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Plane carrying 3 people and 56 shelter dogs makes emergency belly landing on snowy Western Lakes GC in Pewaukee
The three people, all adults, suffered non-life-threatening injuries and were taken to a hospital for treatment. The dogs, inbound from southern states to local shelters, were shaken up and some
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Date: | Tuesday 15 November 2022 |
Time: | 09:00 |
Type: | Fairchild SA227-AT Expediter |
Operator: | Ameriflight |
Registration: | N247DH |
MSN: | AT-626B |
First flight: | 1985 |
Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Aircraft fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
Location: | Pewaukee, WI ( |
Phase: | Approach (APR) |
Nature: | Cargo |
Departure airport: | New Orleans-Lakefront Airport, LA (NEW/KNEW), United States of America |
Destination airport: | Waukesha Airport, WI (UES/KUES), United States of America |
Flightnumber: | AMF7141 |
Ameriflight flight 7141, a Fairchild SA227-AT Expediter, landed on the Western Lakes Golf Club in Pewaukee, MI, USA. The aircraft came down 6 km short of runway 10 at Waukesha County Airport (UES).
The three persons and 56 dogs on the aircraft survived.
Photos from the scene show the left-hand wing was severed at the wing root.
Visibility at the time was limited due to snowfall. Fifteen minutes before the accident, visibility at UES was reported to be 800 m.