On Feb. 9 around noon, a single-engine plane made an emergency crash landing on Browns Bridge Road in Gainesville, GA. The unexpected landing damaged multiple cars and inflicted minor injuries to two people.
The pilots flying the aircraft were Thomas Rogers and a student pilot who remains unnamed. Both pilots were able to walk away from the scene unharmed.
The aircraft had recently taken off from the Lee Gilmore Memorial Airport in Gainesville when they realized that the plane’s engine had failed. Rogers quickly understood that they were too far from the airport to turn around and land safely and that they were in a dangerous situation…