A truck driver traveling through Ohio got an unusual surprise when a small plane clipped his truck and partially embedded its landing gear in his trailer.
Small aircraft hit the top of a semi with its landing gear while landing at Progress Airport in Fremont Ohio @WTOL11Toledo @13abc pic.twitter.com/kpN9xsbiAA
— rilee (@rilee_o) May 9, 2017
The incident happened yesterday around 4 p.m. in Fremont. Driver Russell Street was headed north on Ohio 53 near the Fremont airport when a multi-engine 1978 Piper PA-23-250 plane piloted by 71 year old John Randall came in too low for landing. Unbeknownst to Street, the plane clipped his trailer and broke off part of its landing gear.
Randall was able to land the plane at the airport without landing gear, leaving 100 foot skid marks in the grass. He wasn’t injured during the landing.
Pilot clipped truck on Ohio 53 and landed safely at Fremont Airport. No injuries#nmnow pic.twitter.com/pWohey0HBd
— Daniel Carson (@DanielCarson7) May 9, 2017
Street pulled his rig over on the side of the road, thinking he had blown a tire. That’s when he spotted the plane’s landing gear sticking out of his trailer.
Plane tire sticking out of top of truck at Fremont Airport #nmnow pic.twitter.com/UeX7HeVkxT
— Daniel Carson (@DanielCarson7) May 9, 2017
Authorities aren’t yet sure why the plane came in for landing so low, but they have speculated that the small aircraft hit a downdraft. Randall was on a practice flight when his aircraft struck the semi.
The Federal Aviation Administration is expected to begin an investigation into the incident today.