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A small plane crash-landed in an emergency at a field near an elementary school in Miramar Wednesday, according to WSVN in Miami.
The incident happened just after 1 p.m. near Coconut Palm Elementary School. Two people were on board but were not injured. While the plane did sustain some damage, the school’s property did not.
The school did not go on lockdown when the aircraft – a Piper PA-28, a plane typically used for flight training, air taxi and personal use – landed.
This is at least the second time that same plane had to make an emergency landing, WSVN reported. The first incident happened in 2022 in which the plane had to land at North Perry Airport in Pembroke Pines. The cause for the emergency in that case was allegedly a malfunction, according to local media. Two people were aboard the aircraft during that incident and no injuries were reported.
The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating the incident.
Additional details including where the plane was headed, who owns it and whether the same pilot was operating the aircraft during these incidents was not available Wednesday afternoon.
Leesfield & Partners
Leesfield & Partners is a personal injury law firm with three offices throughout Florida in Miami, Key West and Central Florida/Orlando. In the firm’s 48 years, its attorneys have secured multiple record verdicts and settlements for injured clients. This has resulted in numerous accolades and recognition from legal organizations and a reputation that is known nationwide. In that time, the firm has handled numerous historic cases that have garnered attention from national news outlets and cases that have been the catalysts for Forida legislation.
In decades of personal injury expertise, Leesfield & Partners has handled cases in all practice areas, including aviation cases. In these such cases, clients have incurred injuries from to mechanical failure due to a manufacturer’s negligence, pilot and Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and air traffic controller errors. Aviation cases, similar to maritime cases – another area of expertise for our attorneys – demand a deep understanding of aviation law and precise investigative skills.
Previous Cases
Leesfield & Partners previously handled an aviation case in which a 30-year-old co-pilot was killed in a crash due to an issue with the plane’s controls that went unnoticed during pre-flight checks.
The firm secured a $10 million recovery for the co-pilot’s family.
In another aviation case, the firm obtained over $8.5 million for the family.
In a devastating aviation case that resulted in the death of our client’s loved one, Leesfield & partners secured $5.4 million.
Ira Leesfield, Leesfield & Partners’ Founder and Managing Partner, along with Mark A. Sylvester represented the family of a pilot after he and his mother were killed in a single-engine airplane crash. The lawsuit was filed against the plane manufacturer, a service facility and the FAA. In this case, FAA air traffic controllers failed to provide important weather information to the pilot, resulting in the crash amid a severe weather event.
The firm obtained a $2,850,000 settlement in that case.
In a crash involving a helicopter, Leesfield & Partners secured a $1.9 million recovery amount.
The firm also obtained over $1.8 million for a grieving family following a fatal crash.
In an aviation case involving a plane manufacturer, Leesfield & partners secured $630,000 for an injured client.
A Leesfield & Partners case that did not involve a crash but took place on an airplane resulted in life-long scaring to a child who was traveling as an unaccompanied minor. The airline’s employees were meant to be watching over the child but did not. This paved the way for a sick, adult passenger to sexually abuse the child during the flight unbeknownst to flight attendants.
A confidential settlement was obtained by the firm in that case.
If you or a loved one was involved in an aviation incident, don’t wat. Call a Leesfield & Partners attorney today at 305-854-4900 to see if you may be eligible for a claim.
