Lee County, FL – A pilot was rescued by helicopter Sunday after his floatplane experienced engine trouble and made an emergency landing in a remote area of Southwest Florida.<\/p>\n
The Lee County Sheriff’s Office identified the pilot as 68-year-old Curt Hosterman, who was operating a two-passenger amphibious aircraft on November 8th.<\/p>\n
According to authorities, Hosterman departed Page Field and was flying near Fort Myers Beach when the aircraft’s engine stopped working.<\/p>\n
The pilot successfully restarted the engine and attempted to return to the airport. However, the engine reportedly failed again before he could complete the flight.<\/p>\n
Hosterman made an emergency landing among mangrove trees inside Estero Bay Preserve, an isolated area surrounded by water and dense vegetation.<\/p>\n
Because the location was inaccessible to conventional emergency vehicles and rescue boats, the sheriff’s office Aviation Unit dispatched a helicopter.<\/p>\n
Video released by authorities shows rescuers lowering a basket from the helicopter toward the stranded aircraft.<\/p>\n
Hosterman entered the basket and was lifted into the helicopter before being transported to dry land near Winkler Road.<\/p>\n
Emergency medical personnel evaluated the pilot following the rescue. Officials confirmed he was not injured and declined additional medical treatment.<\/p>\n
The operation involved several emergency response agencies, including the Iona McGregor Fire District, South Trail Fire Protection and Rescue Service District and Lee County Public Safety.<\/p>\n
The incident occurred one day after another small aircraft made an emergency landing near Interstate 75 in Lee County, striking a pickup truck without causing injuries.<\/p>\n
The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating the circumstances surrounding the aviation incidents.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Lee County, FL – A pilot was rescued by helicopter Sunday after his floatplane experienced engine trouble and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":454425,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[209,211,210,176207,20333,77896,94178,157442,176206,93666,356,2094,4197,18446],"class_list":["post-454424","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral-headlines","tag-cape-coral-news","tag-curt-hosterman","tag-emergency-landing","tag-engine","tag-engine-trouble","tag-estero-bay-preserve","tag-floatplane","tag-helicopter","tag-lee-county","tag-lee-county-sheriffs-office","tag-mangroves","tag-pilot"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/454424","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=454424"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/454424\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/454425"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=454424"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=454424"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=454424"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}