LOVELAND, Colo.—A small airplane made an emergency landing on a road on the northeast edge of Loveland after its engine failed.
The plane landed on East 37th Street, about a mile from the Fort Collins/Loveland airport, at 12:45 p.m. Wednesday.
Pilot John Stewart of Dallas says the Cessna Centurion T-210 lost power while approaching the airport, forcing him to put it on the ground. He says he looked for an adequate landing strip and decided on the two-lane road.
Airport operations manager Larry Mack says the single-engine plane landed on its landing gear and hit “a couple” of road signs. One of the aircraft’s wings and its propeller were damaged, but no injuries were reported.
The road was closed for about an hour while crews towed the plane to the airport.
