Here’s a Stinson that was disabled by an engine failure over the Red Lake Nation, a dream environment for a progressive (“the only fully “closed reservation” in the United States of America. In a closed reservation, all land is held in common by the tribe and there is no private property.”). The plane belonged for about seven months to Elizabeth Warren before AOPA and the FAA finally persuaded the tribe to return it to Darrin Smedsmo, below:
Here’s the AOPA story:
Smedsmo says he called AOPA “within minutes,” and connected with Deputy General Counsel Jared Allen, who started working immediately to help Smedsmo navigate the situation. … Allen met with Smedsmo and his attorneys at least once a week for months, and shared updates with the FAA. Meanwhile, in December, AOPA sent a letter to Interior Secretary Doug Burgum and Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy urging them to intervene.
If you want to preserve access to airports and, apparently, emergency landing areas, this would be a great time to sign up for lifetime AOPA membership!