{"id":177997,"date":"2026-03-04T16:50:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T16:50:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/177997\/"},"modified":"2026-03-04T16:50:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T16:50:08","slug":"emergency-landing-ends-safely-hcso-tampa-fl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/177997\/","title":{"rendered":"Emergency Landing Ends Safely | HCSO, Tampa, FL"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/media-1-406685d9-b077-4190-aef9-4a296e1ee42c.jpg\" alt=\"Emergency Landing Ends Safely\" class=\"pr-3 pb-3\" aria-label=\"Emergency Landing Ends Safely\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The Hillsborough County Sheriff&#8217;s Office responded to a late-night emergency landing after a pilot experienced mechanical issues with a single-engine aircraft.<\/p>\n<p>On March 3, 2026, at 10:37 p.m., #teamHCSO\u2019s Dispatch Center received a call from the Tampa International Airport Police Department about a single-engine aircraft with only the pilot on board attempting an emergency landing.<\/p>\n<p>While trying to land on Weaver Lane, the aircraft struck a power line and a tree before landing near Weaver Lane and Rockhill Road.<\/p>\n<p>Thankfully, the pilot was not injured and was evaluated on scene by Hillsborough County Fire Rescue.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen the pilot lost engine power and was forced to make an emergency landing, our deputies responded immediately to secure the scene,\u201d\u00a0said Sheriff Chad Chronister.\u00a0\u201cThankfully, the pilot was able to walk away without serious injury. Thanks to the swift coordination between Tampa International Airport Police, Hillsborough County Fire Rescue, and our deputies, this situation was handled quickly and safely.\u00a0Partnerships like these make all the difference when seconds count.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>                                Additional Images<\/p>\n<p>                                                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/media-2-d8a04b6b-51b2-4f38-8d34-f4ee0bb890ac.jpg\" alt=\"Emergency Landing Ends Safely Supporting Image\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Hillsborough County Sheriff&#8217;s Office responded to a late-night emergency landing after a pilot experienced mechanical issues with&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":177998,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[135,137,136],"class_list":["post-177997","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa","tag-tampa","tag-tampa-headlines","tag-tampa-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/177997","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=177997"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/177997\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/177998"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=177997"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=177997"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=177997"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}