Engine Trouble Prompts Plane Landing On Glenview Golf Course

A small plane made an emergency landing at The Glen Club golf course on Sunday, Nov. 3, 2019.
Photo credit Steven Graves/CBS Chicago

CHICAGO (WBBM NEWSRADIO) -- A small plane made an emergency landing Sunday at a golf course in north suburban Glenview.

The single-engine Cessna 150 landed shortly after 2:30 p.m. near the 13th hole of the golf course at The Glen Club, 2901 W. Lake Ave. in Glenview, according to Glenview police and the Federal Aviation Administration.

The emergency landing came after the pilot reported engine trouble while en route to Chicago Executive Airport in Wheeling, according to the FAA and police.

THERE’S A PLANE ON HOLE 13.A small plane made an emergency landing on The Glen Club golf course in Glenview.The GM says no one was hurt. The pilot was training a student, she says. No word on what caused the sudden landing. @cbschicago pic.twitter.com/H8EIVW3VJM

— Steven Graves (@StevenGravesTV) November 3, 2019

Police said neither of the plane’s two occupants was injured and the plane was apparently “perfectly intact.”

The incident remains under investigation by the FAA.

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