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>>> A SMALL RED PACER NEEDED
HELP ON THE RUN WAY AT NORTH
PERRY AIRPORT.
SKY 10 WAS ABOVE, THERE WAS A
FUEL LEAK THAT WAS NOTICED.
THE PLANE JUST LANDED WHEN IT
TIPPED ONTO THE NOSE.
TWO PEOPLE ONBOARD WERE NOT
HURT.
WE ARE TOLD IT WAS USED FOR
TRAINING.
>> IT HAS HAPPENED HERE A LOT
RECENTLY.
>> BUT IT DOESN'T NEED TO --
NEED TO BE THE CASE AT ALL.
GOOD MORNING, SASHA
>> Reporter: GOOD MORNING,
KRISTI, GOOD MORNING JASON, YOU
MENTIONED PLANE PROBLEMS
YESTERDAY, THIS IS A PHOTOGRAPH
OF A PLANE CRASH THAT I COVERED
OVER THE HOLIDAYS.
IT JUST SEEMS LIKE WE ARE
HEARING MORE AND MORE ABOUT
THESE THINGS HERE IN SOUTH
FLORIDA.
WE WANTED TO FIGURE OUT IF THERE
COULD BE SOMETHING DONE TO HELP
THE PILOTS AND TO HELP THE
PLANES STAY SAFE.
NOVEMBER 1st, 2011, A PLANE
SPLIT IN TWO, STEPS FROM THE
POMPANO BEACH AIRPORT.
OCTOBER 29th, SOMETHING
SIMILAR, EXCEPT THIS TIME, IT
WAS IN HOMESTEAD AND TWO PEOPLE
DIED.
AND JUST DAYS BEFORE THAT, A
SMALL PLANE CRASH LANDED ONTO
THE FLORIDA TURNPIKE.
>> SO, WHAT'S THE PROBLEM?
>> PEOPLE -- I DO MY ON
MAINTENANCE
>> Reporter: A PILOT SCHOOL,
HE RUNS IT, SAYING ALMOST EVERY
PLANE ACCIDENT IS PREVENTIBLE.
>> SOMETIMES, IT'S THE LITTLE
THINGS.
PRESSURE SOMETIMES
>> Reporter: ACCORDING TO
VALDEZ.
THE.
>> THE FIRST THING THAT WE DO
WHEN WE GO FLYING -- IT.
>>
>> Reporter: THE MOST CRITICAL
POINT OF SAFELYING STARTS ON THE
GROUND.
HE CAREFULLY INSPECTED THIS
PLANE BEFORE HELPING ME INTO THE
DRIVER'S SEAT.
AN GIVING ME MY FIRST LESSON.
>> SKY CLEAR --
>> Reporter: INTIMIDATING, BUT
DOABLE, I LEARNED.
&%C1.
&%C1 VALDEZ SAYS RESPECT THE
LIMITATIONS OF THE PLANE, THE
PILOT AN THE FLYING CONDITIONS.
>> SHE'S LANDING BY HERSELF
>> Reporter: FOLLOW THE
CHECKLIST AND HE SAID FLYING
SHOULD NEVER TURN INTO CRASHING.
&%C1.
&%C1.
>>> YEAH, MAN
>> Reporter: VALDEZ SAID IT
ALL COMES DOWN TO EXPERIENCE AND
CAUTION.
THIS TICKET FROM THE -- TAKE IT
FROM THE PILOTS THAT RARELY GET
INTO ACCIDENTS.
THEY HAVE SO MANY PEOPLE LOOKING
AT THE PLANE, INSPECTING THE
PLANE AND STANDING IN THEIR WAY