The single-engine Cessna R182 that made a forced landing this morning on Highway 17A in Garden River crashed almost three years ago at a municipal airport in Iowa, SooToday.com has learned.
Like today's occurrence, the earlier crash in October 2006 was blamed on mechanical problems with the plane, not pilot error.
Today, the American pilot of the 29-year-old fixed-wing plane told SooToday.com's Carol Martin that he was forced to bring it down this morning after experiencing engine-oil problems.
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