Small Plane Runs Off
Runway At Pavas Airport
Residents of Pavas on the west side of San
José, got the scare of their lives when a
small aircraft piloted by a student ran into
trouble, running off the runway of the
Tobías Bolaños (Pavas) airport.
Authorities did not say what caused the
accident, only to confirm that the plane
piloted by 18 year old, Tom Herrera González,
with 70 hours of flying experience, ran off
the runway at 11:15am while on a training
exercise.
Fortunately no one was hurt in the
accident."
González was taken immediately to the San
Juan de Dios hospital and was home by dinner
time, thanking God and the Virgen for his
safety.
The small, single engine airplane is owned
by the Escuela Costarricense de Aviación,
the local flying school at the Pavas
airport, whose officials would not comment
on the accident or one of their students.
Airport officials would only say that the
plane did not lift off the runway and ran
into the ground at the edge of the airport
perimeter, where on the other side it is
populated with a residential development.
The Dirección General de Aviación Civil is
investigating the accident.
This is not the first accident to occur at
or near the Pavas airport. Last year a pilot
with a similar type of plane had to make an
emergency landing on the Circunvalación at
Uruca, several kilometres from the airport
when the small plane ran into engine
trouble. |
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