PHOENIX (AP) — A small plane has made an emergency landing on a school playground at a west Phoenix elementary school, but no one was hurt.
Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Ian Gregor says a single-engine Cessna 152 with a flight instructor and student on board left nearby Glendale Municipal Airport for a practice flight Wednesday morning. The instructor reported the plane had a rough-running engine and that he didn’t think they could make it back to the airport.
Gregor says the plane apparently hit a chain-link fence at Villa de Paz Elementary School while trying to land on the empty playground at about 9:30 a.m. Television images show the plane ended up with its nose stuck into the grass just feet from a jungle gym and nearby classrooms. Both pilots walked away and no one on the ground was injured.
Forced Landing
In this image from video, a single-engine Cessna 152 is seen after the pilot made an emergency landing on a school playground at Villa de Paz Elementary School in west Phoenix Wednesday, April 15, 2009. A flight instructor and student aboard, from nearby Glendale Municipal Airport, were not injured. (AP Photo/courtesy of ABC15.com via KNVX TV)
Copyright 2009 The Associated Press.
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