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2009/01/27

First Solo Flight ends Well


What: single-engine Cessna 172 Skyhawk returning from a practice flight to Glens Falls, N.Y
Where: Dillant-Hopkins Airport in Cheshire County, New Hampshire
When: Sunday Jan 25 2009
Who: Sarah Steves, an aviation student at Daniel Webster College in Nashua NH
Why: On her first solo cross-country night flight, the pilot experienced power in the plane’s lights and radio. She managed to make an emergency call. Rick Bendel, manager of Monadnock Aviation notified emergency dispatchers who notified Keene and Swanzey fire official with an emergency action plan in place for airport emergencies.

Steves had a hard landing on all 3 wheels w/o lights and taxied to the terminal without further incident.
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