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A small airplane struck a number of autos throughout an emergency touchdown on a Georgia roadway Monday, the Gainesville Police Division introduced within the afternoon.
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) stated the single-engine airplane, a Hawker Beechcraft BE-36, reportedly skilled engine points round 12:10 p.m. throughout a brief flight north of Atlanta.
A number of individuals sustained minor accidents within the incident, with two people, together with one driver, despatched to a neighborhood hospital for therapy, police advised FOX Enterprise.
Photographs launched by the police division present a white plane with harm to the nostril cone and proper wing close to a highway intersection. One picture additionally seems to indicate an SUV with harm to its entrance bumper, as fireplace division personnel have been seen responding to the crash.
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A single-engine Hawker Beechcraft BE-36 sits within the roadway after making an emergency touchdown and placing autos in Gainesville, Georgia, on Feb. 9, 2026. (Gainesville Police Division / Fox Information)
The airplane, which departed Gainesville’s Lee Gilmer Memorial Airport and was headed for Cherokee County Regional Airport in Canton, reportedly tried to abort its flight shortly after leaving the regional airport.
Police stated the 2 pilots onboard seen engine points associated to the airplane’s RPMs.
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An aerial view exhibits emergency responders surrounding a small airplane that struck three autos throughout a compelled touchdown on a busy roadway in Gainesville, Georgia, on Feb. 9, 2026. (WAGA)
When the pilots realized they “didn’t have sufficient energy to make it to the airport,” they initiated an emergency touchdown on the roadway, colliding with three autos, the NTSB stated.
“Shortly after departure, the pilot skilled issues with the engine and elected to show again in the direction of Gainesville to land there,” the NTSB stated. “The airplane didn’t have sufficient energy to make it to the airport, so the pilot made a compelled touchdown on a roadway, the place the airplane struck three autos.”
Police and fireplace crews reply after a single-engine airplane made a compelled touchdown on a Georgia roadway, damaging autos and shutting down site visitors in Gainesville on Feb. 9, 2026. (Gainesville Police Division / Fox Information)
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Police added that when the plane’s proper wing clipped a automobile, the airplane’s gas tank got here unfastened and “went into the rear of the SUV and into the automobile.”
Highway closures have been in impact following the airplane crash, and residents have been suggested to anticipate prolonged site visitors delays.
