Student Pilot On First Solo Flight Lands Safely After Losing Wheel

OVERBOARD SATURDAY NIGHT. THE COMPANY THAT OWNS THE SHIP SAYS HE WAS FOOLING AROUND BEFORE HE FELL. YOU HAVE TO HAVE CONFIDENCE IN YOUR ABILITY IF YOU'RE GOING TO BE A PILOT. SHE IS WISE BEYOND HER YEARS. A TEENAGE PILOT MAKING A SUCCESSFUL EMERGENCY LANDING AT THE AIRPORT IN BEVERLY. IT WAS WHEELS UP AND THEN WE'LL OFF. THE 17-YEAR-OLD WAS ON HER FIRST SOLO FLIGHT WHEN SHE WAS TOLD SHE HAD LOST A WHEEL. SHE KEPT CALM, SHE REMEMBERED HER TRAINING AND SHE LANDED THE PLANE. Reporter: THE YOUNG PILOT KNEW SOMETHING WAS WRONG JUST AS SHE TOOK OFF. SHE COULD FEEL SOMETHING AND HEAR SOMETHING ON THE PLANE, THEN CAME THE CALL FROM THE TOWER. YOUR RIGHT MAIN IS NOW MISSING FROM THE AIRPLANE. IT HAS FALLEN OFF THE AIRPLANE. I FELT MY HEART SINK. Reporter: 17-YEAR-OLD MAGGIE JURASSIC A WAS HIGH ABOVE BEVERLY DOING CIRCLES WITHOUT THE RIGHT WHEEL OF THE PLANE FOR ABOUT 40 MINUTES SUNDAY NIGHT TALKING WITH THE TOWER AND HER FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR. YOU'RE DOING GREAT. I COULD NOT HAVE DONE IT ALONE. JOHN TALKED ME THROUGH HUNDREDS OF LANDINGS. I FIGURED IF ANYONE COULD DO IT, IT COULD BE HIM. Reporter: SINGLETON SAYS HIS MAIN OBJECTIVE WAS TO KEEP MAGGIE CALM. SOUNDS FUNNY SAYING IT. Reporter: SINGLETON SAYS MAGGIE EXECUTED A NORMAL LANDING RIGHT UP UNTIL WHAT WAS LEFT OF THE LANDING GEAR HIT THE GROUND. I JUST REMEMBER GETTING JOSTLED AROUND. IT WAS REALLY BUMPY. THEN I HIT GRASS AND SIGNS AND THEN MORE GRASS. I WAS THINKING IT WAS GOING TO STOP. IT HAS TO STOP. Reporter: MAGGIE WAS HEADING TO PORTLAND, MAINE AND BACK. THE TREK WAS SUPPOSED TO BE HER FIRST SOLO FLIGHT. SHE PLANS TO TRY AGAIN. BAD THINGS HAPPEN ALL THE TIME BUT IT CAN'T DETER YOU FROM DOING WHAT YOU WANT TO DO. Reporter: MAGGIE PLANS TO

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Length: 2min 3sec (123 seconds)

Published: Mon Sep 10 2018