A single-engine airplane made a safe landing on a street near Long Beach Airport today, with no injuries reported.
The airplane, which had just taken off from the airport, set down about 10:15 a.m. in the 2700 block of Orange Avenue, said airport spokeswoman Cassie Chauvel.
The Long Beach Fire Department said in a Twitter posting that the plane "lost power shortly after performing a touch and go off runway 26L."
The pilot was unhurt, and there was no damage to the plane, according to the LBFD.
At 10:23 AM we received reports of a plane that made an emergency landing on 2700 block of Orange Ave. in Signal Hill. A single engine aircraft lost power shortly after performing a touch and go off runway 26L. The aircraft landed safely. No injuries to pilot. No damage to plane. pic.twitter.com/Ffwwt0tgtt
— Long Beach Fire (CA) (@LBFD)
April 1, 2019 Piper Cub aircraft doing touch and go landings at LB Airport, experiences engine problems and lands on Orange Ave S. Of 405 Fwy. No one injured, plane undamaged. FAA now investigating. @KNX1070 pic.twitter.com/uVghgzM6p9
— Pete Demetriou (@knxpete)
April 1, 2019 The Federal Aviation Administration reported that the pilot was the lone occupant of the Piper PA28.
-CNS
