ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 210577
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| Date: | Saturday 5 May 2018 |
| Time: | 11:30 LT |
| Type: | Cessna |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Location: | Mugdrum island, River Tay, off Newburgh, Fife -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Perth Airport (PSL/EGPT), New Scone, Scotland |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
After engine failure, the pilot performed an emergency landing of the Cessna plane on an uninhabited island. The pilot was not injured. According to an official press release from the RNLI Broughty Ferry lifeboat station:
"At 11.31am the Broughty Ferry RNLI were called into action following a report that a light aircraft had performed a forced landing on Mugdrum Island, River Tay after experiencing mechanical problems.
RNLI volunteer lifeboat and shore crews launched the inshore lifeboat within eight minutes of receiving the call. On arrival at Mugdrum Island, off Newburgh at 12.25pm the volunteer crew found the pilot of a light aircraft uninjured and well but stranded on the island.
The crew assisted the pilot on to the lifeboat before transporting him to Newburgh where he disembarked."
Sources:
1. https://www.scotsman.com/news/transport/cessna-pilot-makes-emergency-landing-on-tiny-scottish-island-1-4735822
2. https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/news/local/perth-kinross/648877/pilot-shows-absolutely-wonderful-skill-to-land-on-tiny-island-in-river-tay-after-suffering-engine-trouble/
3. https://rnli.org/news-and-media/2018/may/05/broughty-ferry-lifeboats-called-out-twice-on-saturday-morning
4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mugdrum_Island
5. https://forums.flyer.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=108195&sid=cdeacc22ada7e0270bb7f14b3197f83a
6. https://www.pprune.org/accidents-close-calls/608511-cessna-engine-quit-landed-island-tay.html
Media:
Cessna pilot makes emergency landing on tiny Scottish island. https://t.co/iz3JFhvlXC
— Planes Of Legend (@PlanesOfLegend) May 7, 2018
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-May-2018 12:49 | gerard57 | Added |
| 07-May-2018 17:38 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 10-May-2018 22:54 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Embed code] |
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