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<\/p>\nSmall plane makes emergency landing near Honeymoon Island in Tampa<\/p>\n
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tTHAT\u2019S CLOSE TO SOME TOWNHOMES. THE MEETING BEGINS AT 1:00. WELL, A FRIGHTENING MOMENT OFF HONEYMOON ISLAND ENDED IN RELIEF WHEN A SMALL PLANE MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING JUST OFF SHORE. HALEY ZARCONE REPORTS OUT OF TAMPA BAY. IMAGINE YOU\u2019RE JET SKIING IN THE WATER. YOU HEAR A LOUD BANG. ONE MAN TELLS ME HE THOUGHT IT WAS A BOAT. HE NEVER IMAGINED WHAT HIT THE WATER CAME FROM THE SKY. FROM RELAXING TO RUNNING TO THEIR RESCUE. I JUST DROPPED EVERYTHING AND JUST STARTED RUNNING TO THE TO THE PLANE AND SEE WHAT I COULD DO. BEACHGOERS TELL ME THEIR DAY BY THE WATER CHANGED IN AN INSTANT. SUNDAY. FIRST THEY SAW THE LANDING. I WAS SITTING HERE LAYING FACE UP AND I SAW THIS PLANE COMING IN WITH LIKE NO SPEED. AND THEN IT JUST KIND OF COASTED IN. AND THEN IT CRASHED SUPER HARD. AND IF YOU DIDN\u2019T HEAR IT, YOU WERE IN THE WATER LIKE LUCAS GENDRON. YOU FELT IT. THERE\u2019S A BOAT NEXT TO MY JET SKI AT THE TIME, AND I HONESTLY THOUGHT THAT BOAT CAPSIZED OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, BECAUSE IT WAS JUST LIKE A LOUD BANG. AND I LOOKED OVER. IT\u2019S A FREAKING PLANE THAT JUST CRASHED IN THE WATER. EMMA BLATCHLEY TELLS ME SHE CALLED FOR HELP. I SAY, LIKE THE PLANE NUMBER THAT WAS ON THE BACK. AND THEN THEY, THE TWO GUYS LIKE CAME OUT OF THE WATER. AROUND NOON SUNDAY, THE PINELLAS COUNTY SHERIFF\u2019S OFFICE SAYS THIS PLANE MADE A CONTROLLED EMERGENCY LANDING ALONG THE NORTH BEACH OF HONEYMOON ISLAND STATE PARK, WITH JUST TWO PEOPLE INSIDE, THEY WERE ABLE TO LAND, GET OUT AND GET TO SHORE UNSCATHED WHILE THEY MADE THEIR WAY OUT OF THE WATER. EVERYONE, JUST LIKE FLOODED TO THE WATER TO KIND OF LIKE HELP OUT THE PEOPLE THAT WERE, WE THOUGHT WERE INJURED, BUT THEY TURN OUT BEING OKAY, THANK GOD. BEACHGOERS TELL US THE TWO IN THE PLANE WERE A FATHER AND SON. THE SHERIFF\u2019S OFFICE SAYS THEY CAN\u2019T CONFIRM THAT AT THIS TIME. FROM EVERY ANGLE, SAND, WATER AND SAFETY. EVERYONE AGREED HE WAS TRYING TO GET CLOSE ENOUGH TO SHORE SO HE COULD MAKE IT BACK SAFE. YEAH, IT\u2019S VERY IMPRESSIVE. FROM WHAT IT SEEMED. THE FATHER DEFINITELY KNEW WHAT HE WAS DOING WHEN HE LANDED THE PLANE. THE PINELLAS COUNTY SHERIFF\u2019S OFFICE SAYS DIVE TEAMS DID FIND A POSSIBLE FUEL LEAK THAT THEY ARE INVESTIGATING O\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
Small plane makes emergency landing near Honeymoon Island in Tampa<\/p>\n
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\n\t\t\tUpdated: 11:45 AM EDT Jul 13, 2026\n\t\t<\/p>\n
\t\tEditorial Standards \u24d8<\/a><\/p>\n \n\t\t\t\t\t\tA small plane made an emergency landing just offshore near Honeymoon Island, bringing a frightening moment to a safe conclusion. Haley Zarcone is in Tampa Bay with the details. Stay up-to-date: The latest headlines and weather from WPBF 25Get the latest news updates with the WPBF 25 News app. You can download it here. Stay up-to-date: The latest headlines and weather from WPBF 25Get the latest news updates with the WPBF 25 News app. You can download it here.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\tTAMPA, Fla. \u2014 \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n A small plane made an emergency landing just offshore near Honeymoon Island, bringing a frightening moment to a safe conclusion. <\/p>\n Haley Zarcone is in Tampa Bay with the details. <\/p>\n Stay up-to-date: The latest headlines and weather from WPBF 25<\/a><\/p>\n Get the latest news updates with the WPBF 25 News app. You can download it here<\/a>. <\/p>\n Stay up-to-date: The latest headlines and weather from WPBF 25<\/a><\/p>\n