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Teen pilot from Indiana survives crash landing on first solo flight
Associated Press
April 9, 2004
FAIRFIELD, Ohio -- Knocked off course by a tail wind and running out of gas, a 17-year-old pilot flying her first solo flight picked out a farm field for a crash landing.
Her single-engine Cessna 152 skipped through the field before hitting a dirt mound and flipping over onto its roof, leaving Bridgett Green, of Scottsburg, Ind., hanging upside down by her seat belt in the cockpit.
Her only injuries were a scrape on her leg and a bump on her head when she released her seat belt.
"She did a really good job. Instead of letting panic set in, she actually landed the plane," said Stanley Oligee, a state trooper who investigated the forced landing on Wednesday night.
Green has flown more than 40 hours on a student pilot's license. She was returning to an airport in Clark County when she ran into trouble.
"I was going back and hit a tail wind. I overcorrected ... and it sent me farther out," she said. "I tried to radio for help and it just happened a man named Ron from our airport in Indianapolis heard me and he tried to help."
Green said she realized that she was going to run out of gas and her engine quit, but the plane was going about 80 mph and the propeller was still going. She picked out the farm field, about 25 miles north of Cincinnati, and circled a few times so people could see her.
"When I saw the field I told him (Ron) I knew what I was doing and I would be OK," she said.
When the plane stopped, Green tried to call a control tower by radio to say she was OK.
"But it didn't work so I grabbed my stuff, took the key out and started walking," Green said.
Green was taken to Fort Hamilton Hospital and released after about 10 minutes, she said.
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Suddenly my unlogged landings ("He might get mad if he knew that I got that lost.") during my solo flight seem tame.
Associated Press
April 9, 2004
FAIRFIELD, Ohio -- Knocked off course by a tail wind and running out of gas, a 17-year-old pilot flying her first solo flight picked out a farm field for a crash landing.
Her single-engine Cessna 152 skipped through the field before hitting a dirt mound and flipping over onto its roof, leaving Bridgett Green, of Scottsburg, Ind., hanging upside down by her seat belt in the cockpit.
Her only injuries were a scrape on her leg and a bump on her head when she released her seat belt.
"She did a really good job. Instead of letting panic set in, she actually landed the plane," said Stanley Oligee, a state trooper who investigated the forced landing on Wednesday night.
Green has flown more than 40 hours on a student pilot's license. She was returning to an airport in Clark County when she ran into trouble.
"I was going back and hit a tail wind. I overcorrected ... and it sent me farther out," she said. "I tried to radio for help and it just happened a man named Ron from our airport in Indianapolis heard me and he tried to help."
Green said she realized that she was going to run out of gas and her engine quit, but the plane was going about 80 mph and the propeller was still going. She picked out the farm field, about 25 miles north of Cincinnati, and circled a few times so people could see her.
"When I saw the field I told him (Ron) I knew what I was doing and I would be OK," she said.
When the plane stopped, Green tried to call a control tower by radio to say she was OK.
"But it didn't work so I grabbed my stuff, took the key out and started walking," Green said.
Green was taken to Fort Hamilton Hospital and released after about 10 minutes, she said.
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Suddenly my unlogged landings ("He might get mad if he knew that I got that lost.") during my solo flight seem tame.
