Mon, Jan 06, 2003
Northwest Crew, Crisp Police Work Saves Pilot
Thursday, Steve Lere, 49, of Biwabik (MN), stopped to buy fuel
at New Richmond (WI). The only problem was, they were out of gas.
"No problem," he thought, as he considered flying to the
next-available gas in Rush City (MN). That plan worked for about
three minutes.
The little
ol' 175 (file photo) ran out of gas, and it was dark. Lere tried to
call the Minneapolis tower, but couldn't reach anyone there.
Fortunately, he was overheard by a Northwest pilot, who relayed his
troubles, as Steve looked for a flat spot to land.
Such a flat spot was readily available, on the St Croix river. A
Minnesota State Patrol helicopter picked him up about 11:30, an
hour and a half after touchdown on the ice.
He's a lucky man. No only did he not damage the plane in
landing, public workers were able to fetch the Skylark and drag it
to land without damaging it. Steve, who has held his airman's
ticket for nearly a year, refueled, and flew out -- with a full
tank, this time.
** Report created 1/3/2003 Record
7 **
IDENTIFICATION
Regis#: 9266B
Make/Model: C175 Description: 175,
Skylark
Date: 01/03/2003 Time: 0430
Event Type: Incident Highest Injury:
None Mid Air: N Missing:
N
Damage: Unknown
LOCATION
City: RUSH CITY State: MN Country:
US
DESCRIPTION
AT 0430Z N9266B CALLED MAYDAY, OUT OF FUEL. LANDED ON THE
ST. CROIX RIVER SOUTH OF RUSH CITY. THROUGH RELAY WITH OTHER
AIRCRAFT AND STATE TROOPER HELP, THE PILOT WAS RECUSED FROM THE
RIVER. THE PLANE IS STILL ON THE ICE OF THE ST. CROIX RIVER. RUSH
CITY, MN.
INJURY DATA Total Fatal:
0
# Crew: 1 Fat:
0 Ser:
0 Min:
0 Unk:
# Pass: 0 Fat:
0 Ser:
0 Min:
0 Unk:
# Grnd:
Fat: 0 Ser:
0 Min:
0 Unk:
WEATHER: UNK
OTHER DATA
Activity: Unknown Phase:
Landing Operation: General
Aviation
Departed:
UNK
Dep Date: Dep. Time:
Destination:
UNK
Flt Plan: UNK
Wx Briefing: U
Last Radio Cont:
Last Clearance:
FAA FSDO: MINNEAPOLIS, MN
(GL15)
Entry date: 01/03/2003
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