Interesting Cessna Landing on US 1 on S FL

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Interesting Cessna Landing on US 1 in S FL

4 Miles N OF MARATHON, along the keys, you have 2 choices, either ditch in the sea (shallow water either side of US 1) , or take your chances landing on US 1, which only has single line road each direction. If you ever drove down to Key West, you would recognize these guys had balls what they just pulled of, especially at 730pm landing on US 1..lol




IDENTIFICATION
Regis#: 99344 Make/Model: C172 Description: 172, P172, R172, Skyhawk, Hawk XP, Cutla
Date: 07/10/2004 Time: 1915

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

LOCATION
City: MARATHON State: FL Country: US

DESCRIPTION
ACFT ENGINE STOPPED AND ACFT LANDED ON US 1 4 MI N OF MTH. MARATHON, FL

INJURY DATA Total Fatal: 0
# Crew: 1 Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk:
# Pass: 2 Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk:
# Grnd: Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk:

WEATHER: METAR KMTH 101853Z 10008KT 9SM FEW024 32/24 A3012



OTHER DATA
Activity: Pleasure Phase: Cruise Operation: General Aviation

Departed: HST Dep Date: 07/10/2004 Dep. Time: 1800
Destination: EYW Flt Plan: NONE Wx Briefing: Y
Last Radio Cont: 2MA
Last Clearance:

FAA FSDO: MIAMI, FL (SO19) Entry date: 07/12/2004

 

[crash-proof]

Here's a pic, however, you don't see the water at the end.

http://www.airliners.net/open.file/232203/M

That always looked like a fun airport to fly out of....provided you're flyin an amphibian.

 

[Jedi_Cheese]

Wait, he landed on US 1! I have been down there twice and that takes serious balls with all the bumper to bumper traffic. Plus might he have landed on the old US 1 that was decomissioned?

Did they open the second set of bridges? Back when I was down in the Keyes, they were working on a 2nd set of bridges.

The end that isn't pictured ends in water. US 1 is on the far side of the airport (dunno why the grass is so brown in the picture tho).