Plane lands on busy Pierce County road due to fuel problem
A single-propeller KR2 plane landed on a busy road in Pierce County Thursday morning after the aircraft had a fuel system malfunction, according to the Sheriff’s Department.
Nobody was injured.
The emergency landing occurred about 8:20 a.m. on Pacific Avenue (state Route 7) between 135th Street South and 143rd Street South, near Spanaway and Parkland.
“It was right in the middle of the road,” said sheriff’s spokesman Ed Troyer.
The pilot was the only person on board.
Trooper Clint Thompson was on patrol in the area when he spotted the plane flying low. He helped clear drivers off Pacific Avenue so the plane could land.
Troopers pushed the plane to a nearby parking lot to allow traffic to get by.
“I was flying to work and my engine quit and made a forced landing on Pac Ave.,” pilot David Acklam told KOMO News.
The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating.
This story was originally published August 1, 2019 at 8:58 AM.
