Plane makes emergency landing in northeast Wichita
A small plane made an emergency landing Thursday morning in a field in northeast Wichita, according to a Wichita Airport Authority official.
Valerie Wise, air service and business development manager, said the airplane, which originated from Augusta, lost power and landed in a field near 127th Street East and 29th North around 11 a.m.
Wise said there were two people in the airplane but no injuries.
Aircraft has been located in a field near E 29th St N and N Greenwich Rd. There are no injuries or hazards.
— WichitaFireDept (@WichitaFireDept) September 22, 2016
Battalion Chief Stuart Bevis of the Wichita Fire Department said there was no fire or active fuel leak.
The airplane rolled through a wooden fence and came to rest with its nose tilted to the ground in a field east of Jabara Airport’s runway.
According to a Federal Aviation Administration database, the airplane is a single-engine Scottish Aviation Series 100 Model 101 manufactured in 1972. The registered owners are Edward and Martha Hund of Wichita.
Jerry Siebenmark: 316-268-6576, @jsiebenmark
This story was originally published September 22, 2016 at 11:58 AM with the headline "Plane makes emergency landing in northeast Wichita."