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| Date: | Monday 26 May 2025 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Piper PA-24 Comanche |
| Owner/operator: | Weylnd Aviation Inc |
| Registration: | N5611P |
| MSN: | 24-679 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1959 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Location: | near Suðurlandsvegur, E of Hólmsheiði -
 Iceland
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | Reykjavík Domestic Airport (RKV/BIRK) |
| Wick-John O' Groats Airport (WIC/EGPC) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
A Piper PA-24 Comanche experienced an engine failure and made an emergency landing on motorway Route 1 near Suðurlandsvegur, east of Hólmsheiði.
The pilot and his dog were not injured and, according to the spokesman of accident investigation authority, the aircraft received some damage to its right wing and was moved to hangar for further inspection and investigation.
This same aircraft had earlier this same day triggered airborne search enroute from Greenland, both by Royal Danish Navy and Icelandic Coast Guard as the plane did not appear on radar and failed to respond to calls from Reykjavík air traffic control.
Sources:
https://icelandmonitor.mbl.is/news/news/2025/05/27/same_plane_that_prompted_search_made_the_emergency_/
https://www.icelandreview.com/fr/news/solo-pilot-walks-away-unscathed-after-emergency-landing-in-reykjavik/?srsltid=AfmBOopnKsA9f_nr6kyHi30ns5etBXIqAAkMkrzI2W_GVMTrhHpPc09T
https://www.mbl.is/frettir/innlent/2025/05/27/sa_flugvelina_naudlenda/?utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=mbl.is&utm_source=Facebook&fbclid=IwY2xjawKj1p1leHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFETEZadkpVTUU2VXBPUk1YAR5s86pO4bxBUnyQyHZMNxQsihYQvTaq5vYCUSa3Hrg97zi-idvP7t4_n5AkBw_aem_s7lsMx22MOTt9T0TkOvB0A#Echobox=1748349825
https://www.visir.is/g/20252732032d/flugmadurinn-hafi-verid-mjog-heppinn
https://grapevine.is/news/2025/05/27/plane-emergency-landed-outside-reykjavik/
https://www.ruv.is/frettir/innlent/2025-05-27-flugvel-sem-naudlenti-a-sudurlandsvegi-var-a-leid-til-bretlands-444754
https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=5611P
https://image.airport-data.com/aircraft/387508.jpg (photo)
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 28 November 1987 | N5611P | Anthony Thompson | 0 | Danville, IL |  |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-May-2025 06:49 | gerard57 | Added |
| 28-May-2025 11:51 | RobertMB | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative, Category, ] |
| 28-May-2025 14:58 | Eccos | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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