Departments



Articles

Less

Arts and Entertainment: Cedar Key Artist Wins Award
October 19th, 2012

School News: The Shark Reports - 10/16/12 Part 2
October 17th, 2012

Law Enforcement News: Levy County Arrest Report 10/15/2012
October 16th, 2012

School News: The Shark Reports - 10/16/12 Part 1
October 16th, 2012

Columns: Surprise, James, your very own fire truck
October 15th, 2012

Features: Suwannee River’s Primeval Creature
October 15th, 2012

Announcements: Cedar Key Lions Host Lion`s Governor`s Visit
October 15th, 2012

Announcements: Celebrate Your National Wildlife Refuges
October 15th, 2012

City News: Water Board Meeting Briefs
October 12th, 2012

Announcements: “FESTIVAL CAKES” A SWEET TRADITION
October 11th, 2012

Columns: Trouble In Cedar Key - A Sojourn to Manatee Springs
October 11th, 2012

Columns: Oops, they did it again
October 10th, 2012

Conservation: Do You Really Want a Nuke Plant in Levy County?
October 10th, 2012

Announcements: Fall Festival in the Park, Tuesday, October 30, 2012, 4pm-7pm
October 9th, 2012

Law Enforcement News: Levy County Arrest Report 10/8/2012
October 8th, 2012

More

Oops, they did it again

Oops, they did it again

Ada Lang

A pair of student pilots from the Daytona Beach Ultimate Air Academy will not be getting gold stars next to their names after a botched landing Monday afternoon at the George W. Lewis Airstrip in Cedar Key.

John Ghanen, 19, has only had his pilot`s license for about 18 months and told authorities that he was flying the single engine plane that wound up in the marsh. However, witnesses on the scene said his "passenger", Tamir Ayoub, 21, was seen exiting the pilot`s side of the aircraft. Ayoub does not have a pilot`s license.


There is agreement that they were approaching the strip too fast and too high, so they aborted the first landing and circled around. The second attempt was not much better but they landed and both men applied the brakes upon landing. According to Cedar Key Police Chief Virgil Sandlin, the left tire blew and they ran off the South West corner of the runway and into the marsh.

The men blame the accident on "faulty equipment" - both tires were deflated upon impact and the nose gear was torn off, according to Sandlin.
But damage is only part of the problems they face. Apparently, the pair had informed the plane`s owner that they were flying from Daytona Beach to Palatka but wound up in the marsh in Cedar Key and they had not filed a flight plan. The FAA is expected to investigate the accident and file a report.

Click for printer friendly version

Email this article to a friend

 

 

© 2013
Cedar Key News

cedarkeynews@gmail.com