch Unsuccessful, Autonomous F-16s The Air Force has begun ground testing a future uncrewed jet design in a milestone tow>[...]

blog comments powered by Disqus



Advertisement

Advertisement

Podcasts

Advertisement

© 2007 - 2025 Web Development & Design by Pauli Systems, LC