On 9 September, Maggie Taraska – a seventeen year old student solo pilot – lost a wheel off her Piper PA-28-161 (N2496X) on departure from Beverly Airport near Boston. With coordination from Air Traffic Control and her instructor she landed safely with one wheel missing. John Singleton, her instructor said: “I always told my students; aviate, navigate, communicate. It’s an old saying but it really pays off.” Follow the interesting twitter feed and ATC audio reconstructed by Tom Podolec.
Piper PA-28 in distress.
Reported as the right main gear wheel fell off the aircraft on departure.
Pilot is a female student solo pilot.
Flying orbits around Beverley Airport, North of Boston. Instructors in the tower assisting. Emergency services standing by. pic.twitter.com/DitP6UOvPn— Tom Podolec Aviation (@TomPodolec) September 9, 2018
Instructor now on radio with Piper pilot;
“You’re doing a great job flying the airplane. We’re going to take our time. We got plenty of time. You’ve got plenty of fuel. We’ve got plentiful of daylight. You always heard me say go back to basics. So we’re going to work the basics.” pic.twitter.com/YfmNE3oNlr— Tom Podolec Aviation (@TomPodolec) September 9, 2018
Update
Piper PA-28 landed safely.Instructor says ‘there are lots of people clapping for her’.
Instructor did amazing job talking her down. She was in tears while flying.She is a student pilot and was on a solo flight when her right main gear tire fell off on departure. pic.twitter.com/nPGfTJELHu
— Tom Podolec Aviation (@TomPodolec) September 9, 2018
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Piper PA-28 lost its main right landing gear wheel on departure. Student pilot on a solo flight. After orbiting for an hour she landed safely at Beverly Airport north of Boston.
?@WCVB pic.twitter.com/OSV5vvyepc— Tom Podolec Aviation (@TomPodolec) September 9, 2018
ATC Audio (4 parts)
ATC Audio part 1 of 4
Seventeen year old student solo pilot lost a wheel off her Piper PA-28 plane on departure from Beverly Airport near Boston earlier today. With coordination from Air Traffic Control and her instructor she landed safely with one wheel missing. pic.twitter.com/yczuZPRWkd— Tom Podolec Aviation (@TomPodolec) September 10, 2018
ATC Audio part 2 of 4
Seventeen year old student solo pilot lost a wheel off her Piper PA-28 plane on departure from Beverly Airport near Boston earlier today. With coordination from Air Traffic Control and her instructor she landed safely with one wheel missing. pic.twitter.com/FgG5DgNL79— Tom Podolec Aviation (@TomPodolec) September 10, 2018
ATC Audio part 3 of 4
Seventeen year old student solo pilot lost a wheel off her Piper PA-28 plane on departure from Beverly Airport near Boston earlier today. With coordination from Air Traffic Control and her instructor she landed safely with one wheel missing. pic.twitter.com/ErZe8r87QF— Tom Podolec Aviation (@TomPodolec) September 10, 2018
ATC Audio part 4 of 4
Seventeen year old student solo pilot lost a wheel off her Piper PA-28 plane on departure from Beverly Airport near Boston earlier today. With coordination from Air Traffic Control and her instructor she landed safely with one wheel missing. pic.twitter.com/0n3lxetnjp— Tom Podolec Aviation (@TomPodolec) September 10, 2018
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17 year old girl, student pilot, on a solo flight, lost a wheel departing Beverly Airport near Boston yesterday. She landed safely. Once the wrong happened everything went right after that. More info & ATC Audio posted in this thread above. #Maggie
?Beverly Airport pic.twitter.com/gy0AQRbUnQ— Tom Podolec Aviation (@TomPodolec) September 10, 2018
Meet Maggie Taraska.
17 year old student pilot, on a solo flight, successfully landed her Piper PA-28 yesterday after losing a wheel on departure from Beverly Airport. Read #Maggie’s story and listen to ATC Audio in this thread above.
?WCVB/Beverly Airport pic.twitter.com/Sno4x2fnFJ
— Tom Podolec Aviation (@TomPodolec) September 10, 2018
Flight instructor John Singleton who calmly assisted solo student pilot Maggie Taraska to a successful landing after she lost a wheel off her plane says:
‘Always told my students; aviate, navigate, communicate. It’s an old saying but it really pays off.’?WCVB #maggie pic.twitter.com/ARVie3GVoM
— Tom Podolec Aviation (@TomPodolec) September 10, 2018
