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"A Winter Haven man landed his plane in Lake Hancock after experiencing engine trouble.Eric McCoy, 48, landed his 1946 North American Navion in the lake that is between Winter Haven and Lakeland around noon Friday, according to the Polk County Sheriff's Office. He was not injured.\u00A0Shortly after taking off from Winter Haven airport, the plan engine started misfiring and sputtering before completely failing.\"He told deputies his options were limited, so he decided to land in Lake Hancock and called in a \"May Day\" to the Bartow Municipal Airport tower,\" said Scott H. Wilder, Sheriff's Office spokesman.McCoy was able to safely land in 4-feet deep water without power.After hearing the \"May Day\" call, Harry Shannon, owner of Amphibians Plus Inc. at the Bartow Municipal Airport, headed to Lake Hancock, landed on the lake and went to McCoy, deputies said.McCoy climbed from the wing of his plane onto Shannon's plane. The pair then returned to the Bartow Municipal Airport."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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