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    Door falls off plane, lands in Myrtle Beach yard. It makes an emergency landing at airport

    By Emalyn Muzzy,

    8 days ago

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    A plane had to make an emergency landing at the Myrtle Beach International Airport after its door reportedly fell off and landed in a Market Common yard.

    An airplane carrying two people took off from MYR on Tuesday around 2:53 p.m. and landed less than 10 minutes later at 3:01 p.m., according to flight data from Flight Aware. A Federal Aviation Administration report stated the door fell off and the aircraft declared an emergency.

    The door was found in Market Common , Wendy Hodges shared on Facebook. She said the small airplane door fell into her neighbor’s yard.

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    The door of a LIFT Academy airplane. The plane made an emergency landing after the door fell off during a flight. Wendy Hodges

    No one was injured in the incident and the plane landed safely, said Myrtle Beach Airport Assistant Director Ryan Betcher.

    The plane was being flown by LIFT Academy , which is a pilot school based in Indianapolis, Indiana. There are also locations in Myrtle Beach and Galveston, Texas.

    LIFT Academy spokesperson Jon Austin said this is a rare accident, and there is a check list to go through, which the crew did.

    “This is one of those unlikely not non-zero events,” Austin said.

    This is the second emergency landing that the academy has made in the Myrtle Beach area this year.

    In May, a plane operated and owned by LIFT landed on U.S. 501, blocking traffic , as it flew back to MYR. No one was injured in that incident.

    It’s also the second emergency landing made at the airport this month.

    A military plane made an emergency landing Sept. 12 at the Myrtle Beach International Airport. The military F-16 plane landed because it was leaking fuel. The aircraft made it to the ground safely.

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