It's not a good idea to land a plane on a road
By Judy Evans
@JudyEv (367257)
Rockingham, Australia
December 14, 2025 8:14pm CST
MyLotter and friend @MarieCoyle wrote about an aeroplane that landed on a car, luckily without any fatalities. Something a bit similar happened to my husband, Vince in the 1980s when we were partners in a farm machinery business in a rather remote country town.
When a customer bought a new harvester, they could not take delivery until the finance papers had been signed. Posting papers back and forth to Perth could take a week or more and farmers always needed their new machines the next day or preferably yesterday (that’s a joke!) A finance company employee would pick up Vince and they’d fly out to a farm, get the papers signed and fly home again.
On one occasion, Vin and the pilot were having trouble finding the right farm and a suitable place to land and the pilot decided to land on a country road in front of the farm. Just as the plane was about to touch down, a car came over the hill ahead of them and they were forced to take off again. In their defence, it was very isolated country back then with very little traffic on the roads.
The photo is of a friend with his ultralight plane.
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@DaddyEvil (163595)
• United States
9h
Sometimes, when there is engine trouble, it can't be helped. It has happened twice in 2025 here.
I'm glad they were able to take off and avoid a crash.
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@DaddyEvil (163595)
• United States
8h
@JudyEv We've had small planes land on the highway here when their engines stopped working.
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@MarieCoyle (52208)
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12h
@JudyEv
At least they arrived back home again. That would have been very scary!
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@Deepizzaguy (116618)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
12h
I am in agreement with you that airplanes should ever attempt to land on a highway/
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@JudyEv (367257)
• Rockingham, Australia
9h
It would be frightening to see a plane heading toward your car.
@MarieCoyle (52208)
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12h
That would have been so scary!!! A few seconds could have played out a very tragic situation. The pilot must have really been on the ball!
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@JudyEv (367257)
• Rockingham, Australia
9h
I think there was a long stretch of road with good vision but still - not a good place to be.
