Mt. Pleasant, SC – October 13, 2011 – On their way to Ft. Lauderdale, FL, a repossessed airplane was forced to make an emergency landing in a marsh last week.
A plane that crashed near Rivertown Country Club in Mount Pleasant was being repossessed when it made an emergency landing Thursday afternoon, according to sources.
The small private plane went down in a marsh around 2:04 p.m.last Thursday. The two people were on board and both were found safe and uninjured. They were transported by boat from the scene by the Charleston County Rescue Squad and Charleston County Sheriff’s Office.
Pilot Terry Huenefeld had radioed that he was going to make an emergency landing at Charleston International Airport, but then reported that he wasn’t going to make it and hoped to land at Mount Pleasant Regional Airport.
Huenefeld was forced to make an emergency landing a marsh southwest of the airport.
“We had a couple hiccups over the coast, so we figured we’d inch our way to Charleston and make it in there no problem.” Huenefeld reported.
The plan fell apart when the plane’s engines cut off and it began losing altitude. At a speed of 120 miles per hour. That is when Huenefeld made a decision to land in the marsh.
“It was probably about halfway from the shoreline inbound and I knew that we weren’t going to make the field,” Huenefield said. “You don’t really get too scared because you’re busy trying to figure out what to do.”
An aerial photo shows the 1981 Piper Aerostar 600 plane in the middle of the marsh with the plane’s emergency landing path visible on the ground behind it. The plane is registered out of Kittyhawk, NC, but took off from Myrtle Beach.
“We went under the powerlines and sat it down,” Huenefield said.
Huenefeld said that nearby power lines didn’t prove to be much of an obstacle for him when he made the landing.
“I knew the power lines were there. I could see them pretty far out,” Huenefield said. “I was ready for them and I ducked right under them.”
The two waited on the wing of the plane for the Charleston County rescue boats to bring them to safety.
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Wonder whose insurance is going to cover this. Aircraft are especially difficult and I don’t know who in this business has insurance to cover this loss. I take a certified A/P to check the plane out and a pilot(broker) to fly it, if that is necessary. Everyone is covered that way. I certainly will not under any circumstances get in the plane and fly out with it. I will get into my own plane and follow.
This type of repo would be difficult. The debtor is hurting for money so probably would not be performing the required maintenance on the aircraft. Then the repossessors would know the previous history of the aircraft. They would be walking in blind.
I see what these debtors do to brand new cars and could only imagine what they would be doing to an airplane with the maintenance costs associated with keeping it in perfect mechanical condition.
Very dangerous.
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