Teen Lands a Plane on California Road after Engine Failed

A boy piloting a plane made an emergency land on Monday, when his single-engine plane crashed. aircraft Unexpectedly, power lost

Brock Peters (18 years old) was flying a Piper PA-28 with his family. According to reports, the aircraft was on its way from Apple Valley Airport in California to Riverside Airport when Peters heard something. “pop” Sound and decided to land the plane somewhere safe.

“We’re coming through the pass and I hear a boom and then I lose all my engine power,” Peters told CBS interview.

According to the Federal Aviation Administration, he landed the plane at Cajon Boulevard in San Bernardino National Forest.

Peters got his pilot’s license only four months ago and remembered what he had been taught in order to land with no injuries.

“At that point I didn’t have any space or time to get to any other airports and this was my only option, my only shot to get it down,” Peters told Inland News

“Just got to stay calm, remember my training and just put the plane down and make sure everyone is safe,” He said.

He was going with his grandmother, and two cousins to breakfast.

“I can hear my grandma crying in the back,” He said. “I’m like ‘I’ve got to tune her out, focus on what I need to do and get this plane down safely and make sure everybody is OK.’”

Peters couldn’t tell a local airport tower about his decision over where he was going to land the plane due to the geography. Instead, Peters called his mother to tell her what he was doing.

“From the air, the field right in front of me looks flat,” He elaborated. “But once you get lower, it’s trees, rocks, everything — just going to tear the plane up.” The next place available was a small frontage road.

“I knew I was going to land it,” Peters said. “I knew I was going to. But to not hit anything[,] that’s God’s intervention right there.”

Petersen will host a Tuesday dinner. did An interview with CBS in which he claimed that he was “just glad it ended the way it did, and God helped me through that one.”

“I was a little stressed out ‘cause … you train for this a lot but until that actually happens, it’s just a whole [other] story but I was pretty calm during the situation. I knew that I had to put the plane down. I just remembered my training,” He said.

Further, the National Transportation Safety Board will continue to work with the FAA and FAA. investigate The incident.