PUYALLUP, Wash. — A small airplane dropping from the sky after its engine failed wound up on a cushioning bunch of portable toilets — and the pilot was able to walk away apparently unhurt.
Gary Mayor of the Federal Aviation Administration says the Cessna 182 crashed Friday afternoon in Washington state after taking off from Thun Field, an airfield owned by Pierce County, southeast of Tacoma.
Sheriff’s spokesman Ed Troyer said the plane was about 150 feet in the air when the engine quit.
Troyer told The News Tribune that the pilot tried to turn around to land but didn’t quite make it.
The plane hit a fence, flipped over and landed upside down on top of the portable toilets standing in a storage yard.
Someone’s insurance could be going up
$26,000 Damage that Fremont, Neb., police say a 58-year-old woman arrested on suspicion of drunken driving caused.
Sgt. Ed Watts says the woman’s car struck a fence while she was trying to turn into an alley Thursday night. He says the car next hit a utility pole and then a garage while trying to turn into it. Wyatt says the car then crossed a yard, rammed a fence and hit a house and garage.
Some cats lose mittens; this one steals socks
The owners of a cat with a passion for socks are leafleting their neighbors in Loughborough, England, to see if they are missing any.
Henry, who is now a year old, has taken at least 57 socks, although it is still unclear whether he gets them from washing lines or people’s houses.
He is often seen on a wall near his home with the hosiery in his mouth.
Spiritual quest built on legions of Legos
30,000 Legos used to build statue of Jesus at a church in Vaesteras, Sweden
18 Months it took the 40 volunteers to build the 6-foot Christ. (All the exterior is white, but colored Legos were used inside.)
Compiled from wire reports
