Pilot, 23, Reveals Harrowing Escape After Terrifying Emergency Landing

Local 10 News A young pilot survived a terrifying mid-air crisis by executing a controlled emergency landing just off a crowded Florida beach. Faith Tenkley, 23, was flying to the Bahamas to pick up her parents when her dual-engine plane suffered severe mechanical failure roughly 15 miles off Boca Raton. Facing a broke

A young Florida pilot who crash-landed her plane in the Atlantic Ocean after experiencing a mechanical failure has said she's incredibly fortunate to have been able to swim away from the incident.

Video captures Faith Tenkley's twin-engine Piper making a smooth water landing off Boca Raton after engine failure and landing gear malfunction.

A small twin-engine plane crashed into the Atlantic off wealthy Boca Raton, Florida, on Saturday morning as stunned beachgoers watched from shoreline.

Plane makes emergency landing after front landing gear fails  CNN