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An air taxi pilot did not know he had been involved in a mid-air collision and landed on a second aircraft until he climbed out of the cockpit and noticed the wreckage.
Antonio Benavides, 32, was approaching Talkeetna Airport in Alaska in a Cessna 185 with four passengers, when at 100 feet above the runway it struck a smaller Cessna 172 piloted by Cole Hagge, 27.
Benavides continued his approach to the 1,300-metre runway oblivious to the aircraft below him.
The pilot from Anchorage, Alaska, only discovered he had been involved in a smash when he noticed the wreckage underneath his own aircraft when he landed.
According to a report by Alaska State Troopers, 'both planes suffered significant damage'.
An air taxi pilot did not know he had been involved in a mid-air collision and landed on a second aircraft until he climbed out of the cockpit and noticed the wreckage.
Antonio Benavides, 32, was approaching Talkeetna Airport in Alaska in a Cessna 185 with four passengers, when at 100 feet above the runway it struck a smaller Cessna 172 piloted by Cole Hagge, 27.
Benavides continued his approach to the 1,300-metre runway oblivious to the aircraft below him.
The pilot from Anchorage, Alaska, only discovered he had been involved in a smash when he noticed the wreckage underneath his own aircraft when he landed.
According to a report by Alaska State Troopers, 'both planes suffered significant damage'.
An air taxi pilot did not know he had been involved in a mid-air collision and landed on a second aircraft until he climbed out of the cockpit and noticed the wreckage.
Antonio Benavides, 32, was approaching Talkeetna Airport in Alaska in a Cessna 185 with four passengers, when at 100 feet above the runway it struck a smaller Cessna 172 piloted by Cole Hagge, 27.
Benavides continued his approach to the 1,300-metre runway oblivious to the aircraft below him.
The pilot from Anchorage, Alaska, only discovered he had been involved in a smash when he noticed the wreckage underneath his own aircraft when he landed.
According to a report by Alaska State Troopers, 'both planes suffered significant damage'.
