Posted July 31, 200618 yr Plane goes down near Chatham Pilot, passenger unhurt after emergency landing By AMANDA REAVY STAFF WRITER Published Monday, July 31, 2006 CHATHAM - Two Ohio men escaped unharmed after the small plane they were traveling in lost power to its engine, forcing the pilot to make an emergency landing in a Chatham cornfield Sunday morning. Sangamon County sheriff's Lt. Jack Campbell said pilot Adam Cochran, 25, of Hilliard, Ohio, and his passenger, Marc McKinnie, 21, whose hometown wasn't available, are employees of Midwest Aerial Photography. Based in Galloway, Ohio, the business specializes in aerial mapping photography, according to a company Web site. http://www.sj-r.com/Sections/News/Stories/92193.asp I'll post some pictures when I get a chance..
July 31, 200618 yr WHOA! You are lucky! Glad you are alright. "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
July 31, 200618 yr Do crash site pictures exceed the definition of "aerial"? Really: thanks for walking away unharmed. I'm glad you're still with us.
July 31, 200618 yr After we landed and we made sure we were both alright, and fuel wasn't leaking ect.. I snapped a few shots with my own camera, although still shakeing a bit. We might have one of the other company planes fly over to get an aerial shot.. Our boss is driving out here as I type this with a flatbed to get the plane out of the corn field, in which we'll have to take apart the wings and drain the fuel, not looking forward to that at all.. Anyway, thanks everyone for the comments, I'm doing fine and am just feeling a bit sore. Definently a wild experience though.
July 31, 200618 yr WHOA! You are lucky! Glad you are alright. ...I'm not sure I'd describe being in a plane crash lucky, but definitely, very happy it worked out well for you guys...Jesus, I'd have crapped myself...
August 1, 200618 yr So tell us, Clevelumbus: at the last moment before impact, your life having flashed before your eyes, did you look into the pit of your soul for what may well have been your final second on earth, and renounce The City for the One True Savior, The Suburbs?
August 1, 200618 yr Do people really have their life flash before their eyes? I literally spun in circles at like 75 mph on a freeway in Florida when I lost control of my car (it had almost no clearance) and everything was in slow motion but my life didn't flash.
August 1, 200618 yr Marc, don't make a habit of that; you'd be missed at Urbanohio. Glad you came out of it OK. I look forward to pics.
August 1, 200618 yr My life flashes in front of my eyes when I go to bed depressed. The several times that I've been involved in traffic accidents, everything just goes in slow motion.
August 1, 200618 yr Plane goes down near Chatham Now you'll have something to tell all your potential girlfriends about. I walked away from the crash of a 757 unharmed, with no more than a scratch and a nervous laugh afterwards. :-D
August 1, 200618 yr Glad you're okay - I have a feeling you won't be paying for any drinks at the next forum meet! :-) clevelandskyscrapers.com Cleveland Skyscrapers on Instagram
August 1, 200618 yr Thanks again everyone. I didn't have my life flash before my eyes, I guess I had a lot of faith in the pilot.. I really didn't know what to expect when coming down, the closer we got definently the more worried I became, but the next thing I knew it was all over. I guess the scariest moment besides actual impact and my fear of a poptential fire, was when we were just over some trees making a turn and it looked almost like the wing was going to hit the ground first.. An interesting side note, I guess one of the roads leaving Springfield Airport is named McKinnie Cemetery Road, definently made me think..
August 2, 200618 yr Sangamon County sheriff's Lt. Jack Campbell said pilot Adam Cochran, 25, of Hilliard, Ohio, and his passenger, Marc McKinnie, 21, whose hometown wasn't available, Geez, didn't the reporter think to look on UrbanOhio to see where you're from? I mean, c'mon, whatever happened to investigative journalism?? :wink: Glad you're still with us. Surviving is a good habit to keep. "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
August 2, 200618 yr I second what everone else has already said. Planes are scary sometimes, but someone has to get us the aerials.
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