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SUPERIOR, AZ (AZFamily) — A Valley family of four narrowly avoided a head-on collision with a small plane making an emergency landing on U.S. 60 near Superior during the weekend.
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Kristal Ewing, her husband and their two children were driving home to Mesa after a Mother’s Day hike when they noticed a small plane flying in front of them.
“We didn’t notice that it was struggling or anything like that. To us, it just looked like an airplane was flying,” Ewing said.
Their dashcam video captured the plane starting to slowly descend. The family realized something was wrong moments before the plane made a hard landing on the highway, only feet in front of their truck.
“There were seconds to react. There wasn’t really anything to do. Except, hang on,” Ewing said.
Ewing’s husband veered to the left, pulling onto the highway median. The plane’s wing sliced directly above their pickup truck’s cab, and the propeller hit the back of the truck.
“It’s still kind of surreal when I see the footage. It looks like it happened to someone else or maybe, you know, it was faked, but I was there. It happened,” Ewing said.
The truck’s rear camera showed the plane continuing along the highway until it hit a sign and stopped.
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“It’s still kind of shocking when I think about it and how close it really got. Like this could have ended so much worse, but I’m just really thankful that we were all able to walk away. Everyone, even the pilot was OK,” Ewing said.
No one was injured. The truck sustained only a small mark from the plane’s propeller. Ewing and her husband took a photo documenting the incident.
“It’s definitely a Mother’s Day to remember,” Ewing said.
The plane’s owner said the pilot had just left the airport for a recreational flight when the plane stalled. The full investigation into the crash could take more than a year.
The incident marks the third time a plane has landed on an Arizona road in the past month.
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